ITT, predict for the NPD October 2016 retail period (October 30-November 26, 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. EST on Tuesday, December 6th. Format use is required if you want your entry counted.
NPD Coverage: October 30-November 26, 2016 (4 weeks, October was 4 weeks)
NPD Physical Release: Thursday, December 8th @ 4 p.m. EST (public thread with physical+digital posted 1 week later on December 15th ~6:30 p.m. EST)
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 November:
Black Friday/Holiday Shopping
PS4 Pro released Nov. 10th @ $399 (17 days)
PS4/XB1 @ $250 + various bundles/variations for Black Friday (3 days)
n3DS @ $100 for Black Friday (3 days)
Prediction Format: (repeating to emphasize to use this format)
[3DS]
[PS4]
[WIU]
[XB1]
October's Results
WIU - ?
October 2015 NPD thread
November 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. EST on Tuesday, December 6th. Format use is required if you want your entry counted.
NPD Coverage: October 30-November 26, 2016 (4 weeks, October was 4 weeks)
NPD Physical Release: Thursday, December 8th @ 4 p.m. EST (public thread with physical+digital posted 1 week later on December 15th ~6:30 p.m. EST)
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] 1200K [XB1] 1.2 million
[XB1] 1,200,000 [XB1] 1.200.000
[XB1] 1200000 [XB1] - 1200000
Potential hardware impacting events in November:
Black Friday/Holiday Shopping
PS4 Pro released Nov. 10th @ $399 (17 days)
PS4/XB1 @ $250 + various bundles/variations for Black Friday (3 days)
n3DS @ $100 for Black Friday (3 days)
Prediction Format: (repeating to emphasize to use this format)
[3DS]
[PS4]
[WIU]
[XB1]
October's Results
3DS - ~123K (NPD Analyst Naji)Aquamarine said:XB1 - 329K
PS4 - 235k
WIU - ?
October 2015 NPD thread
November 2015 NPD thread
NPD Prediction Thread Archive