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

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GribbleGrunger said:

Nuvendil said:
So I thought I would point this out: I did some digging through Amazon's Best Sellers list history and found something interesting: despite what people are saying, the Wii U never at any point was sold out this fast nor managed to top a monthly best seller list. It came close a couple of times, sorta. So no, this exact scenario did not happen with the Wii U. There are other factors such as the short window between preorders being available and launch. But in general, the Switch's level of pre-launch purchasing buzz seems to be a good bit higher than Wii U's was.

Assuming Amazon aren't now using the charts to promote hardware/software, that's good news for Nintendo. For me this uncertainty started when Amazon began pushing lots of products through Prime. This isn't the case here but it does make me less inclined to immediately believe what I'm seeing, something that wasn't the case before when I would confidently (and accurately) announce who the winner of that month would be. It still amazes me that some people on GAF and even on here would question the validity of Amazon, especially when I and others were right every single time. It was mindboggling to me. The irony is that now I'm skeptical because of clear changes last year, some of those people who questioned Amazon are now questioning my motives for being skeptical, even though we actually DO have reason to doubt it at the moment. You can't make this stuff up.

Thankfully, most of those doubters picked up their crow to eat back at home.