November 2012 NPD Thread - 360:1.26m, 630k<PS3<790k, 3DS:540k, Wii U:425k, Wii:420k, NDS:370k, PSV:>210k

[Barozi]

VicViper said:

Sony, Nintendo and MS don't have sales trackers guys.

So when they reveal black friday sales, they mean shipped. It doesn't mean they all sell, and since NPD track sold-to-consumers, there can be some difference here and there, since it's not likely they have sold every single console shipped.

Only Wii U number can be considered accurate, imo, since it's was sold out during that week.

Pretty sure they said that the Black Friday sales data are based on internal estimations. Obviously that doesn't mean that they're 100% correct, but I don't think they were talking about shipped numbers.