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

[jason1637]

GribbleGrunger said:

9 hours since last update:

HARDWARE
 #11 XB1s-2gb (down 1)*
#26 PS4 Black Ops III Bundle (down 4)
#39 PS4 Fool's Edition (down 1)
#58 XB1 NYG Bundle (down 12)
#82 XB1 3 Game Bundle (down 2)
#93 N3DSXL Red (re-entry)
#94 Vita (down 1)
#97 XB1s-500gb Halo Bundle (down 15)*

SOFTWARE (pre-orders only)
#03 PS4 No Man's Sky (same)
#06 3DS Pokemon S&M (up 3)

Ms could be in a really bad situation here. Only the 2tb version is outselling the PS4 which indicates it's largely a replacement console, which means the retailers will have thousands of second hand XB1s to sell. That in turn could cause a slight slump in sales of new consoles. Then you have bundles for $100 less than the PS4 getting easily beaten by a PS4 bundled with ONE old game and just the PS4 by itself, which shows a lack of consumer interest. After an inevitable surge in sales once the slim lanches and Christmas hype propping up sales, I can see a huge slump in the offing. And this is before Sony does anything at all.

I don't think MS is in a bad situation.  The Madden bundle rarely charts in Amazon and the Halo bundle has a bunch of old games and probably won't start doing well until later in the year similar to the Gears UE bundle last year.