You should clarify for software that for software "retail only" includes hardware bundles with digital download codes.
It should also be noted that VGC software includes games in official bundles, whereas NPD does not count games in official bundles. Therefore a substantial discrepancy between VGC and NPD for software doesn't always mean a true error when official bundles make up part of a game's sales.
Standard footnotes to the OP each month perhaps.
At the moment I tend to favour what Amazon is telling us: that PS4 won November, but I'm 70/30 confident of that. So I give Xb one somewhat if a chance. Man there will be some serious gloating and crow being served if that happens.
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