When a company's release schedule says "Q4" when does that mean?

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curl-6 on 13 January 2021

The fourth quarter of the calendar year (October-December) or the Financial Year? (January-March)

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Cobretti2 on 13 January 2021

Good question.

It be easier to follow universally if it was calendar year as different countries have different financial years

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Zombie9ers on 13 January 2021

Calendar year

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Jpcc86 on 13 January 2021

It means its gonna be delayed.

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Metallox on 13 January 2021

I want to think when they make a press release for the public, it means the final months of the year. When speaking to anyone involved with the company, executives, shareholders, and other employees, it must mean financial year, and maybe only sometimes.

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Leynos on 14 January 2021

Calander year. 10-12 that calendar year.

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curl-6 on 14 January 2021

For context, I'm wondering about the recent Capcom leak which apparently has a new Resident Evil game for Switch scheduled for Q4 2021, wasn't sure if that meant end of this year or early next year.

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Elputoxd on 14 January 2021

Depends. Microsoft normally means fiscal year, for example, but most companies refer to the calendar year.

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RolStoppable on 14 January 2021

You can derive it from the context and the given company's history. It's either calendar year or financial year, the latter doesn't necessarily end with January to March. It's just that most companies use an April to March period to define their financial year. A different example is Microsoft whose financial years run from July to June.

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