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. EDT on Tuesday, September 9th. Format use is required if you want your entry counted.
NPD Coverage: August 3-30, 2014 (4 weeks, July was 4 weeks)
NPD Release: Thursday, September 11th @ 4 p.m. EDT (thread posted ~6:30 p.m. EDT)
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 August:
Madden NFL 15 PS4/XB1 - August 26 (5 days)
Madden NFL 15 XB1 Bundle - August 26 (5 days)
July's Results - thanks to various angles
July 2013 NPD thread
August 2013 NPD thread
NPD Prediction Thread Archive
Another potentially busy weekend, so putting it up early this month to make sure it's not late.
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 Tuesday, September 9th. Format use is required if you want your entry counted.
NPD Coverage: August 3-30, 2014 (4 weeks, July was 4 weeks)
NPD Release: Thursday, September 11th @ 4 p.m. EDT (thread posted ~6:30 p.m. EDT)
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] 300K [PS4] 300 thousand
[PS4] 300,000 [PS4] 300.000
[PS4] 300000 [PS4] - 300000Potential hardware impacting events in August:
Madden NFL 15 PS4/XB1 - August 26 (5 days)
Madden NFL 15 XB1 Bundle - August 26 (5 days)
July's Results - thanks to various angles
July 2013 NPD thread
August 2013 NPD thread
NPD Prediction Thread Archive
Another potentially busy weekend, so putting it up early this month to make sure it's not late.
