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Aielyn on 30 July 2014
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YoyOne said:
Vena said:
YoyOne said:
MK8 is the only thing to be happy about though...
3DS and Wii U hardware sales are absolutely terrible and a lot under VGchartz estimates...

Try reading the months of the quarterly reports. VGChartz didn't stop on June, it is now end of July. Q1 ended 1 month ago.

VGC is actually probably very close on WiiU estimates.

Quarter (april to june) hardware sales from Nintendo : 3DS = 0,82 million, Wii U = 0,51 million

Quarter (april to june) hardware sales from VGchartz : 3DS = 1,50 million, Wii U = 0,69 million

I would love VGchartz numbers to be true, but they are not...

Don't forget that hardware sales numbers from Nintendo are effectively "shipped". Wii U was understocked in a lot of places at the start of the quarter, whereas 3DS was in fairly good supply. The situation has somewhat reversed now, which would explain the difference fairly well.

Note that Nintendo has Wii U at 6.68 million LTD while VGChartz had it at 6.58 million. Similarly, Nintendo has 3DS at 44.14 million LTD while VGChartz has it at 43.85 million. This is what typically happens. I don't think the VGChartz numbers are particularly inaccurate.