October 2008 Monthly Sales Futures for Software

Monthly Sales Futures for software are returning. There are new rules regarding Monthly Software Futures. If a game does not finish in NPD Group's Top 10, the game will cash out at the sales of the #10 title. Games receiving Monthly Sales Futures are suggested by Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR). The games selected should have a 95% chance of making the Top 10 each month.

Fable 2 and Fallout 3 will also have Metacritic Futures IPOing the same days as the Monthly Sales Futures.

48 hour period of trading without automated market making to determine the IPO Phase 2 price. Advanced trading mode is required to place orders in IPO Phase 1. After IPO Phase 1, the futures contracts will enter IPO Phase 2 in which the bid and ask prices will be fixed all day.

• October Monthly Sales Futures

  IPO Phase 1	IPO Phase 2	Title	Platform	Company
  10/8	10/10	Fable 2	Xbox 360	MSFT
  10/9	10/11	Dead Space	Xbox 360	EA
  10/10	10/12	Wii Play	Wii	Nintendo
  10/11	10/13	LittleBigPlanet	PS3	Sony
  10/12	10/14	Fallout 3	Xbox 360	Bethesda