@tyrile, First, I believe that it is industry standard that the first week means not 7 calendar days, but date since launch up to either Saturday or Sunday.
Example : Japan games are usually released on Thursday (except certain games, like Wii Fit or Dragon Quest, which were released on Saturday). Japanese tracking firm, M-create & Famitsu, track sales up to Sunday, so the standard of the first week for most japanese released game is 4 days (Thursdays - Sunday). In US, NPD usually track sales up to Saturday (hence the NPD period always end on Saturday), so for MGS4 has 3 days for it's first week sales (Jun 12 till 14). I don't know about VGC standard, nor do I know Konami standard. I think VGC standard is as you said (release date till Saturday), but I don't know for sure.
It is possible that Konami meant 7 full days, but I doubt it.
Even though Konami used sold, it is actually shipped (sold to retailer), not sold (sold to customer). This is my opinion, and not a fact. It is standard that publisher PR always mentioned shipped (sold to retailer), not sold (sold to customer).
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First, I believe that it is industry standard that the first week means not 7 calendar days, but date since launch up to either Saturday or Sunday.
Example : Japan games are usually released on Thursday (except certain games, like Wii Fit or Dragon Quest, which were released on Saturday). Japanese tracking firm, M-create & Famitsu, track sales up to Sunday, so the standard of the first week for most japanese released game is 4 days (Thursdays - Sunday).
In US, NPD usually track sales up to Saturday (hence the NPD period always end on Saturday), so for MGS4 has 3 days for it's first week sales (Jun 12 till 14). I don't know about VGC standard, nor do I know Konami standard. I think VGC standard is as you said (release date till Saturday), but I don't know for sure.
It is possible that Konami meant 7 full days, but I doubt it.
Even though Konami used sold, it is actually shipped (sold to retailer), not sold (sold to customer). This is my opinion, and not a fact. It is standard that publisher PR always mentioned shipped (sold to retailer), not sold (sold to customer).