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Originally posted by sh0ckw4ves
Friday is just a weird day though, surely Monday, the beginning of the week makes more sense? But I guess they think the weekend will generate higher first-day/3-day sales. Or I guess it stops some people getting albums a few days before (my CDs usually arrive on Saturday instead of Monday as they send early as there's no mail on Sundays).
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The US & UK suggested at the global event that it'd be moved to Monday to fit the week more, and they'd lose less money starting it on Monday the first time compared to Friday since the biggest markets (US and UK) are already at Monday. However, they did research and found most consumers like releases during Fridays if they had to choose a day of the week.
This is suppose to cut back against piracy a little, and leaks mostly + make releases not be as messy with it being the same time everywhere. This was also announced weeks ago, so anyone shocked is just late lol.