sonycowboy
Member
Well,
It's October. The holiday season is quickly approaching. A shitload of releases, the continuing saga of DS vs PSP, the great white hope of PSP GTA:LCS, the PS2 holding onto the $149 price point, will Castlevania ever be appreciated, and more .
It's time to ramp this baby back up again.
Here's a chance to dazzle us with your acumen.
NPD CONTEST & POINTS SYSTEM
A return of the points system. Its my own little BCS ranking / RPI ranking for NPD predictions
Platforms covered: GCN, PS2, Xbox, NDS, GBA, PSP
Point System:
1) 25 points for getting Hardware positions correct. Maximum Points: 25
2) 20 points * (percentage of correct units for hardware system, anything over 100% difference = 0 points). Maximum points: 120
3) 10 points for each title at correct ordinal position in your overall top 10 (-1 for each position off, minimum of 0 points). Maximum points: 100
4) 10 points * (percentage of correct units for each title, anything over 100% difference = 0 points) in your overall top 10. Maximum points: 100
5) 2 points for each title at correct ordinal position in your overall top 5 per platform (-1 for each position off, minimum of 0 points). Maximum points: 60 (10 for each platform)
6) 5 points * (percentage of correct units for each title in your overall top 5 per platform, anything over 100% different = 0 points. Also, any titles listed in the overall top 10 CAN NOT be counted, as they would be double counted). Maximum Points: 125
7) OVERALL TOP 10 Correct 50 points Maximum Points: 50
8) 20 points * (percentage of correct overall software sales in dollars, anything over 100% difference = 0 points). Maximum points: 20
Maximum Total Points: 600 points
Required Predictions
You must make the following predictions to qualify for the points contest
1) Hardware (within 10k) each system
2) Top 10 overall w/units (must pick per sku, not combining multi-platform)
3) Top 5 for each system w/units
4) Overall Software Sales for the month in dollars
THIS MONTHS CONSIDERATIONS
1) PSP vs DS round 8
2) GTA: LCS - Only a few days of availability, but did it do much of anything?
3) PS2 vs GBA Hardware - The heavyweights trying to hold onto the title.
4) Warriors, SOCOM 3, Shadow of the Collossus, RE4, Tony Hawk, Soul Calibur 3, Battlefield 2, SSX, Castlevania DS, LA Rush, & others
5) How have the past titles held on? Nintendogs, NBA Live, Madden, Burnout, etc
Some notable New Releases:
Week 4 - September- X-Men: Legends 2, Genji (PS2), Battalian Wars (GCN), Frantix (PSP), DK: King of Swing (GBA), We <3 Katamari, Tiger Woods, Ninja Gaiden Black, Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects, Madden NFL 06 (PSP), Indigo Prophecy, Fable: Lost Chapters, Ultimate Spider-Man, GBA Micro
Week 5 - September - Tiger Woods (PSP), Trace Memory (DS), Suffering 2, NBA Live 06, NBA 2k6, Midway: Arcade 3, Lunar Dragon Song (DS), Lost in Blue (DS), Frogger, Far Cry: Instincts, DDR Extreme 2 (PS2), Capcom Classics, Top Spin 2 (PS2), Pokemon XD
It's October. The holiday season is quickly approaching. A shitload of releases, the continuing saga of DS vs PSP, the great white hope of PSP GTA:LCS, the PS2 holding onto the $149 price point, will Castlevania ever be appreciated, and more .
It's time to ramp this baby back up again.
Here's a chance to dazzle us with your acumen.
