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Lebon14 wrote:

KiraTM wrote:avex recently released the digital version several weeks later than the CDs. Maybe they want to push CD sales, I don't know why they do this.

Except SEB 240's not up and it's been 2+ months now. They even stopped releasing in Asia...

I also updated my post above, a bit.

Unfortunately, MAITANZA, they don't have the rights to distrubute outside of Asia. Outside of the regions, it's up to the italian labels to do so! ...except that Avex still don't want them to do that since, well, most platforms does not practice region-locking.

Now that you've mention it, there has to be a way for Avex to distribute outside of Japan....How about Ultra Music perhaps?

MAITANZA wrote:Now that you've mention it, there has to be a way for Avex to distribute outside of Japan....

They have to sign with the italians label for that. However, It'll be marketing suicide to release CDs of SEB outside of Japan because, as you imagine, the sales will be abysmal. Worse than they already are in Japan. As for digital... the cost of the rights to distribute versus the potential gains just won't be there. And they are not even half-assed to market SEB so, it's meant to be doomed from the get go. And that is why we are stuck getting the CDs from Japan.

I was looking the subreddit of eurobeat, someone was pretending working to a label and he say the sales between SEB101 and SEB201 have almost 100% decreased.
Yes, it will be a suicide to release worlwide the physical CDs.

RotaryFTW wrote:I was looking the subreddit of eurobeat, someone was pretending working to a label and he say the sales between SEB101 and SEB201 have almost 100% decreased.
Yes, it will be a suicide to release worlwide the physical CDs.

Wait wait hold on a second, What do you mean "a suicide to release worldwide the physical CDs"?

It'd be too expensive to ship CDs worldwide. Also, except in Japan, digital downloads are more popular in general.

KiraTM wrote:It'd be too expensive to ship CDs worldwide. Also, except in Japan, digital downloads are more popular in general.

Oh yeah? Digital downloads huh? Oh that's why they're popular in general than CDs, yes?

KiraTM wrote:It'd be too expensive to ship CDs worldwide. Also, except in Japan, digital downloads are more popular in general.

Actually, it's the opposite. Physical is still pretty damn popular in Japan whereas in the west we pretty much given up on physical and go with streaming. That's why Japan is still one of the biggest market for CDs.

@RotaryFTW SEB volumes sell for 500-600 copies usually. There is an exception (semi-recently) though: that is for SEB 217. It's in the top 5 of the best selling SEB albums ever. Don't believe me? Try to track down a new copy of it. Don't find one? Yeah. And used copies go for 100$US+. That much. You can thank Travis for that one (Yes, "The Top" is the reason).

Actually, it's the opposite. Physical is still pretty damn popular in Japan whereas in the west we pretty much given up on physical and go with streaming. That's why Japan is still one of the biggest market for CDs.

That's what I said. Downloads are more popular in general - except in Japan.

KiraTM wrote:

Actually, it's the opposite. Physical is still pretty damn popular in Japan whereas in the west we pretty much given up on physical and go with streaming. That's why Japan is still one of the biggest market for CDs.

That's what I said. Downloads are more popular in general - except in Japan.

Yeah that's the whole point...I mean Japan should enter the Digital era by now...right?

It's not like there are no digital downloads in Japan. But CDs are just the more common media. This market is pretty much held by the purchasers. I wouldn't quit producing CDs as slong as the people still buy them.

And - that's just my personal opinion - for a collector it's nicer to have physical copies. But from economical sight, it'd be a lot cheaper. But for that, they have to release lossless files. Everything else is not okay equal to CD releases.

Congratulations for Tomas Marin, Mega NRG Man, who had wedding yesterday somewhere by the lake called "Bodensee" on the border of Germany and Switzerland.

MAITANZA wrote:Hi y'all, I'm new here to Eurobeat Prime...And speaking of SEB 241, why did SEB 241 wasn't added to iTunes in the first place...are they becoming like Johnny's, like they refuse to put SMAP and Arashi on iTunes?

I don't know why 241 seem to be such a special snowflake, it's almost 2 weeks since release now and still no sign of it on iTunes when all other albums prior were put up 2 days late latest and minor as it is, no facebook post about it on the official FB either. This album being subjected to more policing than the others didn't help the cause either, physical copies are inconvenient for me at this point of time and if they are not going to put it up digitally, this might unfortunately be an SEB I have to pass on, sad.

i kinda like the exclusivity of CDs and extends on vinyl ahaha, mainly cause i just spend money to buy them. makes me feel special. I usually don't buy things digitally anyways 8T;;;

KiraTM wrote:That's what I said. Downloads are more popular in general - except in Japan.

Your wording make me believe you said the opposite. (actually, the comas are at fault lol)

i love that this is a constant discussion when it changes nothing and it's just "how it is" 8U