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

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GribbleGrunger said:

Ariakon said:

Totally anecdotal, but my friend did buy a Pro for Horizon, so there's some "insider" data for .000001 % of the market, ha. 

This is going to sound so fanboyish, but I do wish Sony and their partners had spread out the ps4 exclusives a bit more. There are so many of them coming out that I simply can't keep up. I just bought the Last Guardian and Gravity Rush 2, and it looks like I'm going to have to skip out on Yakuza 0, Nioh, and Kingdom Hearts in order to afford Horizon and Nier (plus a number of 3rd-party games, like Resident Evil 7, which was much better than I expected, and Mass Effect Andromeda). 

Perhaps the Japanese saw an opportunity to make a bigger impact with their games by releasing most of them in Q1. No COD of FIFA to compete with, just a couple or months which are ordinarily quiet when more people are likely to buy something for the sake of having something to play.

And that's a good strategy too. Releasing these games alongside the crowded over-marketed releases during the holiday would get them overlooked. Plus they have a better chance of making some money at this stage instead of relying on heavy Black Friday discounts to move.

I love when having too many good games is a problem.