They can't, but it doesn't matter assuming they actually do the math right. We can assume that the same percentile of people delayed inputting their code every single day. Unless there was some obvious reason (which I can't think of beyond possibly week 1 errors), we can assume that to be true. The net impact is that your relative position is unchanged. The actual ""number" of your location in the queue changes, but relative to the front and back, it stays the exact same.
(This is old, when I extrapolated a guess of December sales. 3-Dec was wrong, but it doesn't matter because of the Chebychev's theorem which is why I listed a range on your position in queue. Just know you'll have a higher probability of being closer to the max position).
Using distribution patterns, you can guess where you'll end up. It's difficult because we don't know the exact number of preorders (these are VGChartz U.S. only physical only numbers) or server capacity, but you can guess what percentile will have to be let in in order for you to be next. You can ballpark where you'll fall +/- a day rather easily.Code:+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | |Total Pre-orders| Weekly Change| Max Position| Min Position| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 10-Dec**| 1035534| 67389| 89.78%| 100.00%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 3-Dec**| 968145| 67389| 83.53%| 97.53%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 26-Nov| 900756| 74916| 76.58%| 90.74%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 19-Nov| 825840| 72708| 69.84%| 83.19%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 12-Nov| 753132| 54543| 64.78%| 75.87%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 5-Nov| 698589| 43779| 60.72%| 70.37%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 29-Oct| 654810| 48732| 56.20%| 65.96%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 22-Oct| 606078| 57573| 50.87%| 61.05%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 15-Oct| 548505| 30283| 48.06%| 55.25%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 8-Oct| 518222| 54709| 42.98%| 52.20%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 1-Oct| 463513| 37377| 39.52%| 46.69%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 24-Sep| 426136| 23221| 37.36%| 42.93%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 17-Sep| 402915| 16778| 35.81%| 40.59%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 10-Sep| 386137| 26355| 33.36%| 38.90%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 3-Sep| 359782| 25452| 31.00%| 36.24%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 27-Aug| 334330| 32680| 27.97%| 33.68%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 20-Aug| 301650| 36726| 24.57%| 30.39%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 13-Aug| 264924| 60993| 18.91%| 26.69%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 6-Aug| 203931| 97322| 11.06%| 20.54%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 30-Jul| 119260| 119260| 0.00%| 12.01%| +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+