I swear this is like the 10th time this thread has been made. I do think Wii U is over tracked but not by a massive amount, maybe 200k or so. Let's take a look at shipped vs sold for each quarter.
shipments as of Dec 31, 2012-3.09m
sales as of Dec 29, 2012-2.23m
amount on shelves-860k
shipments as of Mar 31, 2013-3.45m
sales as of Mar 30, 2013-2.82m
amount on shelves-630k
shipments as of June 30, 2013-3.61m
sales as of June 29, 2013-3.16m
amount on shelves-450k
shipments as of Sept 30, 2013-3.91m
sales as of Sept 28, 2013-3.53m
amount on shelves-380k
shipments as of Dec 31, 2013-5.86m
sales as of Dec 28, 2013-5.27m
amount on shelves-590k
shipments as of Mar 31, 2014-6.17m
sales as of Mar 29, 2014-5.90m
amount on shelves-270k
shipments as of June 30, 2014-6.68m
sales as of June 29, 2014-6.60m
amount on shelves-80k
By looking at this we can see that Wii U was WAYYY over shipped at launch and took nearly 9 months to sell thru those shipments. After this retailers didn't want more than a few units on shelves at any point which resulted in low shipments and high sold vs shipped ratio. After the holidays last year, sales went back to there normal ba
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