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

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quickrick said:

SWORDF1SH said:

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. 

amazon seems to be used more by the hardcore market, they prefer Japanese games/consoles, and since ps4 has been winning most  npd, amazon prediction looks better then it is, as for switch vs ps4 on amazon, they have been to close, so amazon picking a winner was just pure luck.

Now you are just making assumptions based on your own preconceived notions.  There's no evidence for the first claim in your post.

However, Amazon picking a winner has always been "luck".  Amazon does not and has never made up the lion's share of the games market.  It just so happens that, for better or worse, transactions here with regards to hardware, constitute a pretty representative verticle slice of that market.  This could change at any time.  However, it has remained a good predictor of sales *leaders* (not sales in units) for years.  And there's no evidence that has changed.