ITT, predict for the NPD February 2016 retail period (January 31-February 27, 2016) for U.S. hardware sales.
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 Tuesday, March 8th. Format use is required if you want your entry counted.
NPD Coverage: January 31-February 27, 2016 (4 weeks, January was 4 weeks)
NPD Release: Thursday, March 10th @ 4 p.m. EST (thread posted ~6:30 p.m. EST)
Format:
Note: WIU will only be counted for unit results and cardinal order bonus. It is not included for point results directly.
[3DS]
[PS4]
[WIU]
[XB1]
Good/Bad Formatting
Potential hardware impacting events in February:
Tax Refunds coming in
Fire Emblem Fates n3DSXL - $200 (Feb. 19) - 9 days
Pokemon 20th Anniversary Edition n3DS - $200 (Feb. 27) - 1 day
Prediction Format: (repeating to emphasize to use this format)
[3DS]
[PS4]
[WIU]
[XB1]
January's Results (used for predicitons)
1. PS4 - 230K
2. XB1 - 130K
3. 3DS - 70K
4. WIU - 40K
January 2015 NPD thread
February 2015 NPD thread
NPD Prediction Thread Archive
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 Tuesday, March 8th. Format use is required if you want your entry counted.
NPD Coverage: January 31-February 27, 2016 (4 weeks, January was 4 weeks)
NPD Release: Thursday, March 10th @ 4 p.m. EST (thread posted ~6:30 p.m. EST)
Format:
Note: WIU will only be counted for unit results and cardinal order bonus. It is not included for point results directly.
[3DS]
[PS4]
[WIU]
[XB1]
Good/Bad Formatting
Code:
Good Bad
[XB1] 200K [XB1] 200 thousand
[XB1] 200,000 [XB1] 200.000
[XB1] 200000 [XB1] - 200000Potential hardware impacting events in February:
Tax Refunds coming in
Fire Emblem Fates n3DSXL - $200 (Feb. 19) - 9 days
Pokemon 20th Anniversary Edition n3DS - $200 (Feb. 27) - 1 day
Prediction Format: (repeating to emphasize to use this format)
[3DS]
[PS4]
[WIU]
[XB1]
January's Results (used for predicitons)
1. PS4 - 230K
2. XB1 - 130K
3. 3DS - 70K
4. WIU - 40K
January 2015 NPD thread
February 2015 NPD thread
NPD Prediction Thread Archive
