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

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duduspace1 said:

Kyuu said:

January NPD actually tracked the first 2 weeks (10-11 days?) of Monster Hunter World. According to VGC, MHW-PS4 sold 390k at week 1-2 vs around 250k for the weeks 3-6. Meaning, the effect it had on hardware sales may have been January biased. Though PS4 got Shadow of the Colossus for February (the 2nd best selling PS4 game of the month), which was countered by Bayonetta.

I dont know the tracking period for April NPD, but God of War released on the 20th. Its 2nd month (weeks 3-6?) in the US should easily crush MHW's. Add Detroit and maybe the smaller Dark Souls Remastered to the equation, and Switch's loss wouldnt be shocking at all.

God of War and Detroit are much bigger than MHW and SotC.

How can this be when it released on January 26th, does that mean NPD tracking extends that far into the following month ? What date ranges are covered by the tracking periods exactly. I seriously doubt MHW was January biased. If it was (with the effect we saw in February ) there is no way the Switch would have won the January NPD. 

Yes the PS4 can win again in May (depending on the lingering effect of GOW and how much of a boost exactly Detroit gives), I however don't expect a Landslide like April. 

Just to give you an idea, Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, released May 4th but was part of April NPD