NPD September 2015 Prediction and Discussion Thread

NPD Coverage: August 2-29, 2015 (4 weeks, July was 4 weeks)
NPD Release: Thursday, September 10th @ 4 p.m. EDT

Notable events in August:

• XB1 MCC bundle + 40" 1080p TV at Best Buy - $500 (August 9-15) - 7 days (reports of selling 12K the first day of this sale)
• XB1 Madden 16 bundle - $399 (August 18, 1 week before game release) - 12 days
• 2DS price drop to $100 announced on Aug. 20 starting Aug 30 - 10 days
• Buy PS4 and get Madden 16 included at no additional charge (August 25-30) - 5 days
• Madden 16 PS4/XB1 (August 25) - 5 days

Results for July 2015:

1. PS4 - 218K
2. XB1 - 189K
3. 3DS - 105K
4. WIU - 46K
5. Vita- ???

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There we have it, folks. The NPD results are coming up (they go live this Thursday) and while I imagine a lot of the drama from the last few months will now not happen, it is still interesting to speculate just which system will pull ahead and why.

This will be the official thread for NPD September 2015 discussion. Keep all NPD discussion here.

They will probably win October but I really don't see them winning august or sept.

Wow , i forgot we had these.

Uh , predicting the PS4 will win , and that the sun will rise in the morning.

Who is they...?

Lol, I will fill in the blanks when the NPD comes out. I am honestly not really sure about the sale war for Q3.

PS4 as always and by default. Nothing will ever change that.

PS4 will win by default until something like Halo comes out, then Xbone will win by 10k.

PS4 will continue the momentum from winning E3 2015 and subsequent NPDs

• PS4 - 265k
• Xbox One - 203k
• 3DS - 160k
• Wii U - 82k

Splatoon climbs back into top ten software.

Confused from thread title. Is this August NPD prediction or September?

I predict that August hardware sales will be low across the board. PS4 may win but it won't be a landslide victory if it does.

September, on the other hand, will be an effing bloodbath. With both the MGSV LE and Taken King bundles, PS4 hardware will be moving ridiculous this month.

NPD results released in September for the month of August. Should have been clearer lol.

Oh well.

I miss the days of TigerSuperman.

What happened to him and ProtossX?

Banned, probably.

Sony as always,,dominating Microsoft.

PS4 won Amazon by a few positions, so I'm inclined to say PS4 for August.

Tiger is definitely perma banned, but i'm sure he's still floating around here

It's that time again.

Lemmings:

Wait September? wouldn't this be the August NPD?

August NPD appears in September, September NPD appears in October, etc

anyways PS4 wins by default, i just want to see Sword Art Online PS4 on top for PSN downloads

why would you want a mediocre game to top the charts?

New game: Who can spot the wild tiger this week?

And that's sounds like TigerSuperman. He did this in the old Retro forums too. He even calls me a loon (much like Char, Loco, and Conan do today) for calling him out on that (although other users remember him for that too). Although how I didn't catch him with his most recent alt (forgot the title, but Sebas noticed), I'll never know.

There's a couple of alts I've noticed.

I wanna play!

Madden Bundle , Best buy TV deal , Gears of War , Rare Replay , Gamescom , cheaper price , and all the good work from nyc , salt, timdog , crapgamer , mooch , nxtgen720 etc on the interwebs will be hard to beat.

All the PS4 had was indies , Until Yawn , higher price , no Gamescom hype , and all the lackluster work from tormentos and the biased media.

But PS3>Wii60 yet again

Since this is September were talking about, it would be interesting to see if Xbox One at least come closer to PS4 sales when games like Halo 5 and Rise of the Tomb Raider are around the corner and the fact that BC is coming soon in November.

I got only 2 on my radar , dough 1 is acting like a herm , so maybe it's not him.

It's going to be close for August but I think Playstation 4 will have a slight edge.

Amazon monthly seems to indicate that, anyway:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2015-08/videogames

You should change the title to "NPD August". :)

There both Banned. Tiger really flip his shit out on that last NPD thread and Mods had enough of X trolling threads. There alt. are unknown.

Seriously? Until Yawn? You have very evidently never played it; that thing will keep you on the edge of your seat more than any other game. Brilliant game.

That and what did Xbox One have in August?

@_Matt_: I agree, i watched the whole thing twice on Stream, once on Gamespot and another at Gametrailers, i wasnt bored not one bit and the story actually surprised me. Its a fun one.

@Zero_epyon: Rare Replay is a Xbox One exclusive that was release in August, 30 games for $30 was a good purchase and Gears of War: Ultimate Edition was also release in August but however, it's not an Xbox One exclusive, just MS exclusive since Ultimate Edition is coming to PC. Both games were release in August.

I see. So re-release of games from previous gens vs a new IP. I can't see how people would think Xbox had a better month. I'd agree it did if Xbox went up against just indies.

One more thing I forgot to mention, both of these games were also number one on the U.K charts for one week but however, I don't think none of these are a big deal other then Rare Replay with it's great value if you're into retro gaming that is.

Well that's pretty cool. I wonder what they were going up against?

Xbox One is gonna sweep it... It's gonna happen, or my name isn't tigersuperman!

Going out on a limb and saying the PS4 will take the month

I have no idea.

Do we really need this? PS4 outselling XBO and MGSV outselling everything else; FACT.

Spotted him!

Not bad, but you need to add a list of dozen "irrefutable reasons" why Xbox One already won, and then have a meltdown.

Hmm maybe but needs more Walmart and more defending of shit consoles no ones heard of.

Plus more insults.

Someone just needs to press his buttons. It's a matter of time...

they had a crazy tv bundle... the only way they have been getting sales at all this gen

"I just talked with every trash collector in the states , and they can confirm , the rise of Xbone boxes in the trash has risen 60% , and the PS4 has gone down by 75%."

*Link here for gamespot or whatever store he shilled"

Sigh:TigerSuperman

Didn't he imply he used to grill his local gamestop to see what their console sales were, or something to that effect?

I miss Tiger.