July 2010 Monthly Sales Futures for hardware and software are making their tomorrow.

Remember, for Monthly Software Futures of games that do not finish in NPD Group's Top 10, the game will cash out at the sales of the #10 title. If the sales number for the #10 title is not available, there is risk the future will be rolled back!

What is an IPO? This is when a stock first appears for trading. On the simExchange, you will be able to buy or short sell the Futures and GLS stock at a fixed price for 48 hours. This allows all players equal access to the IPO regardless of the time they log on. After 48 hours, the futures will being trading as normal at some random hour of the day. All players are limited to 250,000 DKP positions in the IPO phase.

• July Console Futures

  IPO Date	Title	Company	IPO Price
  7/21	Xbox 360	Microsoft	35 DKP
  7/21	PLAYSTATION 3	Sony	30 DKP
  7/21	Wii	Nintendo	40 DKP
  7/22	Nintendo DS	Nintendo	45 DKP
  7/22	PlayStation Portable	Sony	10 DKP
  7/22	Total Software Sales	ALL	55 DKP

• July Monthly Sales Futures

  IPO Date	Title	Platform	Company	MSF IPO Price	GLS IPO Price
  7/23	NCAA Football 11	Xbox 360	Electronic Arts	40 DKP	N/A
  7/23	NCAA Football 11	PS3	Electronic Arts	30 DKP	N/A
  7/24	Crackdown 2	Xbox 360	Microsoft	50 DKP	N/A
  7/25	Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies	DS	Square Enix	25 DKP	N/A

• US Hardware in June 2010

  Title	Actual units	Expected units	% From Expected
  Nintendo DS	510,700	439,100	+16.31%
  Xbox 360	451,700	397,500	+13.64%
  Nintendo Wii	422,500	383,800	10.08%
  PLAYSTATION 3	304,800	202,100	+50.82%
  PlayStation Portable	121,000	63,400	+90.85%
  Total Hardware Units	1,810,700	1,485,900	+21.86%

• US Software in June 2010

  Rank	Title	Actual units	Expected units	% From Expected
  1	Red Dead Redemption (Xbox 360)	582,900	409,200	+42.45%
  2	Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)	548,400	566,200	-3.14%
  3	Red Dead Redemption (PS3)	380,300	--	--
  4	New Super Mario Bros (Wii)	200,900	216,400	-7.16%
  5	Just Dance (Wii)	174,800	--	--
  6	Wii Fit Plus w/ Balance Board (Wii)	--	--	--
  7	Toy Story 3 (DS)	--	--	--
  8	UFC 2010: Undisputed (Xbox 360)	--	--	--
  9	LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Wii)	--	--	--
  10	UFC 2010: Undisputed (PS3)	--	--	--
  	Total Software Sales	$531.3M	$569.1M	-6.64%

The market also tracked the sales of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PSP) which did not make the top 10. These futures will be rolled back.

Where do the expected sales numbers come from?

The simExchange is the video game stock market. Gamers and developers sign up on the simExchange for a free trading account. Using fantasy money, players buy virtual stocks in video games they believe are under-predicting sales and short sell stocks they believe are over-predicting sales. This concept is widely known as "the Wisdom of the Crowd" and this system is known as a "prediction market." Sign up and play today.

About the predictions

Predictions on the simExchange should become more accurate over time as (1) the diversity of the pool of traders increases and as (2) more accurate players are rewarded with more virtual currency for their accuracy (thereby enabling them to form more predictions) and less accurate players lose virtual currency (thereby discounting their ability to form more predictions).

• US Hardware in May 2010

  Title	Actual units	Expected units	% From Expected
  Nintendo DS	383,700	443,200	-13.43%
  Nintendo Wii	334,800	397,500	-15.77%
  Xbox 360	194,600	208,300	-6.58%
  PLAYSTATION 3	154,500	193,400	-20.11%
  PlayStation Portable	59,400	72,400	-17.96%
  Total Hardware Units	1,127,000	1,314,800	-14.28%

