Disgaea 5 Complete (Switch) 110K pre-orders in the West! (78k is US only)

[Kerotan]

the_dengle said:

Kerotan said:

There's nothing in the wording that doesn't suggest it isn't pre orders from retailers.  

 

They obviously know that but how would they know the pre order tally in all the individual stores from actual gamers? 

I guess it's possible the retailers are passing that on with their shipment requests, for instance "we need at least 500 copies for our stores because we have 400 pre-orders" or something. I don't know what kind of communications take place between publishers and retailers.

But I suppose they probably mean shipment orders. *shrug*

The terminology is a little weird though. Why would a publisher call their initial shipment to retailers "pre" orders? Wouldn't those just be... orders? Orders from retailers. "Pre" what?

Maybe it's just a translation hiccup.

Because retailers make their pre orders to help guarantee they get enough stock when shipments are sent out.