ITT, predict for the NPD June 2017 retail period (May 28-July 1, 2017) 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.
Why are there still predictions when official NPD numbers are not released?
Prediction entries must be in and finalized by 8 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, July 11th. Format use is required if you want your entry counted.
NPD Coverage: May 28-July 1, 2017 (5 weeks, May was 4 weeks)
NPD Physical Release: Monday, July 17th @ 4 p.m. EDT (public thread with physical+digital posted on July 20th ~6:30 p.m. EDT)
Format:
[NSW]
[PS4]
[XB1]
Good/Bad Formatting
Potential hardware impacting events in June:
*E3 Excitement*
LE Gold PS4 1TB @ @$250 - June 9 (23 days)
Xbox One price drop by $50 - June 11-17 (7 days)
Arms (NSW, Nintendo possibly shipped more to support) - June 16 (16 days)
Prediction Format: (repeating to emphasize to use this format)
[NSW]
[PS4]
[XB1]
(May's results not public)
May's #1 predictor
May 2016 NPD thread
June 2016 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.
Why are there still predictions when official NPD numbers are not released?
To have fun? To share thoughts and speculation with a like mined group of people? To be able to communicate directly with individuals who study this industry for a living?
Since 2010 I guess we don't get official numbers anymore... that doesn't mean we don't get the numbers.
The ranking and results are based in real numbers.
Prediction entries must be in and finalized by 8 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, July 11th. Format use is required if you want your entry counted.
NPD Coverage: May 28-July 1, 2017 (5 weeks, May was 4 weeks)
NPD Physical Release: Monday, July 17th @ 4 p.m. EDT (public thread with physical+digital posted on July 20th ~6:30 p.m. EDT)
Format:
[NSW]
[PS4]
[XB1]
Good/Bad Formatting
Code:
Good Bad
[XB1] 200K [XB1] 200 thousand
[XB1] 200,000 [XB1] 200.000
[XB1] 200000 [XB1] - 200000
Potential hardware impacting events in June:
*E3 Excitement*
LE Gold PS4 1TB @ @$250 - June 9 (23 days)
Xbox One price drop by $50 - June 11-17 (7 days)
Arms (NSW, Nintendo possibly shipped more to support) - June 16 (16 days)
Prediction Format: (repeating to emphasize to use this format)
[NSW]
[PS4]
[XB1]
(May's results not public)
May's #1 predictor
PS4 > NSW from twitter reports, though.[NSW] 195K
[PS4] 185K
[XB1] 102K
May 2016 NPD thread
June 2016 NPD thread
NPD Prediction Thread Archive