Amazon Sales Thread - September 2016

[Lordfancypants]

I agree with you on some points. MS will market the S like it's the Pro but it's Sony's job to counter that with their own marketing. Sony could say stuff like 'twice as powerful ' and 'only console that can do 4k gaming' etc. They need to get the message across that this is far better than the s.

They also can advertise both consoles in the same advert and imagine an advert for Cod and at the end 'play in 4k only on PS4 Pro'.

The Pro will be a big part of Sony's advertising campaign but the Slim will be used for promotional price cuts this holiday. With the Slim Sony can undercut the S a good chunk in price if need be but Sony this gen have stuck to their own gameplan and not had any knee jerk reactions. I cringe when I see people on forums calling for a price cut when years of trends show that the PS4 outsells the One priced $50 more. What do they expect to happen when they are priced the same?

The only thing stalling the Slims sales is the Pro but Sony are happy to let that happen and PS4 will still probably win this months NPD. Sony are in a good place.

I guess the slims price, in my opinion, isn't very appealing when compared to the pro.

We will see how Sony markets the pro against the S.  The whole does 4K video and HDR gaming is slickly confusing the power difference lines, smartly so.

[SWORDF1SH]

Hourly US rankings
Last Update 2 Days ago

#11 PS4 Pro 1TB (Down 2)
#24 3DS XL SLBE (Same)
#39 Xbox One S 500GB Halo Bundle (Down 1)
#40 PS4 Slim 500GB Uncharted 4 Bundle (Down 4)
#43 PS4 500GB CoD Bundle (Down 12)
#59 3DS XL Galaxy (Down 12)
#90 Xbox One S 2TB (Down 18 )
#92 Xbox One S 1TB Madden Bundle (Down 21)

September Monthly US Chart
Updated 17th Sept
#02 PS4 Pro 1TB
#31 PS4 500GB Blops III Bundle
#32 XB1 S 500GB Halo Bundle
#64 PS4 500GB LE Uncharted 4 Bundle
#68 PS Vita
#70 PS4 Slim 500GB Uncharted 4 Bundle
#72 XB1 S 2TB
#78 PS4 500GB
#85 N3DSXL Galaxy
#92 XB1 S 1TB Madden Bundle

Yearly US Chart (Position change this month)
Updated 17th Sept
#15 PS4 CoD bundle (Same)
#65 XBO GeoW bundle (Down 3)
#67 New 3DS XL Black (Down 2)
#91 XBO S 2TB (Up 5)
#93 XBO 500GB NYG bundle (Down 3)
#98 XBO 1TB 3 game bundle (Down 4)

[Aura7541]

So um... why does Gribble lists this "Scorpio spec sheet" whenever he updates the rankings?

[SWORDF1SH]

Hourly US rankings
Last update 20 hours ago

#14 PS4 Pro 1TB (Down 3)
#29 3DS XL SLBE (Down 5)
#35 PS4 500GB CoD Bundle (Up 8 )
#36 PS4 Slim 500GB Uncharted 4 Bundle (Up 4)
#43 Xbox One S 500GB Halo Bundle (Down 4)
#55 3DS XL Galaxy (Up 4)
#87 Xbox One S 1TB Madden Bundle (Up 5)
#96 Xbox One S 2TB (Down 6)

[Legend]

PS4 Pro is not going to have a strong launch isn't it.

[DerNebel]

PS4 Pro is not going to have a strong launch isn't it.

Strong enough I reckon, why do you think it won't be strong?

[Legend]

Strong enough I reckon, why do you think it won't be strong?

It's dropping at a constant pace on Amazon.

I think it's just too niche with how it was presented.

[the-pi-guy]

PS4 Pro is not going to have a strong launch isn't it.

It's 2 months away, and is still away above all other console SKU, 11 days after preorders opened.  I'm not worried about it.
Expected it to drop much faster honestly.

[Legend]

It's 2 months away, and is still away above all other console SKU, 11 days after preorders opened.  I'm not worried about it.
Expected it to drop much faster honestly.

Pre orders are more likely on Amazon I'd expect. Xbo S stayed at #1 much longer right?

[Aura7541]

Pre orders are more likely on Amazon I'd expect. Xbo S stayed at #1 much longer right?

I don't think so? Also, the two months where the XB1S had preorders aren't as big as September and October. July, especially, is a slow month.

[DerNebel]

It's dropping at a constant pace on Amazon.

I think it's just too niche with how it was presented.

I think it's doing fine on Amazon. I actually believe that with how small the price differential is, the Pro won't be niche at all. I wouldn't be surprised if 30%+ of PS4s sold in 2017 and onward were Pros.

[the-pi-guy]

Pre orders are more likely on Amazon I'd expect. Xbo S stayed at #1 much longer right?

Don't think so.  It wasn't in the top 20 best selling for any month. 
PS4 pro is sitting at #3 for September thus far.  Will have to see how it holds up. 

Edit: I was wrong.  Was at 18 in June.

[Aura7541]

Don't think so.  It wasn't in the top 20 best selling for any month.  
PS4 pro is sitting at #3 for September thus far.  Will have to see how it holds up.  

Also, September is a way more active month than June or July, so theoretically, it is more difficult to maintain a high ranking in September. If the Pro manages to stay in the Top 20, then that is impressive.

[the-pi-guy]

Xbox One S
June - 18
July - 32
August - 23, 42, 82
September - 32, 72, 87


Chrome's search function is being really screwy for some reason, so I may have missed something.  

[SWORDF1SH]

Hourly US rankings
Last update 1 day ago

#16 PS4 Pro 1TB (Down 2)
#22 PS4 500GB CoD Bundle (Up 13)
#30 PS4 Slim 500GB Uncharted 4 Bundle (Up 6)
#34 N3DSXL SLBE (Down 5)
#43 Xbox One S 500GB Halo Bundle (Same)
#49 N3DSXL Galaxy (Up 6)
#73 Xbox One S 1TB Madden Bundle (Up 14)

September Monthly US Chart
Updated 19th Sept
#03 PS4 Pro 1TB
#31 PS4 500GB Blops III Bundle
#32 XB1 S 500GB Halo Bundle
#60 PS4 Slim 500GB Uncharted 4 Bundle
#68 PS4 500GB LE Uncharted 4 Bundle
#72 XB1 S 2TB
#75 PS Vita
#78 N3DSXL Galaxy
#81 PS4 500GB
#87 XB1 S 1TB Madden Bundle
#90 N3DSXL SLBE

Yearly US Chart (Position change this month)
Updated 19th Sept
#14 PS4 CoD bundle (Up 1)
#65 XBO GeoW bundle (Down 3)
#67 N3DSXL Black (Down 2)
#90 XBO S 2TB (Up 6)
#93 XBO 500GB NYG bundle (Down 3)
#98 XBO 1TB 3 game bundle (Down 4)