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TheGoldenBoy on 18 January 2015
Aura7541 said:
PS4 remains at #8. X1 falls to #14. Both have red arrows.

The PS4's had its red arrow for the whole day and pretty much remained at 8.



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CosmicSex on 18 January 2015
TheGoldenBoy said:
Aura7541 said:
PS4 remains at #8. X1 falls to #14. Both have red arrows.

The PS4's had its red arrow for the whole day and pretty much remained at 8.


To clarify,  the arrow color represents the product's current position relative to adjacent products when compared to 24 hours ago. Therefore,  it doesn't give absolute direction of sales. 

 

For example, the PS4 may be selling at the same exact rate as yesterday. It was the 5th highest selling product. But today the PSN cards, and Zelda sold more therfore even if PS4 SOLD the same amount today, it's rank fell compared to its rank yesterday.

 

And vise versa.  Amazon Best Sellers don't show if something is selling more or less, only it's sales in comparison to other products. 



TheGoldenBoy on 18 January 2015
CosmicSex said:
TheGoldenBoy said:
Aura7541 said:
PS4 remains at #8. X1 falls to #14. Both have red arrows.

The PS4's had its red arrow for the whole day and pretty much remained at 8.

To clarify,  the arrow color represents the product's current position relative to adjacent products when compared to 24 hours ago. Therefore,  it doesn't give absolute direction of sales. 

For example, the PS4 may be selling at the same exact rate as yesterday. It was the 5th highest selling product. But today the PSN cards, and Zelda sold more therfore even if PS4 SOLD the same amount today, it's rank fell compared to its rank yesterday.

And vise versa.  Amazon Best Sellers don't show if something is selling more or less, only it's sales in comparison to other products. 

Yes but isn't the hourly updated, well, hourly. So if it's position was 8 the previous hour and it was 8 the next hour, why would it have a red arrow?



CosmicSex on 18 January 2015
TheGoldenBoy said:
CosmicSex said:
TheGoldenBoy said:
Aura7541 said:
PS4 remains at #8. X1 falls to #14. Both have red arrows.

The PS4's had its red arrow for the whole day and pretty much remained at 8.

To clarify,  the arrow color represents the product's current position relative to adjacent products when compared to 24 hours ago. Therefore,  it doesn't give absolute direction of sales. 

For example, the PS4 may be selling at the same exact rate as yesterday. It was the 5th highest selling product. But today the PSN cards, and Zelda sold more therfore even if PS4 SOLD the same amount today, it's rank fell compared to its rank yesterday.

And vise versa.  Amazon Best Sellers don't show if something is selling more or less, only it's sales in comparison to other products. 

Yes but isn't the hourly updated, well, hourly. So if it's position was 8 the previous hour and it was 8 the next hour, why would it have a red arrow?


Each hour, they update the bestsellers list and the arrows reflect it position compared to 24 hours ago. So, an item can go on sale, shoot to number 1, then fall to number 5 2 hours later but it will still show a green arrow as long as it position is higher than it was 24 hours ago. So if the item was ranked 500th yesterday, it can fall from 1 to 99 over the course of 23 hours but will always show green. When the 24th hour passes, it will show red because a day prior,  it was number 1.



TheGoldenBoy on 18 January 2015
CosmicSex said:
TheGoldenBoy said:
CosmicSex said:
TheGoldenBoy said:

The PS4's had its red arrow for the whole day and pretty much remained at 8.

To clarify,  the arrow color represents the product's current position relative to adjacent products when compared to 24 hours ago. Therefore,  it doesn't give absolute direction of sales. 

For example, the PS4 may be selling at the same exact rate as yesterday. It was the 5th highest selling product. But today the PSN cards, and Zelda sold more therfore even if PS4 SOLD the same amount today, it's rank fell compared to its rank yesterday.

And vise versa.  Amazon Best Sellers don't show if something is selling more or less, only it's sales in comparison to other products. 

