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

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GribbleGrunger said:

Kerotan said:
So it looks like ps4 will beat xb1 again in March making it 3/3 over its rival.

Is there anything pre scorpio launch that could stop ps4 going on a 8/9 month winstreak in 2017? Maybe a $199 price drop at E3 but you'd expect that to come in the fall.

MS are in a slightly clearer position than Sony were when they released the Pro. Sony didn't want to confuse the market too much, which is why they made the launch of the Pro low key and still to this day leave it to 'word of mouth' for promotions. They had, and still have, a best selling console but on the other hand MS don't, so they have nothing to lose. They CAN promote it heavily without worrying too much about the XB1 because they're initial (and probably sustaining) market will be those who want to upgrade. With heavier promotions, they should be able to garner at least two month wins. I don't think we'll see until the 3rd or 4th month how sustainable that spike in sales will be, especially when Sony have so much software to promote the PS4/PS4pro (bundles are going to be very importent once the Scorpio releases) and the likelihood of at least a $50 price drop for both systems. Give it two months after the release of the Scorpio and we'll start seeing a clearer picture. Right now though, it would be premature to even consider how successful the Scorpio will be.

Agree completely with everything you say here. Scorpio will give Xbox 2 wins for npd this year anything beyond that is unclear. I also doubt Xbox can take a npd without Scorpio. Maybe a month or 2 towards the holidays but that seams doubtful as well with all the well received exclusives Sony has.