| BCNR34 said: cue fishyjoe telling us all how the amazon sales don't mean anything when they're in sonys favor. |
Right, that's why when Amazon ranks favored Nintendo products, I wrote a thread on why you shouldn't trust Amazon rankings. And that's not even mentioning all the other times I've said Amazon rankings are useless when they favored non-Sony products.
So when Wii Fit was ranking #1 was I making a big deal of it? Well you can read for yourself.
The Official "Why you shouldn't trust Amazon rankings" Thread
I'm making this thread as the official response for people who use Amazon as a source for proving sales. While I do see some value in the Amazon rankings, I see far too many people misuse the ranks to push their own agenda. I'm only giving one example here, however feel free to add your own observations.
Now to the business. GTAIV should be outselling everything by several multiples. Yet on Amazon(US), it has never been a #1 seller. Some have said this is because sales are split between several versions, but even if you subdivide sales, it should be outselling Wii Fit and Mario Kart by a substantial margin. Yet Wii Fit hasn't budged from the top spot during the release of the biggest game of the year.
Amazon rankings while interesting should never be used as a source of reliable information. There are just too many variables that can effect an individual retailer, especially an online retailer.
