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March 2012 NPD Predictions - Closes April 9
- Thread starter donny2112
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AndrewDean84xX
Banned
So some people here think the PSV is selling 37k+ a week in NA? Interesting.
[360] 300k
[3DS] 250k
[PS3] 250k
[PSV] 100k
[WII] 200k
[360] 300k
[3DS] 250k
[PS3] 250k
[PSV] 100k
[WII] 200k
Nothing concrete. Any time now though.
BassForever
Member
I got really excited when I hit F5 and saw NPD near the top of the list, then I saw it was the predictions thread and I was sad 
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Greenberg just tweeted that retail spend on 360 in March was $430 million, more than PS3 and Wii combined. Bad month all around with no hw brag?
Edit: nvm
Edit: nvm
bigtroyjon
Member
and from Greenberg
#NPD reports total retail spend on Xbox 360 products in March reached $430 million, which was more than PS3 & Wii combined.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Can't believe I forgot to predict.
Can't believe I forgot to predict.
Somehow life will go on.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
I wonder if Sony will drop the price mid-summer like Nintendo.
bigtroyjon
Member
So 360 down 14.3% yoy, drop keeps getting smaller each month.
Don't see why it wouldn't. If it couldn't hit 100k in the 5 weeks following its launch, there are problems somewhere.
it only came out a week before the end of february
GarthVaderUK
Banned
371K seems pretty good, higher than the GAF aggregate prediction.
Better than expected.
Can't believe I forgot to predict.
Well, at you didn't have a ban that ended the day after predictions ended. >_>; You mods did that on purpose!
I'm joking. Please don't ban me again. ;-;
Interesting. So Wii + PS3 = is ~556k. I hope both are over 200k.
further...
Aaron Greenberg ‏ @aarongreenberg
"#NPD reports 371K Xbox 360 consoles sold in March, 13th consecutive month with over 40% share."
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
Bah, majorly low-balled the 360.
Can't believe I forgot to predict.
Annual results are the Top 10 out of 12 months, so if you forget to predict a month, that would just be one of the two thrown out for you. Makes it not so bad if you miss a month or just have a really bad month.
BassForever
Member
If I'm reading that correctly, we can estimate about 927k units of hardware were sold this month, leaving 556k between 3DS, Vita, Wii, and PS3
Edit: Seems that Microsoft doesn't count handheld sales so ignore that.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Annual results are the Top 10 out of 12 months, so if you forget to predict a month, that would just be one of the two thrown out for you. Makes it not so bad if you miss a month or just have a really bad month.
Oh that's good to know!
Hiro_Kunimi_80
Member
very impressive numbers , as usual... 7th march and no price cut since summer 2008, still over 300K ( closer to 400K actually )
Sho_Nuff82
Member
MS never includes handhelds in their comparisons.
Annual results are the Top 10 out of 12 months, so if you forget to predict a month, that would just be one of the two thrown out for you. Makes it not so bad if you miss a month or just have a really bad month.
I was banned for three, though.
Microsoft doen't count handhelds in their market share figure.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
Do they count the handhelds into the 40% 360 figure?
BassForever
Member
Ahh okay thanks for the info
Should we read that as better than 40% of total hardware or console hardware? Really impressive if it includes handhelds too, but I figure Microsoft would highlight the console competition as it makes the percent bigger.
Edit: Beaten, doesn't include handhelds.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
If it does that's sad. 360 had about the same share last month between consoles only.
Edit: It doesn't, apparently.
If by "impressive" you mean apocalyptic, sure, why not?
Fantastical
Death Prophet
We can't all be Sales-Age Geniuses.