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 Monday, April 15th. Format use is required if you want your entry counted.
NPD Coverage: March 3-April 6 (5 weeks, February was 4 weeks)
NPD Release: Thursday, April 18th @ 4 p.m. EDT (thread posted ~6:30 p.m. EDT)
IMPORTANT: As of May 2012's results, 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 compared to previous years.
Format:
Note: PSV will only be counted for unit results and cardinal order bonus. PSV is not included for point results.
[360]
[3DS]
[PS3]
[PSV]
[WIU]
Good/Bad Formatting
Potential hardware impacting events in March:
Pikachu (Pokemon) LE 3DSXL - $199.99 (March 24) - 14 days
Easter (March 31) - 2012 Easter fell in the April month, so that could lead to a YOY increase for March, as a result
February's Results - thanks to Nirolak, shinra-bansho, and a variety of angles
February 2012 NPD thread
March 2012 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, April 15th. Format use is required if you want your entry counted.
NPD Coverage: March 3-April 6 (5 weeks, February was 4 weeks)
NPD Release: Thursday, April 18th @ 4 p.m. EDT (thread posted ~6:30 p.m. EDT)
IMPORTANT: As of May 2012's results, 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 compared to previous years.
Format:
Note: PSV will only be counted for unit results and cardinal order bonus. PSV is not included for point results.
[360]
[3DS]
[PS3]
[PSV]
[WIU]
Good/Bad Formatting
Code:
Good Bad
[360] 300K [360] 300 thousand
[360] 300,000 [360] 300.000
[360] 300000 [360] - 300000Potential hardware impacting events in March:
Pikachu (Pokemon) LE 3DSXL - $199.99 (March 24) - 14 days
Easter (March 31) - 2012 Easter fell in the April month, so that could lead to a YOY increase for March, as a result
February's Results - thanks to Nirolak, shinra-bansho, and a variety of angles
February 2012 NPD thread
March 2012 NPD thread
NPD Prediction Thread Archive
