Amazon Monthly Chart (Final Update)
15) PS4 Arkham
23) XB1 Halo 5 (Doesn't Count)
34) PS4 Destiny (Doesn't Count)
37) XB1 MCC
79) Wii U Deluxe
81) XB1 1TB
98) XB1 Madden
Could be the first time it's wrong this month.
Amazon Monthly Chart (Final Update)
15) PS4 Arkham
23) XB1 Halo 5 (Doesn't Count)
34) PS4 Destiny (Doesn't Count)
37) XB1 MCC
79) Wii U Deluxe
81) XB1 1TB
98) XB1 Madden
Could be the first time it's wrong this month.
It's been wrong once before.
When?
It wasn't wrong. People just misinterpreted the data.That month earlier this year where Xb1 was top selling, March or April, can't remember.
That month earlier this year where Xb1 was top selling, March or April, can't remember.
Besides the final week of August, I don't see why the PS4 would get any reasonable boosts in weekly numbers compared to July. Last year the PS4 was only 2% MOM in August. Looking at the monthly differences from July to August for home consoles, August has started to become a drop in sales for consoles, or being flat (starting 2012).
The Point is... The PS4 last year with The Last of us bundle sold less than in August. Even if tecnically July was going to be a bigger month.
Now. This time the PS4 has NOTHING on July ( GOW III was a massive bomba ), so, with this Madden promotion, seem likely believe PS4 is gonna to sell in August more than in July...
July of this year would still be riding on sales of the Batman bundle that launched in late June.
Basically after W4 of June, I'm guessing sales have been slowing each week up until Madden week, so W1-3 of July would be above W1-3 of August, but W4 of August is a huge jump in sales.
Am I making any sense?
Besides the final week of August, I don't see why the PS4 would get any reasonable boosts in weekly numbers compared to July..
It wasn't wrong. People just misinterpreted the data.
Finally.
Looks like Wii did pretty good in Europe however it seems obvious the PS3 has passed it by a bit..
Final thoughts: August sales for consoles are starting to get lower than July, but thanks to retail deals and bundles earlier in the month, the XB1 is able to avoid this trend for the win.
But in that case you had to look a little bit closer, as Amazon differentiates SKUs while NPD does not.When people use Amazon monthly to predict NPD, they're looking at the relative rankings of the top SKU of each console.
Amazon was wrong, for one month, using those guidelines. Amazon showed the PS4 ranked ahead of the Xbox One, and that relative ranking didn't hold up for that month's NPD results.
Every other month this generation has been correctly predicted by Amazon.
I should file a patent for "interesting". Would make a killing off GAF alone.
Try correlating it to when in the month Madden is released. jvm had a report some years ago that Madden was getting released later and later, so that could be playing into August's MOM performance.
Yeah, it could still be XB1 for the month, but I figure PS4's baseline over 4 weeks is enough to still beat it. Could be wrong, but that's a good reason why this month's results are going to be interesting! (^_^)
Alright, so Madden 11 (2010) was the last Madden to release early in August. Every Madden since then has been in the final week of August.
A post where I said Madden and gears haven't released yet because it was before the 25th?
I,,ok. is there a problem with my post if I may ask you could explain to me, or I could just not post in this thread?
edit: Guess I'll just leave the thread then.
What always surprised me with Madden, and the PS3 in general is how shit software sales were for the PS3 early on.
You had games like Madden NFL 07 which couldn't get near half a million in the US and NFL 08 which couldn't break a million. Meanwhile the 360 and PS2 versions were doing 4.7m combined for 07 and 4.1m for 08.
Madden NFL 08 for example, one of the best selling in the series, sold 6.8 million units across PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, GC, DS, 360, XBX with the PS3 version accounting for less than 12%.
Thankfully PS3 sales for Madden got better and hit 2 million and over in time but boy were sales very low early on for PS3.
I think for PS2 we saw Madden have 5 or so games in the top 10 best selling games. With PS3 it's just COD and GTA in the top 10 haha. Madden has seen more sales on PS3/360 than we saw on PS2 though which shows the series is still doing well.
Ok so first I have a quick question: Do we know of the 2DS price drop to $99 caused any sort of sales bump for 3DS in August? Speaking as someone who has vowed not to buy a 3DS because of region locking the $99 price point was really tempting for me.
I'm honestly torn on this month. I think it could go either way mainly because I expect some deferred PS4 sales in August. There will be a subset that is waiting to purchase the Taken King bundle or even waiting for MGSV to pick up the console. I'd expect that to have a modest effect on the August sales.
