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jason1637 on 27 December 2016
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CGI-Quality said:
jason1637 said:

Well i dont think his post was an impulse post. We know that PS4 won by 100k in November(you can keep denying it but its been backed up by 2 insiders in neogaf, and WC has a good track record) Last months Amazon rankings were

PS4 Slim Uncharted 4 bundle: #3
New 3DS XL (Lime Green): #20
XBO S 500GB Battlefield 1 bundle: #21
PS4 Pro: #22
XBO S 1TB Battlefield 1 bundle: #32
XBO S 500GB Minecraft bundle: #34
XBO S 500GB BF1 bundle + 3-month XBL card: #63
NES Classic Edition: #85
New 3DS XL (Super Mario black): #99

This months thus far

PS4 Slim Uncharted 4 bundle: #2
XBO S 500GB Battlefield 1 bundle: #20
XBO S 500GB Minecraft bundle: #22
PS4 Pro: #70
XBO S 1TB Gears 4 bundle: #72
XBO S 1TB Battlefield 1 bundle: #74
NES Classic Edition: #78
New 3DS XL (Super Mario black): #84

What we can take from this using the "rumored" 100k gap is that the Pro has preorders dating back to September and it ranked a lot higher than this month. This month we had the Minecraft bundle rank higher also. Now the Pro pre orders are eliminated and the Pro is doing worse plus the XB1 is ranking higher its a safe bet saying Xbox One could win December.

I called it impulsive because it ignores the very trends of the thread material. It also positions doom on a company for no good reason at all. It then goes as far as making outlandish claims about Activision's business decisions (why this is ignored by a few of you is troubling, but it is what it is). Also, the "insiders" on GAF are suddenly propped, but I recall several of you making claims that we shouldn't take anything from that site seriously.

Bottom line, before this month, very few gave "multiple bundles" on Amazon much weight, particularly when they were losing to a console that held the #1-#3 spots on the hourlies.

So you mustn't believe that Amazon can accurately predict the outcome of NPD anymore. Only logical explanation for your continued skepticism.

What trends were being ignored?

I don't know if it was for no good reason. All he did was say that Sony doesnt deserves to be the #1 console in December because of the lack of variety bundles. Also if this was the case why did you only quote the part when he said XB1 could win the month?

So we can't question how a company runs their business now? I see nothing wrong with saying Activision should have made Sony bundle Cod a lot quicker especially when their competition is getting mass bundled and also overall getting more love.

Who made these claims about the neogafers? I know i didn't and in the November NPD thread didn't you say you trust some neogafers?