Almost 200k MGS4 pre-orders already in Japan (according to TheSource Prelim

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konnichiwa said:

Aj_habfan said:
Doesn't the 200k pre-orders indicate the retailers stock? Is that added to a regular order or something?

I think the Source mean customers pre-orders he is talking about reserving games so...

It has to be retailer preorders. Think of it as a cap for how many units *can* sell in the first week.  For example, if all retailers sold out in the first week that'd be about 200k sales.  But there is still plenty of time for more retailers to order more copies before the game ships.