December NPD predictions thread (who will win this months NPD?).

[Aura7541]

jason1637 said:

Aura7541 said:

But not evenly. Remember, FFXV skews towards the PS4 a lot, so inherently, the PS4 version will have bigger word of mouth.

Also to respond to your response to CGI's comment, that only applies if other retailers offer deals, but Amazon doesn't follow suit. In this case, Amazon is price-matching all the other retailers, so the hardware trends on Amazon are similar to those in Gamestop, Walmart, Best Buy, etc.

Other retailers have price match and we don't trust their rankings.

Because those other retailers do not specialize on online sales. They are brick & mortar retailers. Amazon, on the other hand, is 100% online. Last year, NPD George/NDP Mulcair warned against using the online rankings of B&M stores because they constitute as little as 1% of the total marketshare. That is a significantly smaller marketshare than Amazon's.