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Pionner said:
GribbleGrunger said:

3 hours since last update:

#12 XB1 Gears Bundle (down 3)
#23 PS4 Black Ops 3 Standard Bundle (down 2)
#24 PS4 Star Wars Standard Bundle (down 2)
#57 XB1 Three Game Bundle (down 2)
#67 N3DS Black (same)
#68 PS4 Nathan Drake Bundle (up 1)
#77 PS4 Fools Edition (down 2)
#80 WiiU Mario Kart Bundle (down 4)
#90 XB1 Fallout Bundle (down 7)

PS4 - 4 bundles, 4 in the top 100
XB1 - 8 bundles, 3 in the top 100

Generally speaking, Sony's strategy has been spot on this generation but I think this is one case in which things haven't gone as expected. Star Wars doesn't seem to have pushed the PS4 as much as I think Sony expected and the Black Ops 3 Bundle hasn't done as well as expected either. Price seems to be the only driving force at the moment.

Once again you're taking Amazon charts, hourly at that, as face value. We have insiders at GAF saying the bundles moved, and are still moving, a ton. I don't know how you can say this when the PS4 just sold 1.5M last month. And looking at other online retailers the COD and SW are selling the most still.

Gribble isn't the sharpest pencil out there.



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DonFerrari said:

Gribble isn't the sharpest pencil out there.

You can say what you like about me but never ever call me stupid. I eat stupid people for breakfast.





 

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9 hours since last update:

#20 XB1 Gears Bundle (down 8)
#26 PS4 Star Wars Standard Bundle (down 2)
#27 PS4 Black Ops 3 Standard Bundle (down 4)
#69 XB1 Fallout Bundle (down 21)
#71 XB1 Three Game Bundle (down 14)
#73 N3DS Black (down 6)
#81 PS4 Fools Edition (down 4)
#82 PS4 Nathan Drake Bundle (down 14)
#90 WiiU Mario Kart Bundle (down 10)

PS4 - 4 bundles, 4 in the top 100
XB1 - 8 bundles, 3 in the top 100

I'm reducing my predicted gap to 150k - 200k for now simply because I have to consider Amazon a good indicator of sales trends, although there have been better deals elsewhere and, like I've said in this thread twice already, people will likely go to bricks and mortar retailers for their Christmas purchase.



 

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GribbleGrunger said:
DonFerrari said:

Gribble isn't the sharpest pencil out there.

You can say what you like about me but never ever call me stupid. I eat stupid people for breakfast.



 


What did Gribble's mom say to him at the dinner table?

 

"Eat your soup before it coagulates!"

 

Filthy cannibal!



You can't judge Christmas week using online stores. people tend to buy in store that week to guarantee they have their purchase before Christmas day.

Also wow at those battlefront stats. Only 10% of players are on pc. That's really low.

The bigger increase in Xbox numbers suggests more kids have the console as they got it on Christmas from Santa.



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OneKartVita said:
You can't judge Christmas week using online stores. people tend to buy in store that week to guarantee they have their purchase before Christmas day.

Also wow at those battlefront stats. Only 10% of players are on pc. That's really low.

The bigger increase in Xbox numbers suggests more kids have the console as they got it on Christmas from Santa.

 

Xbox has always been more popular with the younger crowd. 



OneKartVita said:
You can't judge Christmas week using online stores. people tend to buy in store that week to guarantee they have their purchase before Christmas day.

Also wow at those battlefront stats. Only 10% of players are on pc. That's really low.

The bigger increase in Xbox numbers suggests more kids have the console as they got it on Christmas from Santa.

Yes, I said that in my last post AGAIN. Should we ignore the fact that the XB1 is currently outselling the PS4 on Amazon or does that theory only apply to the PS4? The XB1 is in the lead and has been for quite some time now and the reason is clear. I'm sure there are better deals elsewhere but the fact remains that price is a bigger driver (at the moment) than the Star Wars franchise (on AMAZON). Am I supposed to find a pseudo logical reason why I should ignore the current trend because I'm a Sony fan, because right now I'm saying things I've said before when it favoured the PS4 but didn't once get pulled up about.





 

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OneKartVita said:
You can't judge Christmas week using online stores. people tend to buy in store that week to guarantee they have their purchase before Christmas day.

Also wow at those battlefront stats. Only 10% of players are on pc. That's really low.

The bigger increase in Xbox numbers suggests more kids have the console as they got it on Christmas from Santa.

Even tho XB1 got the bigger percentual increase (XB1: 190.66%, PS4: 107.17%) PS4 had the bigger increase in number of players (XB1: 96.421, PS4: 105.297, a difference of 8876)



poklane said:
OneKartVita said:
You can't judge Christmas week using online stores. people tend to buy in store that week to guarantee they have their purchase before Christmas day.

Also wow at those battlefront stats. Only 10% of players are on pc. That's really low.

The bigger increase in Xbox numbers suggests more kids have the console as they got it on Christmas from Santa.

Even tho XB1 got the bigger percentual increase (XB1: 190.66%, PS4: 107.17%) PS4 had the bigger increase in number of players (XB1: 96.421, PS4: 105.297, a difference of 8876)

which suggests ps4 is the console the majority of kids are getting.





GribbleGrunger said:
DonFerrari said:

Gribble isn't the sharpest pencil out there.

You can say what you like about me but never ever call me stupid. I eat stupid people for breakfast.



He called you a pencil; you are not a writing instrument: you do the writing!