Global HW UP! USA SW UP! 28th September 2013

[mjo011]

Yakuzaice said:

mjo011 said:
Wii U VGChartz numbers for the EU shouldn't be taken as facts. Nintendo's last financial report revealed that only 10 000 consoles were sold WW (excluding US and Japan) the three previous months. Yet the numbers on this site has been like 5-8k for EU every week as far back as I can remember. They weren't even substantially adjusted down the following weeks after these news.
So if WW hardware numbers for the week ending September 28 is ~43k, keep in mind that this number may very well be far off. Hopefully for the better. :)

While I don't disagree with the sentiment that VGC numbers shouldn't be taken as fact, they don't clash with Nintendo numbers.  As of the end of June Nintendo had shipped 1.02 million units to "Other" (everything outside of Japan and the Americas).  The most recent week VGC has Wii U numbers at only 754k in Europe (679k at the end of June).  This would suggest a large number of units still on store shelves which would explain the almost neglibible shipment last quarter.

Ok, thanks for clearing that up.