November 2008 Monthly Software Sales Futures

November Monthly Sales Futures for software are making their debut next week. Remember, 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.

Resistance: Fall of Man 2 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.

• November Monthly Sales Futures

  IPO Phase 1	IPO Phase 2	Title	Platform	Company
  10/27	10/29	Gears of War 2	Xbox 360	MSFT
  10/28	10/30	Call of Duty: World at War	Xbox 360	EA
  10/29	10/31	Call of Duty: World at War	PS3	EA
  10/30	11/1	Resistance: Fall of Man 2	PS3	Sony
  10/31	11/2	Wii Play	Wii	Nintendo