Who knows. IMO, it does sound like retailers are anticipating good demand for the game. I wonder what that means - are gamers actually wanting to buy it, or are stores just anticipating that they are going to buy it?
If thats true, retailer pre-orders could be around 75-85k. That'd be absolutely huge. Oblivion deserves it too. Best part is, maybe it could start giving WRPGs some sort of prominence in Japan - and MS would do very well in that market with games like Two Worlds, Mass Effect and others coming out soon.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.







