ITT, predict for the NPD October 2015 retail period (October 4-31, 2015) 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, November 10th. Format use is required if you want your entry counted.
NPD Coverage: October 4-31, 2015 (4 weeks, September was 5 weeks)
NPD Release: Thursday, November 12th @ 4 p.m. EST (thread posted ~6:30 p.m. EST)
Format:
[3DS]
[PS4]
[WIU]
[XB1]
Good/Bad Formatting
Potential hardware impacting events in October:
Summary
PS4 Price Drop to $349 (Oct. 9) - 23 days
XB1 Halo 5 1TB bundle ($499, Oct. 20) - 12 days
Halo 5 (Oct. 27) - 5 days
Prediction Format: (repeating to emphasize to use this format)
[3DS]
[PS4]
[WIU]
[XB1]
September's Results (estimates)
1. PS4 - 340K
2. XB1 - 280K
3. 3DS - 120K
4. WIU - 85K
September 2014 NPD thread
October 2014 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, November 10th. Format use is required if you want your entry counted.
NPD Coverage: October 4-31, 2015 (4 weeks, September was 5 weeks)
NPD Release: Thursday, November 12th @ 4 p.m. EST (thread posted ~6:30 p.m. EST)
Format:
[3DS]
[PS4]
[WIU]
[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 October:
Summary
PS4 Price Drop to $349 (Oct. 9) - 23 days
XB1 Halo 5 1TB bundle ($499, Oct. 20) - 12 days
Halo 5 (Oct. 27) - 5 days
Prediction Format: (repeating to emphasize to use this format)
[3DS]
[PS4]
[WIU]
[XB1]
September's Results (estimates)
1. PS4 - 340K
2. XB1 - 280K
3. 3DS - 120K
4. WIU - 85K
September 2014 NPD thread
October 2014 NPD thread
NPD Prediction Thread Archive