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Wii sold more than NPD says?

by rawmeatcowboy
12 January 2007
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Many analysts are saying that the Wii sold more than what NPD has stated. Perrin Kaplan herself says that the NPD doesn’t count mom and pop stores, and that she can confirm that Nintendo definitely shipped more than the figure from the NPD. As we all know, the Wii was a total sellout (according to Nintendo), making for a lot of Wiis that weren’t accounted for by the NPD. Take a look at a portion of a GameSpot report below.

Analysts were also skeptical, with some believing that the Wii sold more than NPD reported. “I don’t understand how US Wii sell-through could be 1.1 million cumulatively, with Nintendo saying that they shipped half of their 4 million here and zero inventory on retail shelves at year end,” said Wedbush Morgan Securities’ Michael Pachter. “Where are the other 900,000 units? I assume 200,000 are in transit, but this number makes no sense to me at all.”

It looks like the Wii really did do better than the NPD lets on!

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