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Imb4um8 on 18 January 2015
Roronaa_chan said:
plip.plop said:
Kerotan said:
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.


I've always wondered this myself too. Why is it that Sony prepaid cards are doing so well? The option to pay with a credit card online is available to both systems. 

Do you think this has anything to do with people not wanting to attach a credit card to their accounts for fear of another hacking incident? I refer to the 2011 incident, and less about more current events that seemed to target employees this time.

I'm pretty sure it's because non-americans using american PSN accounts often buy PSN cards from Amazon.

One thing that is a bit new is the 100 dollar gift card performing so high. My guess is people using it to subscribe to both PS+ and PSNow at the same time. More revenue for Sony.

Alot of people outisde US uses this strategi. 60 dollar for a game is way cheaper then the prices we have in europe. So people buys those cards and redeem them on a US psn account. In sweden we save like 20-30 dollar depending on the value of the dollar comparing to swedish Krona. 



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nanzano on 18 January 2015

I wonder why amazon and others removed the PS4+TLOU R picture, it will definitly have a negative effect on sales



                                               

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Robbie2010 on 18 January 2015
nanzano said:
I wonder why amazon and others removed the PS4+TLOU R picture, it will definitly have a negative effect on sales


It still shows up for me.



nanzano on 18 January 2015
Robbie2010 said:
nanzano said:
I wonder why amazon and others removed the PS4+TLOU R picture, it will definitly have a negative effect on sales


It still shows up for me.

http://www.amazon.com/best-sellers-video-games/zgbs/videogames

http://www.gamestop.com/browse/consoles?nav=28-xu0,13ffff2412-4f

http://www.walmart.com/browse/video-games/consoles/2636_1040580/?cat_id=2636_1040580&facet=video_game_platform:Xbox%20One%7C%7Cvideo_game_platform:PlayStation%204

Walmart shows the bundle with 1 game of choice but not the TLOUR one, we have to read in detail on each to know it



                                               

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Pionner on 18 January 2015
akhmenhawk said:
Shadow1980 said:
PS4 still ahead at GameStop and Best Buy as well.


how do you know this? is there a link?



PS4 is selling well at every retailer- http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olstemplatemapper.jsp?id=pcat17080&type=page&st=Fast3sku18&sc=gameToySP&nrp=15&sp=-bestsellingsort+skuid&qp=cabcat0700000%23%230%23%237dw~~q4661737433736b753138~~nf1137%7C%7C4265737420427579204974656d73&usc=abcat0700000&browsedCategory=&gf=y&sp=-bestsellingsort%20skuid&cp=1&nrp=15

 

http://www.walmart.com/browse/video-games/consoles/2636_1040580/?cat_id=2636_1040580&facet=video_game_platform:Xbox%20One%7C%7Cvideo_game_platform:PlayStation%204

 

http://www.gamestop.com/browse/consoles?nav=28-xu0,13ffff2412-4f



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Intrinsic on 18 January 2015
Kerotan said:
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.

Exactly, I think its safe to say that the PS4 has a higher digital sales tie ratio than the XB1. 

I do think this is also deceptive though. While its suggesting that more people buy games digitally on the PS4, what I think it really shows is that the PS4 has a much higher ROW presence. So a lot of people have US PSN accounts and buy their psn cards from amazon. I sure as hell do and don't stay in the states. Its actually cheaper for me to buy all my games digitally than to buy physical games over here in the carribeans. There are a lot of European citizens that probably are in the same boat. They can get a $50 card from amazon as opposed to spending €50 for a European psn card. 



thedawghousev2 on 18 January 2015

ps4 is now ahead in the "gift ideas" section



celador on 18 January 2015

I wonder if MS will do anything with Evolve. Seems like a decent game to have in a bundle



Pionner on 18 January 2015
CosmicSex said:
thismeintiel 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. 

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.


No, what I said is correct. The arrows are a function of the Movers and Shakers list. Just watch that list and compare it to the arrows on the Bestsellers list.  

Arrows track position change from the same hour a day ago and are can be red if it goes up in the hourly or green if it goes down.

Just compare the hourly bestsellers list to the Movers and Shakers list until it clicks for you :). Please let me know if that makes sense for you. If not I will draft a proof for you



How do you know exactly how it works and that someone else is wrong? Just curious.

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GribbleGrunger on 18 January 2015

Why the hell are Amazon not showing TLOU? I find that really odd.



 

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