Amazon US January monthly bestsellers and general Amazon-based discussion

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barneystinson69 said:

Protendo said:

Considering the following, I will politefully disagree with you.

Jan: Amplitude, The Witness, and indies
(This is the best chance Xbox One has to remain close)

Feb: Street Fighter 5, Gravity Rush Remaster, Digimon Story, Call of Duty Black Op 3 (timed dlc exclusive), and more eastern exclusives 
(The onslaught begins)

March: MLB 16 the Show (getting bigger every year), Heavy Rain, Witch and Hundred Knight REvival, Samurai Warrior 4 and more.
(The onslaught continues)

 

Forgot about Street Fighter V. Though in March, the XB1 does have The Division bundle, as well as marketing rights. So that should help them. But april and may will likely see the worst of it.

Yeah, I don't think this will make any real difference with hardware. The Tom Clancy Brand isn't big enough to materially influence hardware sales on the basis of a bundle and exclusive marketing. It's only really the mega franchises that influence hardware sales with exclusive bundles and marketing, and even in the case of Fallout 4 it's hard to really see if it had an influence in favour of Xb one. These sorts of deals probably benefit the leading console more than the trailing one.