ethereal 20,923 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 if there's only two things major kpop companies have managed to do well consistently, it's finding a way to appeal to the obsessive fan archetype and milking them for all their worth. all of the biggest physical sellers of this generation are prospering greatly from multiple album versions. the most die hard obsessive fans will buy every album version which in turn leads to basically doubled sales. this is so smart. like, these groups can literally put out two + of the same exact product with a different design and different pictures and sell almost the same amount that they would if they put out two different albums in a year. i have a feeling the multiple album versions trend in kpop won't be dying anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra 40,910 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Kpop companies are doing an amazing job in selling physical CDs at a time when nobody listens to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12345xxx 3,820 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Also making lots of fansigns to sell these albums. Tried to go to a fansign once, but get out, not going to buy that many albums to see my faves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sana Minatozaki 3,305 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punknight 1,711 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 it's honestly crazy to think that in SK the physical sales are getting higher and higher, while in the rest of the world everything is basically digital sales or streamings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trifolium 8,873 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 It doesn't always work that way though. Rookie's 5 versions didn't increase the album sales 5x. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M0VH 9,985 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Well...technically yes, but... You just always assume just because you have 7 or 10 different versions with different members means it will sell well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethereal 20,923 Posted April 4, 2017 Author Share Posted April 4, 2017 It doesn't always work that way though. Rookie's 5 versions didn't increase the album sales 5x. well, yeah, more than two versions is overkill. the more versions there are, the less people there are willing to buy all of them. sm does the whole 'member album versions' thing a lot and it never really works that well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowpoke X 1,319 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 It's not a problem because nobody buys albums for its original purpose of listening to music, but for its collector value like any other kpop merchandise. Nobody buys band's T-shirt because they need clothes, or ligthstick to see in the dark. A problem would be how multiple versions inflate sales to rank higher on hanteo/gaon and then use it to mediaplay how they have lots of fans. But those are more affected by repackage edtions, extension editions, not individual member covers. The main way to inflate sales are fansigns though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRH Ayyu 4,199 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 mullti versions of albums is the norm in jpop, im just waiting for a kpop group to add fansignings/ handshake to their albums and we will have ourselves more million sellers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyotmess 7,016 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 It all depends on how the companies do it. For example SM is famous for sucking at reestocking/ not making enough copies. SNSD's I Got A Boy had 10 versions but SM only reestocked the group version so after some time it was already a struggle to get the members you wanted or any member actually... So it didnt really increase their sales much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lugoose 11,398 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Depends on if you have a loyal fanbase who would buy all of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
� redie � 2,849 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 It doesn't always work that way though. Rookie's 5 versions didn't increase the album sales 5x.I mean, they aren't really 5 versions, just 5 covers. The photobooks are the same in each so I think most fans were kinda eh about buying multiples. Still, it would've been better to do 2-3 versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acer 396 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 In the future it will be digital era again..companies should make a website and upload concept pic online for money if fans want to look at..buy song/album digitally.. Boss Baby idea.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ddeona Oneul Bame 61,625 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 I guess~ I just like that the option is there because I like collecting sht like photocards. Since you're in no universe obligated to buy more than one, the people that don't want to, don't have to~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trifolium 8,873 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 I mean, they aren't really 5 versions, just 5 covers. The photobooks are the same in each so I think most fans were kinda eh about buying multiples. Still, it would've been better to do 2-3 versions True. For Twice, the versions get more distinct from each other every time. Page Two versions had different covers/colors/garlands, but everything else was the same. TCL1 versions had different photobooks, and TCL2 versions also had different photocards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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