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

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GribbleGrunger said:

Jranation said:

Does this frequently happen on Amazon? 

No. When the Pro went out of stock it began to drop until it was back in stock again. It just makes sense really doesn't it. It looks like I'm going to need more than Jan and Feb to convince me Amazon is worth updating any more. I think Dec could just have been luck:

8 hours since last update:

HARDWARE
#02 NiS Pinned Edition (same)*
#19 PS4s UC4 Bundle (up 1)
#67 XB1s-500gb Battlefield Bundle (up 2)
#81 NES Classic (up 5)

SOFTWARE (pre-orders only)
#01 NiS Breath Of The Wild (same)
#04 WiiU Breath Of The Wild (down 1)
#07 NiS Mario Kart 8 Delux (same)
#08 NiS Super Mario Odyssey (same)
#10 NiS Breath Of The Wild SE (down 1)
#15 NiS Splatoon 2 (same)
#20 NiS 1-2 Switch (down 3)
#21 PS4 Kingdom Hearts HD (same)
#65 PS4 Gravity Rush 2 (up 10)
#75 PS4 Tales Of Berseria (up 9)

PS4: 1 in the top 100 / 1 in the top 50 / 1 in the top 20 / 0 in the top 10 / 0 in the top 5
XB1: 1 in the top 100 / 0 in the top 50 / 0 in the top 20 / 0 in the top 10 / 0 in the top 5
NiS: 1 in the top 100 / 1 in the top 50 / 1 in the top 20 / 1 in the top 10 / 1 in the top 5

Does not affect this month *

Still number #02 eight hours later and 'currently out of stock'. It's been nearly 24 hours now and a console that isn't selling has been at #01 for all that time and #02 for the rest. How can we possibly trust the Amazon charts any more?

Do notice that the method of calculation isn't actually mentionned for th hourly updates (just that it gets recalculated every hour.) Could be some kind of continuous function, with recency gaining traction, but high sales from 2 days ago also having an effect.

I doubt that they are manually pinning certain items.