April 2016 NPD Thread! Hardware and software up!

[Swordmasterman]

GribbleGrunger said:

Mazzy said:

Amazon is a great indicator, so long as you apply common sense. Last month (or was it March, can't remember) saw the MSRP drop from $350 to $300. Amazon has always been $300 for months at that point so consumers who don't shop at Amazon saw the effects of the price drop. Last month also had the GameStop trade in which likely accounted for a good portion of sales. For those who check hourly charts regularly, you could see the Xbox slowly drop as the deal took effect before bouncing back to its typical position. 

 

The only other month where Amazon was "inaccurate" was only if you ignored preorders from previous months. 

As long as you follow how well those pre-orders are doing then you have a 'rough' idea of who will win that month, but it's always difficult to call.

Amazon has been aways right since the beggining of the year.