I know its shop. But I haven't heard about it here in Finland.

Some1 said it sales doesn't count in Vgzhartz.

I can now see how people say if its not in Amazon top 10 it means it won't sell etc.

www.amazon.com

Amazon is an online store.

The sales of VGC are including an estimate of Amazon sales (though as VGC has it's own amazon store there is some direct data from it... there may be other direct Amazon data, but I am unsure)

What has become common here on the forum is for people to quote an Amazon top sellers list as some kind of proof something is selling wel or not, but it is not useful for things like that as the way Amazon ranks it is based on localised purchases (so per state I think in the USA) but also only for the previous hour.

It does of course hold some weight, but something being in the top 10 on an Amazon list could still be outside the top 1000 worldwide, or for instance if someone from Florida observes something in the top 10, that item could easily be outside the top 200 for America.

For it to be useful, someone would have to log the Amazon rankings every hour in every region for a week.... and I don't think we really know what region is what. (I was only guessing it to be seperated by state for USA)

If this is a serious question, you should read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com

I think the reason many people on VGC insist on not using it as a sales indicator is because as an entirely online retailer, its sales data does not necessarily reflect the sales of more conventional retailers, which are still the primary force behind video game sales. I think the sales charts also refresh quite frequently, so there are huge fluctuations all the time that might be caused by small factors like weekend deals.

At least, this is what I get from threads on here relating to Amazon, so I could be wrong.

I think you are correct Xeta. How many times have we seen someone post "OMG this is going to be huge its the #1 seller on Amazon" and then the game or hardware doesn't exactly light up the charts the way it is being hyped.

Amazon is a good place to shop, but I mostly use them for older electronics that are almost impossible to find.


BTW: The software they use for their automotive parts fit guide is not very good. I've ordered two separate parts that were supposed to fit my car and neither one did.

It's probably the biggest and most trusted online store in existence.