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SWORDF1SH on 21 February 2018
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zorg1000 said:
SWORDF1SH said:

So if a console bundle is wedged in the charts around  a bunch of games that you expect to sell around, let's say, 50k for the month. You wouldn't assume that bundle sold about 50k for the month?

I agree with what you're saying. I just don't agree with it being a deal breaker but rather something to consider. 

I've also mentioned that it's hard to prove because of how many ways the charts can be interpreted. I also accept that we need a clear and closer chart to prove the theory right or wrong. Like a scenario where ps4 is at 19 and 20 and Switch at 10 and 11.

Well the thing is we dont know if Amazon represents a similar percentage of overall hardware, software & accessories.

What i mean is that Amazon could make up 10% of software sales in the US but only 5% for hardware and a whopping 20% for accessories which makes it even harder to predict sales based on what is ranking near it.

 

 

Basically overall we should just continue to do what we have been doing and just use Amazon to predict rankings, not actual sales.

Like I said, we need some close months. Before the Switch I believed the bias was in favour of PS4. Now I believe the bias is in favour of the Switch then PS4 then Xbox One. The trouble is, the console I think has the most bias as won the majority of NPDs. This is why Amazon could be accurate. We might see the theory testes GoW month where both consoles should be close to each other in the charts.