Rath on 30 January 2010
No need for an argument, all the major manufacturers use the term 'sold' to refer to sold through to the retailers as for them that is indeed a sale. The retailer buys the console off of the manufacturer.
A lot of confusion comes from when Sony used to report figures that were to their own warehouses and hadn't actually been sold to a retailer, which they no longer do.
The manufacturers don't have 100% accurate sellthrough sales and so don't usually report them, merely commenting on people like NPD's reports.
At least thats my understanding of the business.
