Can anyone explain why the numbers on the website increase before official data is made public? Japanese data suggests the rates Wii, PS3, and 360 have sold in January. But where does the European and N.A. sales data come from before NPD and European sales tracking is complete? With that said, in the case of the Wii..going from 3.19 (nintendo's 2006 year end number) to 4.24 million (vgcharts current number) seems reasonable. Wii sold 400k+ in Japan in January (through the 28th, it may approach 500k) Likely 250-350k in both Europe and North America. But my concern is, it could be alot more, it could be alot less. If 800k of the 4 million shipped last year reached stores in January for instance, plus another 1 million Wii's shipped to each market...the numbers could be much different. It could also be (though much less likely) that 800k from the 4 million shipped in 2006 was enough to cover January worldwide demand. Either way, although Wii is likely to have a userbase of approximately 3.5-5 million right now, there is not enough data to back up a claim higher than 3.5-3.7 million. I believe PS3 and 360 are the same way. However, because PS3 demand seems to be far less, and it is not available in Europe, the lack of data is not as important. 360, as has been said, is readily available (I have seen it readily available for purchase in recent travels across 12 US states - I'm a pilot)
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