Blonde Jeonghan 2,387 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I'm talking with my friends because our bias group will release a single from Japan soon, and we noticed the price is more than from Korea. But I noticed it's like this for any group almost, like if I search other groups from Korea who had Japan singles or albums, it's always a higher price. And then I don't really understand why because from Korea albums you get more stuffs, like photocards and the packaging is pretty and etc. Why? I'm genuinely curious btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergel 3,567 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I think some reasons are the value of the Yen and cost of living in Japan. I hear people in Japan saying it seems too high too though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Japan has a protectionist industry. Korea's industry doesn't really have these things in place. I mean look at how cheap Korean digital songs are too. A Japanese song is about $2.50 digitally. It used to be about twice that price a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeYaWithYou 4,415 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 CDs in Japan are unreasonably expensive and it sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candyboojae 675 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 i don't know about covers but companies put a lot more effort in the japanese albums not to mention better music quality. ex: GG's 1st Japanese album, all TVXQ's japanese singles/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blonde Jeonghan 2,387 Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Japan has a protectionist industry. Korea's industry doesn't really have these things in place. I mean look at how cheap Korean digital songs are too. A Japanese song is about $2.50 digitally. It used to be about twice that price a few years ago. What does this mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haus of Tzu:Lai 5,450 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 higher production / marketing / labor costs, cost of living is higher in japan etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmdomo 27 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 -Ahh posted in wrong thread- -delete please- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargazer1 460 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 What does this mean? He means how Japan has strict copyright laws. Ex: Japanese companies are good at deleting videos on youtube. There has been some improvements such as more Japanese artists are uploading their music on youtube. ___________ Japanese albums come with a lot of extra stuff in Japanese albums compared to Korean. Well if you buy limited and other versions depending the artist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 What does this mean? It's done so that the acts can actually make decent money off of records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclops 378 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 different types of editions and some come with the pvs and other goods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mischo 7,462 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Some countries have CD's that cost that much and others dont For example in my country a CD cost between 25-30 USD (and you get nothing with it lol) I think it's the same for the other Scandinavian countries + Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blonde Jeonghan 2,387 Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 He means how Japan has strict copyright laws. Ex: Japanese companies are good at deleting videos on youtube. There has been some improvements such as more Japanese artists are uploading their music on youtube. ___________ Japanese albums come with a lot of extra stuff in Japanese albums compared to Korean. Well if you buy limited and other versions depending the artist. Oh I see. Thanks. And idk because I never bought a Japan album with more stuff than a Korean one. Korean album always has photocards and maybe polaroids, lots of page worth of photobook, maybe extra DVD sometimes, and always comes with poster. And the packaging is always really pretty. And that's just not including limited ed. Limited edition of kpop album is always really big and has all more stuff too. It's done so that the acts can actually make decent money off of records. Oh that's good thanks. & thanks for everyone else's answers too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHuzr 1,383 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Higher quality material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daebakplushies 245 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 omg those answers lol markets are different the price has nothing to do with quality its just what the public is willing to pay for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♡ Minnie ♡ 198 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Isn't Yen higher than Won? The reason why I don't ever collect Japanese album -__- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♡ Minnie ♡ 198 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Higher quality material. Korean is legit and official though. You feel the difference between an actual Korean album and a Japanese or Taiwan edition album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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