Yes but isn't the hourly updated, well, hourly. So if it's position was 8 the previous hour and it was 8 the next hour, why would it have a red arrow?

Each hour, they update the bestsellers list and the arrows reflect it position compared to 24 hours ago. So, an item can go on sale, shoot to number 1, then fall to number 5 2 hours later but it will still show a green arrow as long as it position is higher than it was 24 hours ago. So if the item was ranked 500th yesterday, it can fall from 1 to 99 over the course of 23 hours but will always show green. When the 24th hour passes, it will show red because a day prior,  it was number 1.

Ah, I get it now. Thanks for that.



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Nuvendil on 18 January 2015

Ok, even though this is not at all impressive next to the PS4 and Xbox One right now, but the Wii U is doing a lot better than in previous months oO. Just goes to show when the pricing is realistic it can do alright. Still needs to do better though; price cut can't come soon enough.



CosmicSex on 18 January 2015
TheGoldenBoy said:
CosmicSex said:
TheGoldenBoy said:
CosmicSex said:
TheGoldenBoy said:

The PS4's had its red arrow for the whole day and pretty much remained at 8.

To clarify,  the arrow color represents the product's current position relative to adjacent products when compared to 24 hours ago. Therefore,  it doesn't give absolute direction of sales. 

For example, the PS4 may be selling at the same exact rate as yesterday. It was the 5th highest selling product. But today the PSN cards, and Zelda sold more therfore even if PS4 SOLD the same amount today, it's rank fell compared to its rank yesterday.

And vise versa.  Amazon Best Sellers don't show if something is selling more or less, only it's sales in comparison to other products. 

Yes but isn't the hourly updated, well, hourly. So if it's position was 8 the previous hour and it was 8 the next hour, why would it have a red arrow?

Each hour, they update the bestsellers list and the arrows reflect it position compared to 24 hours ago. So, an item can go on sale, shoot to number 1, then fall to number 5 2 hours later but it will still show a green arrow as long as it position is higher than it was 24 hours ago. So if the item was ranked 500th yesterday, it can fall from 1 to 99 over the course of 23 hours but will always show green. When the 24th hour passes, it will show red because a day prior,  it was number 1.

Ah, I get it now. Thanks for that.


:) No problem. 



CosmicSex on 18 January 2015
Nuvendil said:
Ok, even though this is not at all impressive next to the PS4 and Xbox One right now, but the Wii U is doing a lot better than in previous months oO. Just goes to show when the pricing is realistic it can do alright. Still needs to do better though; price cut can't come soon enough.

 

I'm banking on a $249 XCX bundle. Imagine if they did that for Zelda! 



TheGoldenBoy on 18 January 2015
CosmicSex said:
Nuvendil said:
Ok, even though this is not at all impressive next to the PS4 and Xbox One right now, but the Wii U is doing a lot better than in previous months oO. Just goes to show when the pricing is realistic it can do alright. Still needs to do better though; price cut can't come soon enough.

I'm banking on a $249 XCX bundle. Imagine if they did that for Zelda! 

They didn't even make an official Smash Bros bundle. Why would they make one for XCX?



Nuvendil on 18 January 2015
TheGoldenBoy said:
CosmicSex said:
Nuvendil said:
Ok, even though this is not at all impressive next to the PS4 and Xbox One right now, but the Wii U is doing a lot better than in previous months oO. Just goes to show when the pricing is realistic it can do alright. Still needs to do better though; price cut can't come soon enough.

I'm banking on a $249 XCX bundle. Imagine if they did that for Zelda! 

They didn't even make an official Smash Bros bundle. Why would they make one for XCX?

Well they did do a Mario Kart 8 bundle.  I think we could see a Smash bundle yet, if only to bump sales pre-summer.  Splatoon and Xenoblade could get one to help boost sales in the slower mid-year period.  Cause I really do think that's the determining factor, whether they feel the boost is needed.