• US Software in May 2010

  Rank	Title	Actual units	Expected units	% From Expected
  1	Red Dead Redemption (Xbox 360)	945,900	737,800	+28.21%
  2	Red Dead Redemption (PS3)	567,100	418,200	+35.60%
  3	Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)	563,900	922,200	-38.85%
  4	UFC 2010: Undisputed (Xbox 360)	221,100	299,400	-26.15%
  5	UFC 2010: Undisputed (PS3)	192,300	207,600	-7.37%
  6	Wii Fit Plus w/ Balance Board (Wii)	--	--	--
  7	New Super Mario Bros (Wii)	183,000	--	--
  8	Alan Wake (Xbox 360)	145,000	246,000	-41.06%
  9	Pokemon Soulsilver Version (DS)	141,000	--	--
  10	Skate 3 (Xbox 360)	--	--	--
  	Total Software Sales	$446.3M	$620.1M	-24.80%

The market also tracked the sales of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Xbox 360), Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (PS3), Lost Planet 2 (PS3), and Lost Planet 2 (Xbox 360), which did not make the top 10. These futures will be rolled back.

Where do the expected sales numbers come from?

The simExchange is the video game stock market. Gamers and developers sign up on the simExchange for a free trading account. Using fantasy money, players buy virtual stocks in video games they believe are under-predicting sales and short sell stocks they believe are over-predicting sales. This concept is widely known as "the Wisdom of the Crowd" and this system is known as a "prediction market." Sign up and play today.

About the predictions

Predictions on the simExchange should become more accurate over time as (1) the diversity of the pool of traders increases and as (2) more accurate players are rewarded with more virtual currency for their accuracy (thereby enabling them to form more predictions) and less accurate players lose virtual currency (thereby discounting their ability to form more predictions).

The following stocks are candidates for delisting. These stocks were chosen for delisting due to inactivity in the stock and/or lack of discussion for an extended period of time. Delisting stocks is necessary to unlock DKP for trading and concentrate DKP in the stocks people are trading.

All shares will cash out at the last traded price. This price is determined as the fair value as the market has not viewed the price as undervalued or overvalued for some time. These stocks will no longer appear when browsing the genres and platforms pages. You will still be able to view the stocks' pages by searching for the games.

If you feel any of the following should not be delisted due to an upcoming event (such as the game has not yet been released in all regions), please make a case and post in this forum by 11AM PT on Wednesday, June 30. A stock price that you are not happy with is not grounds for continued listing.

GLS Stocks pending delisting:
Borderlands (Xbox 360)
Borderlands (PS3)
Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PSP)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (Xbox 360)
G.I. JOE: The Rise of the Cobra (Xbox 360)
The Godfather II (Xbox 360)
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 days (DS)
Madden NFL 10 (Xbox 360)
Madden NFL 10 (PS3)
NCAA Football 10 (PS3)
NCAA Football 10 (Xbox 360)
Prince of Persia (Xbox 360)
Red Faction: Guerilla (PS3)
Red Faction: Guerilla (Xbox 360)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii)
Wolfenstein (Xbox 360)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Xbox 360)

June 2010 Monthly Sales Futures for hardware and software are making their debut on Thursday.

Remember, for Monthly Software Futures of games that do not finish in NPD Group's Top 10, the game will cash out at the sales of the #10 title. If the sales number for the #10 title is not available, there is risk the future will be rolled back!

What is an IPO? This is when a stock first appears for trading. On the simExchange, you will be able to buy or short sell the Futures and GLS stock at a fixed price for 48 hours. This allows all players equal access to the IPO regardless of the time they log on. After 48 hours, the futures will being trading as normal at some random hour of the day. All players are limited to 250,000 DKP positions in the IPO phase.

• June Console Futures

  IPO Date	Title	Company	IPO Price
  6/10	Xbox 360	Microsoft	20 DKP
  6/10	PLAYSTATION 3	Sony	20 DKP
  6/10	Wii	Nintendo	40 DKP
  6/11	Nintendo DS	Nintendo	40 DKP
  6/11	PlayStation Portable	Sony	8 DKP
  6/11	Total Software Sales	ALL	55 DKP

• June Monthly Sales Futures

  IPO Date	Title	Platform	Company	MSF IPO Price	GLS IPO Price
  6/12	Super Mario Galaxy 2	Wii	Nintendo	60 DKP	N/A
  6/13	Red Dead Redemption	Xbox 360	Rockstar	30 DKP	N/A
  6/14	New Super Mario Bros Wii	Wii	Nintendo	30 DKP	N/A
  6/15	Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker	PSP	Konami	15 DKP	N/A

April 2010 was a horrendous month for video game sales. Hardware and software sales dramatically underperformed market expectations.

The following tables compare market expectations on the simExchange and actual results as reported by the NPD Group.

