What is it?: 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.
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. EDT on Monday, June 11th. Format use is required if you want your entry counted.
NPD Coverage: April 29-May 26 (4 weeks, April was 4 weeks)
NPD Release: June 14th @ 4 p.m. EDT (thread posted ~6:30 p.m. EDT)
IMPORTANT: NPD is now directly including Wal-Mart data in their totals. Previously they were only estimating for Wal-Mart, so there could be some significant changes in relative performance to April compared to previous years. Have fun guessing!
Format:
[360]
[3DS]
[PS3]
[PSV]
[WII]
Good/Bad Formatting
Potential hardware impacting events in May:
DSi/DSiXL price drop - $99/$129 (May 20; could impact 3DS sales?)
Purple 3DS (New color) - May 20
April's Results - thanks to Nirolak, miladesn, and jvm
May 2011 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. EDT on Monday, June 11th. Format use is required if you want your entry counted.
NPD Coverage: April 29-May 26 (4 weeks, April was 4 weeks)
NPD Release: June 14th @ 4 p.m. EDT (thread posted ~6:30 p.m. EDT)
IMPORTANT: NPD is now directly including Wal-Mart data in their totals. Previously they were only estimating for Wal-Mart, so there could be some significant changes in relative performance to April compared to previous years. Have fun guessing!
Format:
[360]
[3DS]
[PS3]
[PSV]
[WII]
Good/Bad Formatting
Code:
Good Bad
[360] 400K [360] 400 thousand
[360] 400,000 [360] 400.000
[360] 400000 [360] - 400000Potential hardware impacting events in May:
DSi/DSiXL price drop - $99/$129 (May 20; could impact 3DS sales?)
Purple 3DS (New color) - May 20
April's Results - thanks to Nirolak, miladesn, and jvm
April 2011 NPD thread
May 2011 NPD thread
NPD Prediction Thread Archive
