ITT, predict for the NPD March 2016 retail period (February 28-April 2, 2016) 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. EDT on Tuesday, April 12th. Format use is required if you want your entry counted.
NPD Coverage: February 28-April 2, 2016 (5 weeks, January was 4 weeks)
NPD Release: Thursday, April 14th @ 4 p.m. EDT (thread posted ~6:30 p.m. EDT)
Format:
Note: WIU will only be counted for unit results and cardinal order bonus. It is not included for point results directly.
[3DS]
[PS4]
[WIU]
[XB1]
Good/Bad Formatting
Potential hardware impacting events in March:
Easter sales (iffy for hardware) (Mar. 27) - week or two before Easter
Xbox One "temporary" price drop to $299 (March 21) - 17 days
Prediction Format: (repeating to emphasize to use this format)
[3DS]
[PS4]
[WIU]
[XB1]
February's Results (used for predictions)
1. PS4 - 406K
2. XB1 - 249K
3. 3DS - 176K
4. WIU - 70K
February 2015 NPD thread
March 2015 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. EDT on Tuesday, April 12th. Format use is required if you want your entry counted.
NPD Coverage: February 28-April 2, 2016 (5 weeks, January was 4 weeks)
NPD Release: Thursday, April 14th @ 4 p.m. EDT (thread posted ~6:30 p.m. EDT)
Format:
Note: WIU will only be counted for unit results and cardinal order bonus. It is not included for point results directly.
[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 March:
Easter sales (iffy for hardware) (Mar. 27) - week or two before Easter
Xbox One "temporary" price drop to $299 (March 21) - 17 days
Prediction Format: (repeating to emphasize to use this format)
[3DS]
[PS4]
[WIU]
[XB1]
February's Results (used for predictions)
1. PS4 - 406K
2. XB1 - 249K
3. 3DS - 176K
4. WIU - 70K
February 2015 NPD thread
March 2015 NPD thread
NPD Prediction Thread Archive