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Nuvendil on 12 May 2017
KLAMarine said:
Nuvendil said:

Part of what is driving the sales down here is probably the upcoming stock refreshes.  Gamestop has new stock landing next week.  So this is probably similar to what happened right before MK8D launched.

Or maybe the number of people willing to pay $400 is decreasing? Once that's done, prices should fall in theory.

People selling would ideally sell as high as they can initially and then lower prices to round up even more people.

Well I would argue there is a direct relation between increased availability of stock at MSRP and decrease in willingness to pay over MSRP. 



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thismeintiel on 12 May 2017
KLAMarine said:
Nuvendil said:

Part of what is driving the sales down here is probably the upcoming stock refreshes.  Gamestop has new stock landing next week.  So this is probably similar to what happened right before MK8D launched.

Or maybe the number of people willing to pay $400 is decreasing? Once that's done, prices should fall in theory.

People selling would ideally sell as high as they can initially and then lower prices to round up even more people.

Well, it's definitely a far cry from when people were actually able to sell the Wii and, to a lesser extent, the PS3 for a $300+ mark up on retail price.  The Switch is doing really well, but it's definitely not a frenzy.



 

Nuvendil on 12 May 2017
thismeintiel said:
KLAMarine said:

Or maybe the number of people willing to pay $400 is decreasing? Once that's done, prices should fall in theory.

People selling would ideally sell as high as they can initially and then lower prices to round up even more people.

Well, it's definitely a far cry from when people were actually able to sell the Wii and, to a lesser extent, the PS3 for a $300+ mark up on retail price.  The Switch is doing really well, but it's definitely not a frenzy.

Well they also supplie far more of the Switch than the Wii, which they heavily underestimated.  And it's not the Holidays either, where the scalping can be unbelievable. 



Oneeee-Chan!!! on 12 May 2017
Kerotan said:
Was just looking at Amazon Italy and noticed gta 5 is #1 and even ahead of Mario Kart. It's only €10 euro cheaper aswell. Mario Kart is obviously selling well but it just shows you what a monster gta V is.

https://www.amazon.it/gp/bestsellers/videogames/ref=nav_shopall_vid_best

GTA5 is not PS4 Exclusive.



Oneeee-Chan!!! on 12 May 2017

Switch is 3rd in Bestbuy right now.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=1&searchType=search&_dyncharset=UTF-8&ks=960&sc=Global&list=y&usc=All%20Categories&type=page&id=pcat17071&iht=n&seeAll=&browsedCategory=pcmcat748302046757&st=pcmcat748302046757_categoryid%24abcat0700000&qp=customerreviews_facet%3DCustomer%20Rating~Top-Rated



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GribbleGrunger on 12 May 2017

12 hours since last update:

HARDWARE:
#18 PS4 UC4 (down 1)
#19 Retron HD (same)
#20 NS Grey (up 4)
#43 NS Neon (up 8)
#59 NS Grey (down 17)
#60 PS4 Pro (up 6)
#69 PS4 + UC4 (down 5)
#98 PS4 COD (down 14)

SOFTWARE (Pre-orders Only) **:
None at the moment

Does not affect this month: *
Software outside of the month only gets added if it's in the top 20: **

PS4: 4 in the top 100 / 1 in the top 50 / 1 in the top 20 / 0 in the top 10 / 0 in the top 5
XB1: 0 in the top 100 / 0 in the top 50 / 0 in the top 20 / 0 in the top 10 / 0 in the top 5
NIS:  3 in the top 100 / 2 in the top 50 / 1 in the top 20 / 0 in the top 10 / 0 in the top 5



 

The PS5 Exists. 


KLAMarine on 12 May 2017

Switch price is going up. $380 to $400 and now groping for $410.

Nearly $500 at Wal-Mart: https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=nintendo%20switch&typeahead=nintendo

Scalpers showing no mercy.



Kerotan on 12 May 2017
Oneeee-Chan!!! said:
Kerotan said:
Was just looking at Amazon Italy and noticed gta 5 is #1 and even ahead of Mario Kart. It's only €10 euro cheaper aswell. Mario Kart is obviously selling well but it just shows you what a monster gta V is.

https://www.amazon.it/gp/bestsellers/videogames/ref=nav_shopall_vid_best

GTA5 is not PS4 Exclusive.

Where did I say it was? 



GribbleGrunger on 12 May 2017

7 hours since last update:

HARDWARE:
#15 Retron HD (up 4)
#18 NS Grey (up 2)
#19 PS4 UC4 (down 1)
#29 NS Neon (up 14)
#57 PS4 + UC4 (up 12)
#61 PS4 Pro (down 1)
#74 NS Grey (down 15)
#87 NES (re-entry)

SOFTWARE (Pre-orders Only) **:
None at the moment

Does not affect this month: *
Software outside of the month only gets added if it's in the top 20: **

PS4: 3 in the top 100 / 1 in the top 50 / 1 in the top 20 / 0 in the top 10 / 0 in the top 5
XB1: 0 in the top 100 / 0 in the top 50 / 0 in the top 20 / 0 in the top 10 / 0 in the top 5
NIS:  3 in the top 100 / 2 in the top 50 / 1 in the top 20 / 0 in the top 10 / 0 in the top 5



 

The PS5 Exists. 


Oneeee-Chan!!! on 12 May 2017
Kerotan said:
Oneeee-Chan!!! said:

GTA5 is not PS4 Exclusive.

Where did I say it was? 

Not anywhere. Literal meaning.