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duduspace1 on 25 April 2018
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SWORDF1SH said:
duduspace1 said:

The notion it actually disproves is the one that the Amazon 'Switch  bias" is somehow caused by a preferrence in the demographic of likely Switch buyers to somehow have a preference for Amazon purchases. That was a laughable notion and the traction it gained was surprising and a bit infuriating despite some of us suggesting more likely scenarios which included the impact of Multiple SKUs.

Someone even modelled the effect with a scenario using SKUs, can't quite remember who now but some just felt better screaming 'Switch bias'.

I don't really want to get in this whole discussion because it will spirl into taking this thread off the rails with people thinking that somehow it's taking a shot at the Switch. Just check out the brilliant NPD predictor thread that symbois63 put together to see how each store has a bias towards different consoles. If you can't see signs of Amazon charts favouring Switch then I can't really help you.

I have been to the thread and commended the brilliant work been done plus the visibility that thread gives to more factors influencing NPD results that werent really visible from the Amazon Bestseller list.

My point however remains that the conclusion by some to explain the "Switch bias" was laughable in suggesting that the perceived bias arose out of a preferenc for Amazon by the Switch demographic.

Bundling, multiple SKUs and items going out of stock are all factors that influence the NPD outcome and that thread is illuminating this on an ongoing basis.