May 2015 NPD Thread! PS4 152k, XB1 139k, WiiU 41k

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Started by Xevross, Jun 10, 2015, 09:51 AM

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Top Selling Console in May

Xbox One
PS4
3DS
Ouya
Vita
Wii U

darkknightkryta

The correlation between Amazon and the winning console is interesting. Amazon actually only encompasses ~5-6% of total marketshare. My theory on why it has gotten a perfect track record, so far, is because buying habits on Amazon are similar to those across the other big 4 retailers: Gamestop, Best Buy, Walmart, and Target.

In April, things got really wonky. Abdiel said that the PS4 beat the XBO in Best Buy. Amazon's monthly rankings showed the XBO edging out, but again, it only holds a tiny portion of the total marketshare. The trade-in a PS3/360 for an XBO deal at Gamestop was what likely gave XBO the win because Gamestop holds the plurality of the marketshare. I think the rule of the game is if you want to win the month, you need to win Gamestop. Otherwise, you have to win in Best Buy, Walmart, Target, and Amazon.
That's the whole trick with statistics.  If you have a decent sample size, you can correlate it to larger data.  Amazon's sales are enough of a sample size to infer the overall picture.  Not gonna be perfect, but close.