What is NPD?: NPD is one of the main retail tracking firms in the U.S., and also about the only one who specifically goes into detail on video games sales. This thread is to predict what the NPD hardware sales will be for the most recent month. NPD months are defined here, from jvm.
What do I win?: Bragging rights. We also keep track of predictions over the year and have an annual contest using "points." Still just bragging rights, but Sales-Agers have fun seeing how well we can do with it. See here for details on the point calculations.
Prediction entries must be in and finalized by 8 p.m. EST on Monday, February 10th. Format use is required if you want your entry counted.
NPD Coverage: January 5-February 1, 2014 (4 weeks, December was 5 weeks)
NPD Release: Thursday, February 13th @ 4 p.m. EST (thread posted ~6:30 p.m. EST)
Format:
Note: PS3 and WIU will only be counted for unit results and cardinal order bonus. They are not included for point results.
[360]
[3DS]
[PS3]
[PS4]
[WIU]
[XB1]
Good/Bad Formatting
Potential hardware impacting events in January:
PS4 supply
December's Results - thanks to various angles
December 2012 NPD thread
January 2013 NPD thread
NPD Prediction Thread Archive
What do I win?: Bragging rights. We also keep track of predictions over the year and have an annual contest using "points." Still just bragging rights, but Sales-Agers have fun seeing how well we can do with it. See here for details on the point calculations.
Prediction entries must be in and finalized by 8 p.m. EST on Monday, February 10th. Format use is required if you want your entry counted.
NPD Coverage: January 5-February 1, 2014 (4 weeks, December was 5 weeks)
NPD Release: Thursday, February 13th @ 4 p.m. EST (thread posted ~6:30 p.m. EST)
Format:
Note: PS3 and WIU will only be counted for unit results and cardinal order bonus. They are not included for point results.
[360]
[3DS]
[PS3]
[PS4]
[WIU]
[XB1]
Good/Bad Formatting
Code:
Good Bad
[PS4] 500K [PS4] 500 thousand
[PS4] 500,000 [PS4] 500.000
[PS4] 500000 [PS4] - 500000Potential hardware impacting events in January:
PS4 supply
December's Results - thanks to various angles
Nintendo gave ranges putting 3DS at ~1.1m.
December 2012 NPD thread
January 2013 NPD thread
NPD Prediction Thread Archive
