I still can't believe you are trying to say the game with the highest aggragated rating in video game history was not a killer app.
Also, Yakuzaice is correct about the shipped/sold terminology. All 3 console makers are required by law to report units sold to retailers, wholesalers, distributors, etc....and we know those figures as 'shipped'. Now Nintendo does have an in house service called Siras that is a point of sale warranty tracking system but can be used to estimate sales but it's rarely used for that and they will state in the press release the figures are sold to consumers through internal tracking systems...they won't just say 'sold'. When they say 'sold' by itself, it means shipped.
The rEVOLution is not being televised







