Amazon US April monthly bestsellers and general Amazon based discussion

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Aura7541 on 03 May 2015

GribbleGrunger said:

Aura7541 said:

I think it has come to the point where Amazon has lost its usefullness in predicting the winner. Amazon only encompasses 5% of US sales while the vast majoriy comes from Best Buy, Gamestop, Target, and Walmart. Based on personal observations, the PS4 has been leading in those retailers for the majority of April. Abdiel also said that the PS4 sold better across the board at the national level in Best Buy. It's really too bad that The Shogun is banned =

Regardless of how the month turns out, I'd still consider Amazon reliable.

Amazon is reliable on the condition that buying habits are similar to those in retailers that are much bigger. The reason why Amazon is unreliable at predicting software rankings is because software buying habits on Amazon do not match up with those in Target, Best Buy, Walmart, etc.