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^ no they do not, I explained (probably poorly as I am terrible at explaining) that the difference is from the time it takes to ship the consoles.

This was the main problem with SkyRenders workings.... they may have PRODUCED 21.9 million by the end of December, but there is no way all of those could get onto store shelves.

What normally happens is that the produced number is about 5-6 weeks ahead of the shipped number because that is how long it takes for the boats to get from wherever the finished/boxed Wiis are (probably China) to America and Europe. (Japan is obviously quicker though but as it is a constant it works itself out)

So like I said below the table, when you look at the shipped number, you should look over to the left column, then up by 1.5 cells to find how many were produced in time for that quarter.

You can then see evidence of stockpiling whenever the shipment number is too low, or evidence of Nintendos air shipping when the shipment is higher than it.

If you go up 1.5 cells from 21.9, you are half way between 18.3 and 20.1, which is 19.2 million... this is the reason I believe Nintendo air shipped about 1 million consoles (the air shipping being faster than 6 weeks)