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TheBigFatJ said:
It seems that Sony and MS really work to muddy the numbers on how successful they're being. They use words that have specific meanings to them, and the opposite meaning to everyone else. They say, 'sold' to refer to shipped, effectively, or in Sony's case, 'shipped' to refer to 'sent to warehouse'. While they're not technically wrong, they certainly use that wording in an effort to make people misunderstand the level of success they're having.

Of couse, if it weren't for the fact that every Wii currently shipped is also sold within days, you'd probably see Nintendo also making confusing statements.  But they just happen to be in a situation right now where that isn't the case.