• US Hardware in April 2010

  Title	Actual units	Expected units	% From Expected
  Nintendo DS	440,800	599,500	-26.47%
  Nintendo Wii	277,200	425,400	-34.84%
  Xbox 360	185,400	265,800	-30.25%
  PLAYSTATION 3	180,800	225,300	-19.75%
  PlayStation Portable	65,500	98,500	-33.50%
  Total Hardware Units	1,149,700	1,614,500	-28.79%

• US Software in April 2010

  Rank	Title	Actual units	Expected units	% From Expected
  1	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (Xbox 360)	486,100	483,700	+0.50%
  2	Pokemon SoulSilver (DS)	242,900	--	--
  3	New Super Mario Bros (Wii)	200,300	325,400	-38.44%
  4	Pokemon HeartGold (DS)	192,600	--	--
  5	God of War III (PS3)	180,300	271,600	-33.62%
  6	Wii Sports Resort (Wii)	179,000	227,100	-21.18%
  7	Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Xbox 360)	166,000	195,200	-14.96%
  8	Wii Fit Plus w/ Balance Board (Wii)	--	--	--
  9	Just Dance	144,000	--	--
  10	Super Street Fighter IV (PS3)	143,000	--	--
  	Total Software Sales	$398.5M	$549.5M	-27.48%

The market also tracked the sales of 2010 FIFA World cup South Africa (Xbox 360), Monster Hunter Tri (Wii), Final Fantasy XIII (PS3), and Final Fantasy XIII (Xbox 360), which did not make the top 10. These games will cash ou at 14.3 DKP. Quantum Theory (PS3) was not released in April 2010 and will be rolled back.

Where do the expected sales numbers come from?

The simExchange is the video game stock market. Gamers and developers sign up on the simExchange for a free trading account. Using fantasy money, players buy virtual stocks in video games they believe are under-predicting sales and short sell stocks they believe are over-predicting sales. This concept is widely known as "the Wisdom of the Crowd" and this system is known as a "prediction market." Sign up and play today.

About the predictions

Predictions on the simExchange should become more accurate over time as (1) the diversity of the pool of traders increases and as (2) more accurate players are rewarded with more virtual currency for their accuracy (thereby enabling them to form more predictions) and less accurate players lose virtual currency (thereby discounting their ability to form more predictions).

• April 2010 Top 5 Traders

  Rank	Name	% Change
  1	busted1der	+75.16%
  2	Wayne	+39.13%
  3	sn00py	+31.33%
  4	chemchok	+28.01%
  5	altltlc	+25.16%

Check out the complete April 2010 rankings.

May 2010 Monthly Sales Futures for hardware and software are making their tomorrow.

Remember, for Monthly Software Futures of games that do not finish in NPD Group's Top 10, the game will cash out at the sales of the #10 title.

What is an IPO? This is when a stock first appears for trading. On the simExchange, you will be able to buy or short sell the Futures and GLS stock at a fixed price for 48 hours. This allows all players equal access to the IPO regardless of the time they log on. After 48 hours, the futures will being trading as normal at some random hour of the day. All players are limited to 250,000 DKP positions in the IPO phase.

• May Console Futures

  IPO Date	Title	Company	IPO Price
  4/22	Xbox 360	Microsoft	28 DKP
  4/22	PLAYSTATION 3	Sony	28 DKP
  4/22	Wii	Nintendo	42 DKP
  4/23	Nintendo DS	Nintendo	55 DKP
  4/23	PlayStation Portable	Sony	10 DKP
  4/23	Total Software Sales	ALL	70 DKP

• May Monthly Sales Futures

  IPO Date	Title	Platform	Company	MSF IPO Price	GLS IPO Price
  4/22	Super Mario Galaxy 2	Wii	Nintendo	65 DKP	N/A
  4/23	Red Dead Redemption	PS3	Rockstar	15 DKP	N/A
  4/23	Red Dead Redemption	Xbox 360	Rockstar	15 DKP	N/A
  4/24	Alan Wake	Xbox 360	Microsoft Game Studios	25 DKP	N/A
  4/25	Lost Planet 2	PS3	Capcom	15 DKP	N/A
  4/25	Lost Planet 2	PS3	Capcom	15 DKP	N/A
  4/26	Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands	Xbox 360	Ubisoft	15 DKP	N/A
  4/26	Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands	PS3	Ubisoft	15 DKP	N/A
  4/27	UFC Undisputed	PS3	THQ	15 DKP	N/A
  4/27	UFC Undisputed	Xbox 360	THQ	15 DKP	N/A

March 2010 was a very strong month in video game sales, as expected by the market. The Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii performed well beyond expectations, beating predictions by 12% each. This was the first non-holiday month since June '09 in which the Nintendo DS sold more than 700,000 units. PS3 sales came below expectations, but it was still the eighth month of year-over-year increase in sales for the platform. According to NPD, this was the third best holiday month on record.

