So, you're saying it had 2 days?

This is quite possibly the worst defense for a game's poor sales. Happens all the time, despite that being the normal amount of time for FW sales. Games never get a full 7 days for their FW sales.

No, it's not. Europe is already Nintendo's weakest market overall, and the system has significantly less sales. The game only having 1 or 2 days is just the cherry on top. You're acting like that's the only point against Splatoon but it isn't. Also, that is not "the normal" amount of time for a game. Most games launch on a Tuesday, giving them 5 days. Splatoon launched on Friday and had till Saturday to beat Crash. I'm not trying to dethrone Crash's accomplishment, i'm glad that Crash is doing well. Maybe we will see a golden age for contemporary PS platformers due to the remake. But I also think people going over SplatoonDoom are being overdramatic, and I don't think the 2 days argument is anything to scoff at when you consider the context.

Also, sorry, I was a bit confused if the sales were as of 22nd or reported on the 22nd, either way doesn't change much tbh. 

Almost all games in the UK launch on Friday like any other game... This is brought up in these threads too many times to count.

Tuesday is the typical US launch. I think JP games launch on Saturdays usually, but not too sure on that one.

It actually makes a lot more sense. Games releasing on a friday mean people have the whole weekend to play them. I wouldn't be at all surprised if sick days from work/school were much more common around game releases in the US since it's in the beginning of the week, while us Brits don't need to skip work/school since we know that when we get home friday we'll have a full weekend to enjoy our new game.

no no no, I'm not saying it doesn't make sense to release on a friday, i'm saying why aren't the common release dates the same. I'd prefer Friday release dates here in the U.S. too

I don't follow UK sales frequently but I gather that its among Nintendo's weakest markets, and I know the majorities of games release on Friday over there so only a couple of days of data is counted.The thing is most sales of the first week come from the first 2 days and in some cases first day, it's typically easy to have a rough idea on how well a said game will perform. The signs for Splatoon 2 so far in the UK are in no way, shape or form "impressive" even with the current install base in mind. That doesn't necessarily mean it will do bad, but so far nothing warrants a celebration. 

Oh then nevermind if that's the case.