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Forums - Sales Discussion - Americas Pre-Order Chart (2011 2/12)

pitzy272 said:
HKN said:
pitzy272 said:

question: is there a separate Amazon for U.S., UK/EU, etc? In other words, if I live in the U.S. and look at the top 100 selling video game items on Amazon.com, is that showing the top 100 sold in ONLY the U.S.? Or is it showing the top sold all around the world?


US only.


No kidding. Well that points toward the incorrect preorders theory even further. I know Amazon isn't the all-seeing eye for predicting overall game sales each week, but I'd say it gives at least a general idea of what a game's sales should be, being that it's the largest online retailer.

Speaking in terms of KZ3: in the past 4 weeks or so, KZ3 first popped onto the Amazon top 100 selling video game items chart. It quickly moved down to between #9 and 15, and was there from about 3 weeks ago to 1.5 weeks ago. In the past 1-1.5 weeks it's been locked at #1, with Bulletstorm 360 at #2 or #3.

Before KZ3 popped onto the chart, it was getting like 8-10,000 preorders/week. Now it has moved all the way down to #1, and the weekly preorders have increased to what, 11-13k each week?? Just doesn't make sense.

Cod: BO 360 is usually between # 4 and #7 on Amazon's list, and it ends up selling about 50-60,000 copies every week in the Americas. Yet, KZ3 and Bulletstorm are at #1 & #2 and they end up selling 13k and 2k?? If it was a little closer than a 40-50k difference here, it may be believable. But that significant amount of a difference is fishy. Oh well. Hopefully these games truly are selling more - seems that good sales are well deserved.


Honestly, these preorders are really inaccurate. If you look at some of the games that have been tracked you can see how off final preorders and first week usually are. 



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More people need to pre-order Bulletstorm!



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yo_john117 said:

More people need to pre-order Bulletstorm!

I don't even believe those numbers, honestly.



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huaxiong90 said:
yo_john117 said:

More people need to pre-order Bulletstorm!

I don't even believe those numbers, honestly.

You think its gonna have a pretty big first week?



yo_john117 said:
huaxiong90 said:
yo_john117 said:

More people need to pre-order Bulletstorm!

I don't even believe those numbers, honestly.

You think its gonna have a pretty big first week?

I think it will do fine the first week, but the weekly change doesn't add up, which is what I'm finding hard to believe.



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