Konami(UK):MGS4 pre-orders are "Huge",midnight opening at Zavvi @ Oxford St

[Munkeh111]

TheBigFatJ said:

Munkeh111 said:
Maybe they just don't have the precise numbers yet of actual pre-orders, but they know they are selling fast

 

They do. These are their sales, after all -- they have the exact numbers in the same way that Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony know exactly how many consoles they've sold to retailers (shipped). Knowing how many units you literally sold to retailers is basic.   This is what they're talking about with preorders.

 What I mean is that they only know the sold to retailers, but do not want to confuse it with the sold to consumers figures that we are interested in

@ darth, we all know