Amazon U.S. May bestsellers and general Amazon-based discussion

[TheBlackNaruto]

Mazzy said:

TheBlackNaruto said:

You obviously never pay attention to Amazon charts because your first paragraph is not anywhere near true....matter of fact give me another game that has charted for that long that was an exclusive especially at number 1?

What were the sales expectations that Sony had for the game?

And that last statement...what does that even mean?

I've been following Amazon charts for a little over two years, but thanks for the condescending reply. Even Ratchet and Clank hovered in the top 10 for weeks and was in #1 for days, and I'd imagine Uncharted 4 should have 5-6x that game's sales. In the yearly charts, Uncharted 4 is only two places in front of Twilgiht Princess Remastered and since it's unlikely to touch the PSN cards, that really won't help us. And yes, there really haven't been many big exclusives this gen, but when you do have a big, nay MASSIVE, exclusive like Uncharted 4 you can't compare it to other mediocre exclusive launches and say "heh, well at least it's better than those, r-right?" you have to look at overall sales, hardware moved, word of mouth it generates for your brand, compare it to other exclusives as well as multiplats, etc.

While Amazon deals in a lot of generalities and guesstimates (especially for software), one thing we do know is that it has already been heavily discounted a week after launch in multiple retailers, and Sony has been mum on sales figures, with the only numbers we have being a statement from GfK chart-track about UK sales. Yes, 66% sales over Uncharted 3 sounds good on paper, but this is so far the biggest exclusive this gen (and really the only big AAA Sony exclusive this gen), received the largest ad campaign in PlayStation history, and had a lot riding on it. We already know the bundle did not do very well (not really surprising given it is LE), and I suppose we will have to wait until May numbers to see its effect on hardware.  

I just can't help but feel that the hype died down quickly, and the sales, while decent, don't match the marketing mammoth that this game is. 

 

 

First I apologize if my reponse seemed condescending because it wasn't. No other exclusive game(Not Rachet and clank, Halo 5 or even QB) had done that so for you to have been following the sales for so long and to say that seemed odd. And the game hasn't even been out a full two weeks yet and you are using the Yearly Charts already? And what overalls ales are you looking at to say it didn't do well? And how does 66% more than Uncharted 3 sound good on paper? THAT IS GOOD...esepcially in the UK which belonged to MS last gen. And "healivly discounted" at multiple retaliers? So is it half off or less somewhere? Because that would mean heavily discounted right? Or are you referring to the $10 off deal?

And where did you get that UC4 had the biggest ad compaign in Playstation history(I am asking because I never saw that anywhere and would like to read it myself)? And why do you feel the bundle didn't do well? Again what were the sales expectations? Becuase hype has been good, word of mouth has been good, sales seemingly accross the board have been positive from the information we have received so far. The reviews have been excellent(not luke warm as you stated). So I don't get how you are going the opposite direction of what the data that we do have is giving us. Not saying you can't be right but the data says otherwise.

I guess I just can't see what it is you are looking at that would make you feel this way or even think the things that you are thinking. Or is this just a gut feeling that you have? Because if that is the case then I could understand but if you are going by the little data that we do have then it doesn't really seem logical...in my opinion which could also be wrong. But you are right we will have to wait unti we hear from Sony or get more sales data to be sure.