April 2012 NPD 360 HW 236k, PS3 175k, Wii 91k

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TheSource said:

Mr.Ashtear said:

"Acclaimed Wii RPG Xenoblade Chronicles was a retailer exclusive, so is excluded from NPD's monthly report."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-10-prototype-2-pips-kinect-star-wars-to-top-of-april-us-chart 

The fuck?

NPD is really for publishers / retailers to know how their competition is doing...why track a game only sold from outlet if you are NPD? Only Gamestop & Nintendo care about Xenoblade

I'm sure XSEED and many other smaller publishers would be interested in the Xenoblade numbers. There's got to be a better reason.