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

[thismeintiel]

jason1637 said:

thismeintiel said:

Since Halo led to barely a win with Sony doing little to nothing that month, a full month of a $249 PS4 is most likely going to lead to a big win for Sony. For one, Gears isn't Halo. And two, the sales of the XBO Slim are going to start to decrease, since it will have already been out for 2 months.

But last year the PS4 has a fresh price cut and it was its first price cut of the gen for ps4 so it did well. For this the PS4 would have been out for a little under a month so the hardcore fans awould have already bought it and the casuals will wait for the holidays.

bluedawgs said:

Titanfall will sell way more PS4's than it will Xbox Ones, that's for sure. The game has had a PS4 focus, more people are interested in a PS4, the game will run better on PS4, it's a multiplayer focused title which means more people will play it on PS4 due to friends buying a PS4 to play with friends and such, and this is Titanfall's first appearance on PS4, so there is no established fan base

The game will sell more on PS4 no questions asked but i think it can do better on XB1 in  the US and thats because most Titanfall console fans have an Xbox already so for people who want to get into the game because of their friends are into it will buy an xbox one for it.

You're right. I completely forgot about the $50 starting that month. Still, if it had a full $100 cut, Sony would have easily won, regardless of not having any big exclusives that month or being up against the XBO's biggest exclusive.

So, my points still stand. Gears is a big game, but nowhere near Halo. Heck, even Halo isn't Halo, anymore. And this will also be a $100 cut if the Slim launches at $249. More importantly, it'll be the first time the PS4 is at (or beyond) that $299 sweet spot the XBO has been at for the longest time. Couple that with XBO Slim slowly losing its impact, I think Sony has the rest of the year (maybe even gen) on lock.