Amazon Sales mean NOTHING

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#1 TWISTEDmetalPS3
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okay ive seen alot of ppl talking about amazon bestsellers and pre-order lists. They mean NOTHING. Medal of Honor is way above Call of Duty: Black Ops, but we all know CoD:BO will sell atleast double the amount MoH does. Sports Champions is above Halo:Reach but we all know Halo:Reach will outsell it by a large margin So there you have it. Please never use Amazon best sellers list as a reference again.
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#2 Modern_Unit
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It can give us a glimpse of the sales.

Btw, post on your main acc next time

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#3 Respawn-d
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who says sports championship wont outsell halo :P

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#4 SpruceCaboose
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I agree. Sales are generally irrelevant, a single sites doubly so.
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#5 88mphSlayer
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yes Amazon is a small %

but Amazon trends tend to predict retail trends more than anything else

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#6 coola426
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exactly. i mean at my local gamestop i asked the store clerks how much ps3s and 360s have been sold in the past few days(starting from thrusday) and they said more ps3s had been sold. heck i even saw two spanish dudes(this is not a racial slur btw) buying a ps3 today.

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#7 coasterguy65
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Yet they do matter (sales, Amazon) when Play Station products are in first place...right....sort of how there was thread after thread about how the Slim was #1 on Amazon back around Christmas.

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#8 Jamani
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Yet they do matter (sales, Amazon) when Play Station products are in first place...right....sort of how there was thread after thread about how the Slim was #1 on Amazon back around Christmas.

coasterguy65
Yea its always a double standard and lol at the kid asking his local gamestop...whoopdedoo 2 ps3's sold...
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#9 angelkimne
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Medal of Honour is so high because you get exclusive access to the beta, and Sports Champions is sold as a part of the Move Starter Pack, which has only just been made available for pre-order...

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#10 FIipMode
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Agree, you can't treat Amazon sales as gospel, its just one site.
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#11 Ravensmash
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exactly. i mean at my local gamestop i asked the store clerks how much ps3s and 360s have been sold in the past few days(starting from thrusday) and they said more ps3s had been sold. heck i even saw two spanish dudes(this is not a racial slur btw) buying a ps3 today.

coola426
Your local gamestop doesn't equal national consumer interest. Neither does Amazon necessarily, but it's MUCH more accurate to use - probably the most accurate seeing as it's a huge online retailer.
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#13 deactivated-5e9044657a310
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It can give us a glimpse of the sales.

Btw, post on your main acc next time

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Why would someone make alternate accounts?
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#14 WhenCicadasCry
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Sums up this thread. > .>

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Yet they do matter (sales, Amazon) when Play Station products are in first place...right....sort of how there was thread after thread about how the Slim was #1 on Amazon back around Christmas.

coasterguy65
Yeah but they didn't matter to 360 fans back then either. See how fanboys can be?
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#16 93soccer
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You should start posting on your main account. Also you'd be shocked how many lems said that last year when cows were creating new threads over the PS3 slim charts on amazon. I guess hypocrisy is part of the trade.
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#17 Ragnarok1051
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You should start posting on your main account. Also you'd be shocked how many lems said that last year when cows were creating new threads over the PS3 slim charts on amazon. I guess hypocrisy is part of the trade. 93soccer
And yet now they're guilty of it as well. Look at the hypocrisy.
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#18 genaroll
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Well amazon is one of the top online retailers.So most people that shop online would most likely use amazon.Your thread is true not.Very true not.
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#19 Oonga
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I can see it mattering in the future. I just made the switch to amazon only and i expect alot more people will too.

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#20 slipknot0129
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It only means something when ps3 is on top.

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#21 rp108
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The biggest online retailer means a lot actually.

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#23 Stevo_the_gamer  Moderator
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It only means something when ps3 is on top.

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lol. This. I remember those Amazon topics back when PS3 Slim was selling.
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#24 3rdbass
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Remember this is best selling currently and Kinect and move are brand new pre-order releases. Once they are out for awhile they will fall down the list. Well maybe not Kincet as it seems to be a hot item. Reach was number 1 in sales when it first released for pre-order. Reach will go up pretty fast once we get closer to release. Amazon is great to see weekly trends and that is about it. But it is still pertinent to sales. Has anybody noticed that Kinect has been #1 or #2 since last week while the move products have been sulking it up around #50. It sure looks like Kinect is going to sell better at first.