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pokoko on 27 May 2017
KLAMarine said:

Please don't think of this as a deliberate slam against Sony but I think PSN cards doing so well might have something to do, at most in part, with Sony not having the best reputation when it comes to storing personal information.

( http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-04-26-sony-admitted-the-great-psn-hack-five-years-ago-today )

Sony was once targeted by North Korea itself. Not many corporations can say they've been targeted by a rogue state.

Of course it also helps that PS4 is the best-selling console this gen. That should go without saying.

 

Speaking of Disgaea, I hope Disgaea 5's sales are good. It's a niche franchise so I don't think it needs to have huge sales to be a success.

It might be a factor but probably not one that's more meaningful than lots of others.  Otherwise, it would be hard to explain the fact that Xbox cards dominated the Amazon charts last gen with PSN cards not that far behind.

My own personal belief is that many parents do not want to enter credit card information into a video game system they don't control, plus you have situations like college dorms or shared apartments where it doesn't feel safe.  I think it's more of a bunch of different life situations all contributing.



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KLAMarine on 27 May 2017
pokoko said:
KLAMarine said:

Please don't think of this as a deliberate slam against Sony but I think PSN cards doing so well might have something to do, at most in part, with Sony not having the best reputation when it comes to storing personal information.

( http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-04-26-sony-admitted-the-great-psn-hack-five-years-ago-today )

Sony was once targeted by North Korea itself. Not many corporations can say they've been targeted by a rogue state.

Of course it also helps that PS4 is the best-selling console this gen. That should go without saying.

 

Speaking of Disgaea, I hope Disgaea 5's sales are good. It's a niche franchise so I don't think it needs to have huge sales to be a success.

It might be a factor but probably not one that's more meaningful than lots of others.  Otherwise, it would be hard to explain the fact that Xbox cards dominated the Amazon charts last gen with PSN cards not that far behind.

My own personal belief is that many parents do not want to enter credit card information into a video game system they don't control, plus you have situations like college dorms or shared apartments where it doesn't feel safe.  I think it's more of a bunch of different life situations all contributing.

Indeed.



Turkish on 27 May 2017
Soundwave said:

Right now the top 4 selling software titles on Amazon.com are (in order) ARMS, Ultra Street Fighter II, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and Zelda: Breath of the Wild. 

Man, Switch owners are buying software like crazy. 

So 3 ports and 1 multiplayer game?

Where's the old Nintendo



Cloudman on 27 May 2017

Solely focusing on games, it looks like they're just Switch games on that top list, including SF2. Wasn't expecting that. Nice to see some switch games are doing well



 

              

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Goodnightmoon on 27 May 2017

Arms and Switch Top 1 and 2 on Amazon Spain (aka Sonyland)



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Player2 on 28 May 2017
RolStoppable said:
Well, what else are Switch owners supposed to do?

It only does games.

I fear the day Pornhub reveals its console traffic stats again, it's going to be doom everywhere.



AZWification on 28 May 2017

I didn't expect Street Fighter 2, of all games, to do well.



                
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GuyDuke on 28 May 2017

Happy to see ARMS so high up. Maybe it'll be a hit in Americas and Europe, despite weak preorders in Japan?



Miyamotoo on 30 May 2017

I think even in few years when some Switch games will be top selling games on Amazon some people will still saying that's because Switch doesn't have games.

In any case, I am glad that ARMS like new Nintendo IP is very popular on Amazon.



piopakk on 30 May 2017

That's pretty wild for Nintendo. What a wave to ride for the stockholders as well. I hope Nintendo can keep up, and seems like it with stock estimations going further up. I truly hope the Switch won't loose too much steam over the coming months heading into the holidays. Odyssey will boost the console sales significantly again.