Nintendo CAN'T track "sold to consumer" - all they can track is sold to distributor/retailers. However, if they KNOW that their sell-through is close to 100% - it makes little difference. I think you'll find Nintendo quoting NPD (or other) figures directly when they talk about sales (with comparisons, i.e. "According to NPD, DS sold xxx units in March, outselling our competitors by 3:1"...). But after 12 months, they will have a good idea of total sell-through to consumers - so they can quote those figures as well. Financial docs *always* quote sales to retailers (etc..) as that is who is actually paying Nintendo for the units.
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