This debate has gone on long enough.
Here's the facts:
Shipped numbers:
2.64M from January to June 2013 according to Nintendo
Sold numbers:
Official sources:
Japan: 1.94M from January 1st to August11th according to Media Create
US : 225,000 - June
More than 114,000 - May
Between 103,000 and 130,000 - April
230,000 - March
191,000 - February
Between 126,000 and 149,000 - January
So at least 0.99M sold
Europe: Unknown
VGChartz (29 dec. 2012 to June 30th 2013)
Japan: 1,95M sold
US: 1,11M sold
Europe: 1,08M sold
So, in short:
If you're talking about sold to retailers, you have to rely on the 2.64M figure.
if you're talking about sold to consumers, you have to acknowledge that at least 2.93M units were sold up June 30th.
Now about VGC numbers, here's what we know:
They are 0.5% off MediaCreate for Japan numbers
They are 12,15% off NPD for the US
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So VGC numbers are far from accurate but they aren't totally off either so assuming 0.95M - 1M units sold for Europe up to June 30th is reasonable estimate.
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