April 2026 Circana (NPD) Thread + Predictions

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April 2025 Circana (NPD) covers the four-week period from April 5 to May 2 and will be released on May 20.

Since Circana (NPD) leaks don't happen nearly as often as it used to and hardware revenue is something we do get, be sure to include revenue in your predictions.

Feel free to also predict what you think the top software games will be for the month.

Example prediction:

[Total Hardware Revenue]

1. [#1 selling console] XXX,000
2. [#2 selling console] XXX,000
3. [#3 selling console] XXX,000
4. [#4 selling console] XXX,000

VGChartz US estimates for April 2025:

1. PS5 - 227K
2. XS - 118K
3. NS - 92K

VGChartz US estimates for March 2026:

1. NS2 - 570K
2. PS5 - 324K
3. XS - 80K
4. NS - 46K

Possible impact on hardware sales:

• PS5 - Price hike started on April 2 (Some retailers took up to two weeks to increase price)
  • PS5 DE - $500 to $600
  • PS5 Disc - $550 to $650
  • PS5 Pro - $750 to $900
• NS2 - Continued boost from Pokémon Pokopia and Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (NS1 BC)
• NS1 - Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream

Current schedule for Circana (NPD):

• Apr (Apr 5 - May 2) - May 20
• May (May 3 - May 30) - Jun 26
• Jun (May 31 - Jul 4) - Jul 22
• Jul (Jul 5 - Aug 1) - Aug 19
• Aug (Aug 2 - Aug 29) - Oct 8
• Sep (Aug 30 - Oct 3) - Oct 22
• Oct (Oct 4 - Oct 31) - Nov 19

Last edited by trunkswd - 1 day ago