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SWORDF1SH on 22 February 2018
tbone51 said:
NPD is biased too, it had switch at number 1 for HW

You do understand that if there is a Switch bias on Amazon, if its number 1 on NPD it's always going to be number 1 on Amazon. Something people fail to understand and even try to use it against the bias theory. 



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peachbuggy on 22 February 2018
SWORDF1SH said:
peachbuggy said:

You sort of get what i say about LABO. (Nice excuse for getting it btw!) My point was really that there are a few saying there's a Nintendo bias on Amazon because its demographic is older atm. After Christmas and then LABO, i'm guessing it will be more in comparison with the other consoles. Just a hunch but we shall see anyway.

I see what you mean. Yes you could be right and it will definitely alter over time. 

Well, that's how i see it, at least.



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SWORDF1SH on 22 February 2018
peachbuggy said:
SWORDF1SH said:

I see what you mean. Yes you could be right and it will definitely alter over time. 

Well, that's how i see it, at least.

Out of the 3 consoles, I can see Switch demographic changing the most over time. Nintendo are pretty good at getting new audiences. 



Nuvendil on 22 February 2018
GProgrammer said:
Yes there is a Clear Bias towards Nintendo with Amazon, I'm sure most rational people see this. The more important question though I think is
Why is this? Why does the Amazon model fit more with peoples Nintendo buying habits than the other console companies?
Perhaps its because the console is smaller, that's a guess from me but probably not a good one, So what is it?

There's significantly more bundles available for PS4 and Xbone, spreading both new sales and resales across multiple SKUs.  The Switch has 2 bundles readily available for anything resembling a reasonable price (Mario Odyssey bundle is being scalped if you can even get it), thus consolidating it's sales and resales to just those two systems.  This likely explains some of the ranking issues.

 

But you also have to remember that gaps are created by how many products fall between two items.  It's entirely possible the gap in units between 1 and 20 is very, very small (theoretically as low as 2).  That's why Amazon is used to predict NPD rankings NOT gaps.



Jranation on 22 February 2018
zorg1000 said:
SWORDF1SH said:

I've said it before, I think we need a close month to know for certain but I've also provided other data that indicates a bias. 

I think software & accessories being in the same list  as hardware is what makes it seen like one can be dominating.

If it was just a hardware ranking it would look like

NSW-1 & 2

PS4-3, 5 & 6

XBO-4, 7 & 8

 

When you look at it this way there is no huge gaps in rankings.

Omg! Why have no one said this before! (And why have I not seen it in this perspective!) 



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Oneeee-Chan!!! on 22 February 2018

Bayonetta 2 review score got up to 4.0.



Insidb on 22 February 2018
Jranation said:
zorg1000 said:

I think software & accessories being in the same list  as hardware is what makes it seen like one can be dominating.

If it was just a hardware ranking it would look like

NSW-1 & 2

PS4-3, 5 & 6

XBO-4, 7 & 8

 

When you look at it this way there is no huge gaps in rankings.

Omg! Why have no one said this before! (And why have I not seen it in this perspective!) 

It's a new "discovery."



SWORDF1SH on 22 February 2018
Insidb said:
Jranation said:

Omg! Why have no one said this before! (And why have I not seen it in this perspective!) 

It's a new "discovery."

Lol 😂



p0isonparadise on 22 February 2018

7 hours since last update.

HARDWARE:
#13 NS Neon (down 2)
#25 NS Grey (down 6)
#39 PSVR Skyrim (down 5)
#41 XB1X (up 3)
#42 XB1 Minecraft (up 3)
#46 PS4 Fool's Edition (down 4)
#52 SNES Classic (up 3)
#54 PS4 Pro (up 4)
#59 PS4 Pro Star Wars (up 8)
#68 XB1 Madden (down 4)
#81 XB1 Forza (down 8)
#90 XB1 (down 1)
#94 N2DSXL B+T (up 4)

SOFTWARE (Pre-orders Only)**:
Nothing 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 / 0 in the top 20 / 0 in the top 10 / 0 in the top 5
XB1: 5 in the top 100 / 2 in the top 50 / 0 in the top 20 / 0 in the top 10 / 0 in the top 5
NIS:  2 in the top 100 / 2 in the top 50 / 1 in the top 20 / 0 in the top 10 / 0 in the top 5



xMetroid on 22 February 2018
quickrick said:
UltimateGamer1982 said:

Where did this 10-20k figure come from? 

And Sony had these big games even it wasn’t enough to win. Imagine how bad it would have been if MH and dbz didnt come out. Kinda like how February doesn’t have any big releases for PS4 so this months switch win should be much bigger. 

MHW is the only system seller, and it came out late in the month, plus xbox is much cheaper so anybody buying a system for that game, would buy it on xbox. way bigger games in the west that are coming out exclusive on ps4, and MHW is not really a big system seller in the west. ps4 main problem is xbox being much cheaper, while both consoles are getting near there peak. also about the 10-20k numbers

https://www.resetera.com/posts/4810099/

That's still 1 big system seller for a core fanbase and a brand new game in the franchise. And boosts at this time in gen dont last ages, 1 week is almost all it will do so it doesn't change anything.

 

Also, there was even a collector edition.