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

[Alkibiádēs]

bluedawgs said:

Alkibiádēs said:

What a fallacy that people keep bringing up. The PS4 is enjoying its best year ever so far, it's selling better than during its launch year. And that's not surprising as the console is cheaper now and has a much bigger library.

And most-wanted doesn't equal most sold. Switch is supply constrained. Just look at Amazon, it's being sold for €420 without a game bundled in. You can buy two PS4's for that. So yes, Nintendo Switch is the most wanted console at the moment. How do you think the base PS4 would sell on Amazon if it costed €420 without a game bundled in? Hint: it wouldn't sell at all.  

Ps: Vgchartz numbers don't reflect reality. 

You're right, VGChartz numbers don't reflect reality. They are actually undertracking PS4 by over a million so the PS4 is actually doing even better than the already monstrous sales we're seeing now and is outselling the whole dedicated hardware market, including Switch, Xbone, Wii U, 3DS, PS3, 360, you fuckin name it, combined. PS4 is obviously the most wanted console and has been for years now which is why it continues to sell more year after year than the previous year ever since it launched in 2013 despite selling extremely high numbers every year, way bigger than the PS3, 360 or the 3DS could ever manage to pull off. Even in the PS4's lowest selling full year (2014) it still sold more than the PS3 or 360 did in their best year. Switch will get outsold heavily by the PS4 once again even in 2018, why? Because the PS4 is the most popular gaming system there is and will be until Sony decides to release the PS5 in 2021 or something. 

No, what you've been seeing these last few weeks is vgchartz over-compensating because they undertracked the PS4 in the past. If you don't know how this site works it's best to not comment at all. The only trustworthy sources we can use are data from the hardware manufacturers themselves, NPD figures and Media Create/Famitsu in Japan. Amazon ranking is also a good indication as the console that's #1 in the monthly ranking usually also wins NPD for that month. 

You're going to be sorely disappointed once the Nintendo Switch supply constraints are fixed. And good luck outselling the Switch once a main-line Pokémon game releases on it.