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Frank_kc said:
It is strange that we dont see a Call of Duty Bundle for PS4 so far, COD bundle was best selling PS4 bundle last year and it was in top 20 almost all year.

Maybe because Cod is completely sh** this/last year and thats even coming from one of the biggest cod fanboys, yeah i would call myself that. The amount of playtime i have in cod since i started with MW3 is not even funny, last year i had like 22 days playtime in bo3 after what april-may LOL

But with IW and Modern Warfare Remastered, i preordered the Digital Deluxe Edition and im what in these both games like Level 10, something like that didnt even happen in Advanced Warfare, where i have my lowest playtime but its still close to 7 days. and how i feel about the new cod, that counts for a lot of people, last year there were so many people i was watching on Twitch or Youtube and played Bo3, but this year its like completely dead. I really really hope that changes with the new cod and i myself want to play the shi** out of cod again but i cant i really cant and thats sad to say. :(

I mean the perfect example is Black Ops 2 on Xbox One, just look how people freaked out when it became playable a few day ago, how many retweets it got hell i saw "Black Ops 2" trending on twitter and i dont have a Xbox One but just look at the player count its almost like 150 K for a 5 year old game, thats INSANE !!!

And speaking of Black Ops 2, im also pissed at Sony for not giving us BC like Microsoft like what is the issue!? At least they could address why they are not doing it, thats imo the biggest missing future from Sony/PS4 compared to Microsoft. But i dont want to buy an Xbox just for Forza/Fifa Legends and ok now Black OPs 2 and maybe even MW3 in the future, im sure that will become BC too. And yes i could play it on my PS3 right now but seriously i dont even longer want to use PS3, its so much worse than PS4 and Microsoft is giving Xbox One players an easy option to also play some older titles easily on their Xbox One still. Ok i think i went a little far off -topic but yeah its really pissing me off, if sony could at least give us an awnser !!

But yeah its no surprise the IW/MW PS4 Bundle isnt charting at all, but if the Cod 2017 will be good like Black Ops 3 again, you will see it on amazon charting the entire year again just like with Bo3.



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GribbleGrunger said:
Jranation said:
Switch and Nes is about the PS4! Nice!

It would be absolutely dire if the Switch wasn't above the PS4 at this point in its cycle. For a console that's over three years old now, the PS4 maintaining a spot in the top 20 is extremely good. As I pointed out before the Switch launched, we need to wait two to three months to see what things will settle down to. Switch 'should' hold steady though, although I'm not seeing that much in the way of system selling software at the moment which isn't going to help. I think Zelda will help but the uptake of that title is so extremely good, selling more copies than consoles sold, I'm not sure how that plays into sales in the long term.

The biggest/entire reason the Switch is selling now is due to Zelda, so your comment doesn't make much sense to me? That's system selling software, just because it sold even better than the Switch itself in the US first month isn't somehow a bad thing for the game selling consoles in the long run. That means some people either bought 2 copies of it for collection sake and/or people were buying the game but couldn't find a Switch, so it was an investment towards an eventual Switch purchase.

Not sure how you can possibly spin that as a bad thing in regards to being a system seller long run. You can't play the game without the system. Not sure how Switch sales will play out in the long run but Zelda outselling the console itself doesn't seem like it'd be a factor to me.



Nuvendil said:

The more noteworthy thing is the Switch is still selling and beating the PS4 here despite these pricks marking it up by nearly $100 and the PS4 being discounted $50.

I didn't even notice that. It's better than I thought then, although I still think we should wait a couple of months to get a better overall picture of how the Switch will do longer term.



 

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Roar_Of_War said:

The biggest/entire reason the Switch is selling now is due to Zelda, so your comment doesn't make much sense to me? That's system selling software, just because it sold even better than the Switch itself in the US first month isn't somehow a bad thing for the game selling consoles in the long run. That means some people either bought 2 copies of it for collection sake and/or people were buying the game but couldn't find a Switch, so it was an investment towards an eventual Switch purchase.

Not sure how you can possibly spin that as a bad thing in regards to being a system seller long run. You can't  play the game without the system. Not sure how Switch sales will play out in the long run but Zelda outselling the console itself doesn't seem like it'd be a factor to me.

Right or wrong, what I said isn't 'spin'. That suggest a bias when looking at the numbers and I don't do that. I call it as I see it, regardless of platform. My perfered platform is the PS4 of course and it would be easy to manufacture a sense of bias simply because I predict 'success' for that platorm more often than not. That isn't bais though, that's just how it's gone this generation so far.



 

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GribbleGrunger said:
Nuvendil said:

The more noteworthy thing is the Switch is still selling and beating the PS4 here despite these pricks marking it up by nearly $100 and the PS4 being discounted $50.

I didn't even notice that. It's better than I thought then, although I still think we should wait a couple of months to get a better overall picture of how the Switch will do longer term.

I mean obviously, yeah, we have to wait to see how far it goes.  I mean the Dreamcast broke records and the N64 was suplexing the PS1 for like 2 years and we know how that went.  Will say I doubt we have a Dreamcast scenario because the cause of that was the Dreamcast selling as the bleeding edge of console tech and got upstaged by the PS2 being superior.  The Switch is launching against established brands so it's not selling in the absence of expectation-setting competitors.  



Amazon still hasn't received any Switch stock since March. Nintendo must be gearing up for a massive shipment right before MK8D drops.



p0isonparadise said:
Amazon still hasn't received any Switch stock since March. Nintendo must be gearing up for a massive shipment right before MK8D drops.

No it has.  It just sells out very, very quickly.  



Nuvendil said:
p0isonparadise said:
Amazon still hasn't received any Switch stock since March. Nintendo must be gearing up for a massive shipment right before MK8D drops.

No it has.  It just sells out very, very quickly.  

This site is really reliable when it comes to stock; http://www.nowinstock.net/videogaming/consoles/nintendoswitch/

It says it was last available on March 30th, for both grey and neon Switches. 



p0isonparadise said:
Nuvendil said:

No it has.  It just sells out very, very quickly.  

This site is really reliable when it comes to stock; http://www.nowinstock.net/videogaming/consoles/nintendoswitch/

It says it was last available on March 30th, for both grey and neon Switches. 

Ah, it may not have I suppose.  Switch hasn't had spikes as big in April as it did in March so it's possible some 3rd parties fulfilled by Amazon just came in at a more reasonable price like 315 or 325 insead of tue dickish 375