NPD CONTEST & POINTS SYSTEM
A return of the points system. Its my own little BCS ranking / RPI ranking for NPD predictions
Platforms covered: GCN, PS2, Xbox, NDS, GBA, PSP
Point System:
1) 25 points for getting Hardware positions correct. Maximum Points: 25
2) 20 points * (percentage of correct units for hardware system, anything over 100% difference = 0 points). Maximum points: 120
3) 10 points for each title at correct ordinal position in your overall top 10 (-1 for each position off, minimum of 0 points). Maximum points: 100
4) 10 points * (percentage of correct units for each title, anything over 100% difference = 0 points) in your overall top 10. Maximum points: 100
5) 2 points for each title at correct ordinal position in your overall top 5 per platform (-1 for each position off, minimum of 0 points). Maximum points: 60 (10 for each platform)
6) 5 points * (percentage of correct units for each title in your overall top 5 per platform, anything over 100% different = 0 points. Also, any titles listed in the overall top 10 CAN NOT be counted, as they would be double counted). Maximum Points: 125
7) OVERALL TOP 10 Correct 50 points Maximum Points: 50
8) 20 points * (percentage of correct overall software sales in dollars, anything over 100% difference = 0 points). Maximum points: 20
Maximum Total Points: 600 points
Required Predictions
You must make the following predictions to qualify for the points contest
1) Hardware (within 10k) each system
2) Top 10 overall w/units (must pick per sku, not combining multi-platform)
3) Top 5 for each system w/units
4) Overall Software Sales for the month in dollars
THIS MONTHS CONSIDERATIONS
1) PSP vs DS round 8
2) GTA: LCS - Only a few days of availability, but did it do much of anything?
3) PS2 vs GBA Hardware - The heavyweights trying to hold onto the title.
4) Warriors, SOCOM 3, Shadow of the Collossus, RE4, Tony Hawk, Soul Calibur 3, Battlefield 2, SSX, Castlevania DS, LA Rush, & others
5) How have the past titles held on? Nintendogs, NBA Live, Madden, Burnout, etc
Some notable New Releases:
Week 4 - September- X-Men: Legends 2, Genji (PS2), Battalian Wars (GCN), Frantix (PSP), DK: King of Swing (GBA), We <3 Katamari, Tiger Woods, Ninja Gaiden Black, Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects, Madden NFL 06 (PSP), Indigo Prophecy, Fable: Lost Chapters, Ultimate Spider-Man, GBA Micro
Week 5 - September - Tiger Woods (PSP), Trace Memory (DS), Suffering 2, NBA Live 06, NBA 2k6, Midway: Arcade 3, Lunar Dragon Song (DS), Lost in Blue (DS), Frogger, Far Cry: Instincts, DDR Extreme 2 (PS2), Capcom Classics, Top Spin 2 (PS2), Pokemon XD
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[b]October Releases[/b]
[b]1st Week 2nd Week 3rd Week 4th Week[/b]
Brothers In Arms: Earned Serious Sam II The Warriors The Sims 2
FIFA Soccer 06 L.A. Rush Stubbs the Zombie Nintendo DS Nintendogs Teal Bundle
Mega Man Zero 4 (DS) Ty the Tasmanian Tiger - 3 GTA: The Trilogy Midway Arcade Treasures 3
Conflict: Global Terror SSX On Tour GTA: Special Edition Metroid Prime Pinball
NBA Live 06 (PSP) SOCOM 3 Fire Emblem Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Marvel Nemesis (PSP) Romancing SaGa Blitz The League Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix
Halo 2 Triple Pack Phoenix Wright (DS) X-Men Legends II Call of Cthulhu
Digital Devil Saga 2 NCAA March Madness 06 World Poker Tour Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Marvel Nemesis (DS) Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Taito Legends
Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil FIFA Soccer 06 (PSP) Tony Hawk's American Sk8land Spartan: Total Warrior
Virtua Tennis (PSP) Devil Kings The Con (PSP) Soul Calibur III
Zoo Tycoon Spyro Shadow Legacy (DS) Shrek SuperSlam
Sniper Elite Resident Evil 4
Shadow of the Colossus Ratchet: Deadlocked
Jak X LEGO Star Wars (GCN)
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi Gunstar Super Heroes (GBA)
Dig Dug Digging Strike (DS)
Crash Tag Team Racing
Sponge Bob Square Pants
Shining Force Neo
Fable: The Lost Chapters