I'm hoping Until Dawn sees strong opening sales thanks to the positive word of mouth surrounding the title. I think it will prove pretty successful for Supermassive Games. Speaking personally a lot of my friends picked it up and raved about it.
As far as the TV sale goes while it was an insane deal it was also only available at BestBuy which given the market %age BB sales contribute means it will have a muted effect on the month as a whole. It also makes BestBuy insight an outlier for the month. Since GameStop is by far the largest segment of retail gaming purchases and it instead had some PS4 deals (ie the madden deal) I think the month may still go to PS4 despite the BB door buster and the expected deferred sales. The Amazon monthly charts seem to back this up but I think the margin will be pretty close. Probably around the same we've seen the last few months.
So given all the above these are my current predictions:
[PS4] 228k
[XB1] 215K
[3DS] 91K
[WIU] 42K
Subject to change given further retailer specific or 2DS price drop insight.
Just keeping it visible for predictions.
Ok so first I have a quick question: Do we know of the 2DS price drop to $99 caused any sort of sales bump for 3DS in August?
anyone still think the Xbone will take august ?
Amazon Sales rankings for the month of August
anyone still think the Xbone will take august ?
Amazon Sales rankings for the month of August
#3 - MGS 5/ The Phantom Pain PS4
#5 - COD: BLOPS III PS4 (Pre Order)
#6 - COD: BLOPS III XB1 (Pre Order)
#7 - Madden 16 PS4
#10 - Super Mario Maker WiiU (Pre Order)
#12 - XB1 Wireless Controller Standard
#15 - PS4 Arkham Knight Bundle - $399
#16 - Rare Replay XB1
#19 - Madden 16 XB1
#20 - Gears of War Ultimate Ed XB1
#21 - DS4 White
#23 - XB1 Halo 5 Bundle $499 Pre Order
#24 - DS4 Black
#26 - Until Dawn PS4
#27 - Fallout 4 PS4 (Pre Order)
#29 - Halo 5 XB1 Pre Order
#30 - Xenoblade Chronicles X WiiU Pre Order
#32 - Far Cry 4 PS4
#33 - Madden 16 Deluxe Ed XB1
#34 - PS4 Destiny TKK Bundle $399 Pre Order
#36 - Splatoon WiiU
#37 - XB1 Halo MCC bundle $349
#38 - Batman AK PS4
#39 - Destiny PS4
#42 - Madden 16 Deluxe Ed PS4
#44 - GTA V PS4
#45 - Remote Wii plus Wii U
#46 - Fallout 4 XB1 Pre Order
#49 - Battlefront PS4 Pre Order
#54 - DS4 Camo
#55 - Ass Creed Unity PS4
#57 - Super Smash Bros Wii U
#59 - Battlefront XB1 Pre Order
#60 - Batman AK XB1
#64 - DS4 Blue
#68 - Witcher III PS4
#69 - TLOU R PS4
#72 - MGS 5 TPP XB1
#74 - Destiny TKK PS4 Pre Order
#77 - Mad Max PS4 Pre Order
#79 - Wii U Super Mario 3D Bundle $299
#81 - XB1 Halo MCC 1Tb Bundle $399
#82 - New XB1 Wireless controller
#83 - NBA2K16 PS4 Pre Order
#84 - Super Mario Kart 8 WiiU
#85 - Destiny XB1
#88 - Far Cry 4 XB1
#96 - Mortal Kombat X PS4
#97 - XB1 Wireless controller special ed
#98 - XB1 Madden 16 1Tb Bundle $399
Fallout 4 preorders charting higher on Pyton 4 than xbone is surprising.
Pre-season.This thread is dead mate.
NPD was a mistake, it's nothing but trash
They sold less TV sets for sure.I think looking to Amazon for this month is a bit misguided. A lot happened in August outside of Amazon (...)
Not that much higher in the U.S. Isn't the Amazon list for US only?Why? PS4 install base is bigger.
I think looking to Amazon for this month is a bit misguided. A lot happened in August outside of Amazon, and Amazon itself had that Madden deal for the PS4.
Yeah, I still think that Xbox One may be the winner. Amazon is just a tiny piece of the market.
and you think it's gonna be any different from walmart , best buy , target or gamestop ?
Not that much higher in the U.S. Isn't the Amazon list for US only?
Ahhh ok. How about hardware? Reading this last page, seems pretty close ?Yes it is.
Also Amazon isn't the best retailer for software placements. For example, in March, they sold more PS4 versions of Hardline, but overall the Xbox One version sold more, and Bloodborne was the top selling piece of software that month.
Don't look at Amazon if you want to talk about software.