3 hours since last update:

#13 PS4 Nathan Drake Bundle (down 2)*
#16 XB1 Halo Bundle (same)*
#30 PS4 Star Wars Bundle (down 1)
#42 PS4 Black Ops Bundle (up 1)
#71 XB1 Gears Bundle (up 1)*
#74 PS4 Star Wars Standard Bundle (down 4)
#84 PS4 TLOUR Bundle (down 5)*
#90 PS4 Destiny Bundle (down 3)*
#93 XB1 Forza Bundle (down 1)*
#100 N3DS (re-entry)*

*Affects this month

PS4 - 6 bundles, 6 in the top 100
XB1 - 9 bundles, 3 in the top 100

One thing I'd like Sony to do, even though it makes no sense at all from a business perspective, is them phasing out the TLoU bundle and throwing TLoU in with the NDC bundle.

poklane said: One thing I'd like Sony to do, even though it makes no sense at all from a business perspective, is them phasing out the TLoU bundle and throwing TLoU in with the NDC bundle.

That could very well be why they seem to be phasing it out.

jlmurph2 said: Just bought an Xbox One Elite controller from Gamestop. Apparently the whole first shipment is almost spoken for. Amazon sold out a while ago.

 

One interesting aspect of preorders is that GameStop will order stock based on preorders.  When I went to pick of Metal Gear, all of the Xbox One versions where sold out because they had fewer preorders.  However, this can backfire on them because not everyone preorders.  I learned that companies push preorders as a method for figuring out how much stock to provide. 

 

If the controller is too popular and they can't provide enough stock, then thats a totally different thing. Think like how the Wii or PS4 was supply constrained.  This may also be the case for the controller.  Notice how fast and sudden it climbed the charts.

GribbleGrunger said: poklane said: One thing I'd like Sony to do, even though it makes no sense at all from a business perspective, is them phasing out the TLoU bundle and throwing TLoU in with the NDC bundle. That could very well be why they seem to be phasing it out.

Yeah, the bundle was available for quite some time.  Kinda glad to see it go.

CosmicSex said: jlmurph2 said: Just bought an Xbox One Elite controller from Gamestop. Apparently the whole first shipment is almost spoken for. Amazon sold out a while ago.   One interesting aspect of preorders is that GameStop will order stock based on preorders.  When I went to pick of Metal Gear, all of the Xbox One versions where sold out because they had fewer preorders.  However, this can backfire on them because not everyone preorders.  I learned that companies push preorders as a method for figuring out how much stock to provide.    If the controller is too popular and they can't provide enough stock, then thats a totally different thing. Think like how the Wii or PS4 was supply constrained.  This may also be the case for the controller.  Notice how fast and sudden it climbed the charts.

Yeah it ended up at #25 for the monthly. At #6 for Xbox One on Gamestop. Right under COD and Fallout 4.

GribbleGrunger said: I'm not sure about that. The TLOUR bundle has been around for a very long time, with no end date suggested. I think the onlyh reason they could do that bundle is because of how well the game did. They made their money and promoting the franchise was worth any losses from that point on. I don't think the Nathan Drake collection has done nearly enough numbers to warrant the same appoach.

You could be right, it only seem's that Amazon are having issues with stock. Amazon could be delaying somes bundles for restock to get rid of the NDC bundles. They might of misjudged demand and expected the NDC bundle to do better and be the number selling PS4 bundle, instead it was the TLOU bundle that was number one. Either way the restock dates seem a bit longer than they should be, especially the Destiny bundle.

SWORDF1SH said: You could be right, it only seem's that Amazon are having issues with stock. Amazon could be delaying somes bundles for restock to get rid of the NDC bundles. They might of misjudged demand and expected the NDC bundle to do better and be the number selling PS4 bundle, instead it was the TLOU bundle that was number one. Either way the restock dates seem a bit longer than they should be, especially the Destiny bundle.

Whatever reason it is, I think the Nathan Drake Bundle is at the bottom of it.

BraLoD said: Halo sales are usually VERY strong at launch on USA, aren't them? 5 days to release it shouldn't be having problem topping the ranks. As far as it has a bundle and the LE ranking between the 15 and 20 as well, the regular version should be beating hard by now, and it's not that much ahead of PS4 Fallout (or even XBO Fallout). Amazon isn't very good at pointing SW sales, but it's something to think about. Maybe Fallout is really influencing it, even being multplat and 3 weeks away, the thing will be huge.

There's also a Halo at 63.

GribbleGrunger said: poklane said: TLoU bundle and Destiny TTK bundle new stock delayed until the 30th. I think that's going to cost Sony the month.

Dude you give Amazon too much importance. It's in stock at plenty of other places-

http://www.toysrus.com/search/index.jsp?s=A-UnitRank&size=24&fd=Sony+Computer+Entertainment&fd=Microsoft&origkw=consoles&ff=PAD&ff=PAD&fv=Brand+Name+Secondary%2FSony+Computer+Entertainment&fv=Brand+Name+Secondary%2FMicrosoft&fg=Brand&fg=Brand&keywords=consoles&kw=consoles&page=1

http://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=console&category=9975893|All|matchallpartial+rel+ALL|video+games&kwr=y&lnk=lnav_narrow%20by%20category_1&ipr=#navigation=true&searchTerm=console&sortBy=bestselling&Nao=0&viewType=medium&category=9975893|All|matchallpartial

http://www.gamestop.com/browse/consoles/playstation-4?nav=28-xu0,13ffff2412-1dc-4f

I understand we use Amazon as a gauge and it's been correct, but you can't use it to 100% gauge something as fact when other retailers don't match up with it. Retailers that have a bigger data for NPD.

Also as you can see the Ucharted bundle is taking it's place for sales. Even at BB it's number 1 on their charts. Took back over the Halo bundle just after 2 days. Amazon is fun to use but it's not the whole story.