WiiU Overtracked, 300k+, Xbox One-Wii U gap down to 550k?

[prinz_valium]

Gammalad said:

prinz_valium said:

Gammalad said:

tsogud said:

Gammalad said:
Every news article I read says the Wii U sold 7.29M not shipped 7.29M, so why is everyone saying the Wii U is overtracked by 300k+? If Vgchartz is to be believed then the Wii U is only about 50-60k overtracked.

I know, I'm confused too. Even on their own website it shows it sold 7.29 M, not shipped. 

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

Glad I am not the only one confused here...

sold in to retailers = shipped

sold trough to customers = sold

 

if nintendo shipped to retailers, they sold the units (to retailers)
thats a sell for them

However Nintendo normally will specify when they are talking shipped and sold, they  have done it in the past so all of a sudden they aren't now? Wii U has sold 7.29M the actual amount shipped is unknown. No article I have found has even said the Wii U has only shipped 7.29M. Every gaming and business article says sold.

as u said: when they are talking about numbers

 

this is form the offical earning report. that figures are ALWAYS shipped (sold in to retailers) numbers.
this applies to nintendo, microsoft and sony. they all give always shipped numbers to theire investors

 

if they dont talk about shipped numbers, they specify say its sold through (customers)