Sony use "sale" numbers, MIcrosoft use specifik "shipped" (and it merged with the xbox 360 figures, lol), NIntendo use now sale two.

No suprise here, have been saying this for months.(and NPD did to but nothing was ever adjusted). It is still tracking way behind Gamecube and XOne is easily going to pass it this year.

They've always used this terminology "sold" to refer to shipment numbers; it is  much more specific for analyst and investors. When Nintendo communicates about sales milestones to their fans and media they will use "sell-through" and "sold to"  or something similar. Make no mistake my friend, these are shipment numbers.

Holy Crap how are you a writer? As of September 30th WiiU is at 7.29 confirmed by Nintendo. VG Chartz at October 4th its at 7.34 that is 50,000 difference. Not 300,000. You are the worst by the way its the end October that means it will be at 7.5+. Please people stop here

for you seece!ioi who knows better will not adjust down so much because he knows that stores don t stock up,many don t have wii u!nintendo almost sells what it sells,and would you please show your assumption as a fact...how can you be so certain,thats irritating,put a questiomark!

Because I actually get things right? Nintendo are talking shipped. You're on a sales site yet along with many others don't know the difference between sold and shipped it seems.

He should and will, shipped does not equal sold. Is this the new way to keep WiiU ahead of XB1?

Fact is, it's way overtracked.

* my mobile grrr! i meant stop show your assumption as a fact*

I swear these financial results have made some nintendo fans halve in IQ

There's no way to tell for sure as exact sell through numbers would be just guessing. I'd guess its more like 800k but nonetheless it will be gone by the end of the year

How low can that Wii U baseline go?

Based on a downward revised Wii U baseline, 300K Wii U's out in the wild means 8 or more weeks of supply in the supply chain. So 6.99M at end of September is a reasonable estimate of sell though. Which does mean as of today Wii U is probably over 7, maybe 7.1 million or a little over.

When official shipments > VGC sell through estimate it means adjustments are essential, even if the estimate was very reasonable before these new facts came to light.