Final Fantasy XIII opened with the strongest sales ever seen for the franchise, 48% higher than the previous installment in the series.

The following tables compare market expectations on the simExchange and actual results as reported by the NPD Group.

• US Hardware in March 2010

  Title	Actual units	Expected units	% From Expected
  Nintendo DS	700,800	626,300	11.90%
  Nintendo Wii	557,500	494,800	+12.67%
  Xbox 360	338,400	428,300	-20.99%
  PLAYSTATION 3	313,900	408,100	-23.08%
  PlayStation Portable	119,900	137,600	-12.86%
  PlayStation 2	118,300	--	--
  Total Hardware Units (excludes PS2)	2,030,500	2,095,100	-3.08%

• US Software in March 2010

  Rank	Title	Actual units	Expected units	% From Expected
  1	God of War III (PS3)	1,100,000	927,500	+18.60%
  2	Pokemon SoulSilver (DS)	1,020,000	--	--
  3	Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)	828,200	795,400	+4.12%
  4	Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Xbox 360)	825,500	955,600	-13.61%
  5	Pokemon HeartGold (DS)	761,200	--	--
  6	Final Fantasy XIII (Xbox 360)	493,900	532,400	-7.23%
  7	New Super Mario Bros (Wii)	457,400	474,300	-3.56%
  8	Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PS3)	451,200	482,800	-6.55%
  9	Wii Fit Plus w/ Balance Board (Wii)	429,600	--	--
  10	MLB 10: The Show (PS3)	349,200	--	--
  	Total Software Sales	$875.3M	$799.3M	+9.51%
  	Total Tracked Software Units	4,156,200	4,168,000	-0.28%

The market also tracked the sales of BioShock 2 (Xbox 360), Red Steel 2 (Wii), Wii Sports Resort (Wii), and Yakuza 3 (PS3),which did not make the top 10. The Monthly Sales Futures for these games will cash out at 34.92 DKP.

Where do the expected sales numbers come from?

The simExchange is the video game stock market. Gamers and developers sign up on the simExchange for a free trading account. Using fantasy money, players buy virtual stocks in video games they believe are under-predicting sales and short sell stocks they believe are over-predicting sales. This concept is widely known as "the Wisdom of the Crowd" and this system is known as a "prediction market." Sign up and play today.

About the predictions

Predictions on the simExchange should become more accurate over time as (1) the diversity of the pool of traders increases and as (2) more accurate players are rewarded with more virtual currency for their accuracy (thereby enabling them to form more predictions) and less accurate players lose virtual currency (thereby discounting their ability to form more predictions).

The following stocks are candidates for delisting. These stocks were chosen for delisting due to inactivity in the stock and/or lack of discussion for an extended period of time. Delisting stocks is necessary to unlock DKP for trading and concentrate DKP in the stocks people are trading.

All shares will cash out at the last traded price. This price is determined as the fair value as the market has not viewed the price as undervalued or overvalued for some time. These stocks will no longer appear when browsing the genres and platforms pages. You will still be able to view the stocks' pages by searching for the games.

If you feel any of the following should not be delisted due to an upcoming event (such as the game has not yet been released in all regions), please make a case and post in this forum by 11AM PT on Thursday, April 15. A stock price that you are not happy with is not grounds for continued listing.

GLS Stocks pending delisting:
Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3)
Spore (PC)
Resident Evil 5 (Xbox 360)
Resident Evil 5 (PS3)
Disaster: Day of Crisis (PS3)
Fable 2 (Xbox 360)
LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
Fallout 3 (Xbox 360)
Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360)
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC)
Battle of Bands (Wii)
Resistance: Fall of Man 2 (PS3)
Prototype (Xbox 360)
Prototype (PS3)
The Conduit (Wii)
Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Xbox 360)
Ghostbusters: The Video Game (PS3)
Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Wii)
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS)
Pokemon Platinum (DS)