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

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I'm praying No Man's Sky is actually legit good (haven't looked at anything about it, trying to keep myself surprised so don't know what the impressions are like) because if it is legit good, that means it won't bomb and then fade into oblivion. Recently, looking at media create, the uk chart or even npd, games that (deservedly) review badly tend to open decently, and then receive 80% drops or more in their second week, and then fade into oblivion. Street Fighter V is a great example of that, Star Ocean was a great example of that, Battleborn was a great example of that.

What No Man's Sky has going for it, however, is years of hype, mass exposure at Sony's conferences, being semi-exclusive, and being a new IP, because when new IPs are good, they sell very, very well. Look at The Last of Us, look at Bloodborne, look at Splatoon, look at Destiny, look at Overwatch, look at Titanfall. You can look at Horizon: Zero Dawn as well, because we all know if that game delivers, it well sell extremely well, because it's brand new and fresh, people like fresh.