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Metal Gear Solid 4 hits a million in first week in Europe
Metal Gear Solid 4 hits a million in first week in Europe
MCVUK - June 24, 2008
Submitted by mrahaju (9) at 4:23AM PST on June 24, 2008
Konami has announced that MGS: Guns Of The Patriots has sold a million copies in Europe since its release on June 12th – and that it has shipped many more SKUs to its retail partners.
The firm also confirmed that 25,000 copies of the the Limited Edition were made available across Europe, but “were snapped up almost immediately.”
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2tyrile posted on Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) at 7:39AM PST on June 24, 2008. RE: Metal Gear Solid 4 hits a million in first week in Europe@mrahaju,
The "first week" of sales you think VGC is reporting only covers the first 3 days of Metal Gear sales. The game was released on June 12th, and VGC's numbers are for the week ending June 14th. I doubt they sold another ~500k in the next 4 days, though.[ Oracle ] [ Level 18 ] [ Rank: 511 ]bids
1mrahaju posted on Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) at 5:52AM PST on June 24, 2008. RE: Metal Gear Solid 4 hits a million in first week in Europebids
2mrahaju posted on Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) at 4:43AM PST on June 24, 2008. RE: Metal Gear Solid 4 hits a million in first week in Europe@mrahaju,
I really don't know who I should believe, VGC with it's 430K 1st week # for Others (Europe, I think), or Konami's 1 Million (sold, not shipped) in Europe. Anyone willing to help me decoding this article ?
I am especially interested in VGC's America #, which are currently 500K. If VGC underestimate MGS4 in Europe by 100% (from 430K to 1 Million), shouldn't we also increase MGS4 America by same proportion, say to 1.1 Million ? Or is there some fault in my logic / question ?[ Oracle ] [ Level 23 ] [ Rank: 9 ]bids
18mrahaju posted on Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) at 4:23AM PST on June 24, 2008. Article: Metal Gear Solid 4 hits a million in first week in EuropeKonami has announced that MGS: Guns Of The Patriots has sold a million copies in Europe since its release on June 12th – and that it has shipped many more SKUs to its retail partners. The firm also confirmed that 25,000 copies of the the Limited Edition were made available across Europe, but “were snapped up almost immediately.”[ Oracle ] [ Level 23 ] [ Rank: 9 ]
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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).