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Nuvendil said:
TheGoldenBoy said:
CosmicSex said:

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. 

Wasn't the Mario Kart 8 bundle two months after launch though? Anyways, I still don't think they're going to bundle them. Nintendo is weird when it comes to bundles and stock.



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TheGoldenBoy said:
Nuvendil said:
TheGoldenBoy said:
CosmicSex said:

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. 

Wasn't the Mario Kart 8 bundle two months after launch though? Anyways, I still don't think they're going to bundle them. Nintendo is weird when it comes to bundles and stock.

The standard Mario Kart 8 bundle came late, but there was a major bundle at launch that also came with a free game.  I don't think they'll go that far with either of these, but I am almost sure one of them will get a bundle. 



Nuvendil said:
TheGoldenBoy said:
Nuvendil said:

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. 

Wasn't the Mario Kart 8 bundle two months after launch though? Anyways, I still don't think they're going to bundle them. Nintendo is weird when it comes to bundles and stock.

The standard Mario Kart 8 bundle came late, but there was a major bundle at launch that also came with a free game.  I don't think they'll go that far with either of these, but I am almost sure one of them will get a bundle. 

Probably Splatoon over XCX.



thedawghousev2 said:
tiffac said:
thedawghousev2 said:
the xbox one is actually at #12 now


D@mnit! :<


lol are you in a bet or something?

Yeah in real life, I bet that the X1 will win the US this gen and made it before the unveiling at E3. What's worse its annual and its against 3 of my best buddies.

So I already lost last year and payed for our buffet. X_X

So I need the X1 to win the US, badly!!! or the same thing will happen this year. D:



tiffac said:
thedawghousev2 said:
tiffac said:
thedawghousev2 said:
the xbox one is actually at #12 now


D@mnit! :<


lol are you in a bet or something?

Yeah in real life, I bet that the X1 will win the US this gen and made it before the unveiling at E3. What's worse its annual and its against 3 of my best buddies.

So I already lost last year and payed for our buffet. X_X

So I need the X1 to win the US, badly!!! or the same thing will happen this year. D:

Oh wow, I am so sorry xD .  Xbox One's debut has to be the worst in the history of gaming.  They turned it around as fast possible of course but that stigma took a lot to escape. 



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Yeah in real life, I bet that the X1 will win the US this gen and made it before the unveiling at E3. What's worse its annual and its against 3 of my best buddies.

So I already lost last year and payed for our buffet. X_X

So I need the X1 to win the US, badly!!! or the same thing will happen this year. D:

Oh wow, I am so sorry xD .  Xbox One's debut has to be the worst in the history of gaming.  They turned it around as fast possible of course but that stigma took a lot to escape. 

One of the worst for him lol: it's been a very successful horse in this race; PS4 has just been a stallion is all.



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. 

I don't think theory is correct, though.  There are times in the past 24 hrs when the arrows have been gone for an hour, only to return the next.  And earlier, the XBO had a green arrow, yet fell a spot, while the PS4 has had a red arrow for hours, while the other products have had none or green, yet remained at #8.  I don't think anyone has truly figured out how the Bestsellers truly works. 

My guess, at least for the arrows, is they are comparing the sales of a product to its sales in the previous hour or so (I think the updates are actually for a few hours past.)  So, a product may sell a couple of units short of its sales from the previous hour, while the product below it may sell a couple more, but it may not actually be enough for the lower product gain a spot.  That's my theory, anyway.



I don't think theory is correct, though.  There are times in the past 24 hrs when the arrows have been gone for an hour, only to return the next.  And earlier, the XBO had a green arrow, yet fell a spot, while the PS4 has had a red arrow for hours, while the other products have had none or green, yet remained at #8.  I don't think anyone has truly figured out how the Bestsellers truly works. 

My guess, at least for the arrows, is they are comparing the sales of a product to its sales in the previous hour or so (I think the updates are actually for a few hours past.)  So, a product may sell a couple of units short of its sales from the previous hour, while the product below it may sell a couple more, but it may not be enough to actually for the lower product gain a spot.  That's my theory, anyway.

This.



tiffac said:
thedawghousev2 said:


lol are you in a bet or something?

Yeah in real life, I bet that the X1 will win the US this gen and made it before the unveiling at E3. What's worse its annual and its against 3 of my best buddies.

So I already lost last year and payed for our buffet. X_X

So I need the X1 to win the US, badly!!! or the same thing will happen this year. D:

Get ready to pay for some more buffet. 

Do your friends have PS4s?  XBOs?  Or do they own neither?



Love seeing the $100 psn card and yearly ps plus card up so high with the other 3. Sony making bank on digital sales compared to ms.