Joystiq got that info from Edge, where did Edge get it from? I'm hoping they don't site the NPD leak, which I have a hunch they're doing.
BTW, Malstrom said: "The Irrational Hardcore Hatred for the Conduit is at such a level, I expect nothing less than parades that it 'didn’t chart'. The 'LOL No Hardcore On Wii' articles are already being written by the ‘game journalists’. I expect to see them tomorrow morning."