NPD is not accurate ( partly )

[gergroy]

taspao said:

gergroy said:

taspao said:

compare the same period sales  of nintendo wii u and 3ds sales on nintendo  ir site  and sales on vgchartz...!

Where did you get your data from?  

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/sales/hard_soft/index.html :P

Ah, I see.  Ok, well this is a simple case of shipped vs sold then.  Nintendo tracks and relates the sales figures of hardware that are sold to retailers.  This site attempts to track the sales of units that are sold to consumers.  Having anywhere from a few 100k to about a million units floating around the retail channel is normal.  

Now, thats not saying vgchartz are 100% accurate, because they aren't.  They are just estimates, not actual sales figures.  

Edit: ninja'd by skidonti!