Oliver 22,442 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 In the grand scheme of things.. What is considered stronger? Physical Sales or Digital Sales.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amber oppa 20,208 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 K-Pop companies want money, therefore physical sales trump a bunch of six cent singles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taemeans 1,966 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Physical for profits and fandom, digital for general public likeability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Celeste 2,261 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 physical you cant win against sm stans when they bring up the physical sales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yallstupid 214 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Physical brings in more money but digital is related to public recognition , so idk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowdowntome 529 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Both are important but physical sales means you have a fandom to rely on when the public may or may not like your song so id say physical>digital but by very little. Also physical may mean that you can fill out a tour and not only 2,000 concert venue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
with hoya 494 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 physical shows how big a fandom is, and is where the mooleh lies digital shows how well received a song is and the public perception of the artist/song's quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrifeRaider 4,103 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I would say physical sales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyza 795 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windrepel 146 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 physical is money digital is public interest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglove 4,071 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 physical you cant win against sm stans when they bring up the physical sales everyone cares about physicals concerts> physicals sales though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEvolution 548 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Kpop agencies want money, so physical or digital themselves don't matter as it's an infinitely small amount of money. Digital means the public loves your songs===> Public recognition==> CFs, pictorials(if you're appealing enough) and plenty other things Physical means concerts everywhere ==> Money money When you have both ( eg. Big Bang, 2NE1 ) you win. Because they're like the only ones who go on variety shows once or twice a year at most, concentrate on their music (except the recent roommate project for Bom and Top acting) and they still pull-in the same money as other groups who go all out, never resting going from this show to that one , and a lot more than 99% of the rest of them (in their respective categories ). I wish people would understand this and stop these kinda threads the money physical or digital in themselves bring. They don't bring shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fgt 1,210 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 In this industry... money >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> public exposure. Ever wonder why SM doesn't promote many 'public friendly' songs? Because they don't need them. They already have consolidated fanbases for nearly all of their groups, and each group can rack up 80k+ sales (this is the minimum). They have members that can rack up CFs. Acting roles. Each group is able to hold their own concerts. Tada. $$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystal's Light 82 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Imo digital. Physical sales can only bring you so much like for some groups who lose the fandom power but still rock digital sales. I think digital sales are stronger cuz it will always be there and gets better and better cuz you have the fandom power and the public to back you up. I mean 2NE1 is an example of that. Their physical sales decreased by a huge amount but their digital sales increases every time even tho their just 6 cents per song. Edit: lmao at the negging. People here can't take opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver 22,442 Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 In this industry... money >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> public exposure. Ever wonder why SM doesn't promote many 'public friendly' songs? Because they don't need them. They already have consolidated fanbases for nearly all of their groups, and each group can rack up 80k+ sales (this is the minimum). They have members that can rack up CFs. Acting roles. Each group is able to hold their own concerts. Tada. $$$. So lets say there are 2 groups.. 1 that sells 20,000 Albums.. but their digital sales are 2,000,000 and the other sells 80,000 - 100,000 Albums and their digital sales are 1,200,000-1,400,000 Who is considered "better" for lack of better words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Ahjussi 1,312 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 fans vs general public! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra 40,910 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 neither Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeGoodSomeBad 787 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Fame is fleeting and can be lost in one day. Fortune stays on if you are not a spendthrift so physical trumps digital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oppaarrr 4,601 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Both are important but physical sales means you have a fandom to rely on when the public may or may not like your song so id say physical>digital but by very little. Also physical may mean that you can fill out a tour and not only 2,000 concert venue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yayaya 1,862 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 physical. no matter how you hate it, almost all the top groups now have a similarity, strong physical sales dbsk, sj, snsd, exo, bb, shinee. I remember when sistar was put into the same tier with snsd (don't remember well) in the top gg ranking 2013, netizens were bitching about it eventhough they have the best digital for gg that year because they have weak fanbase and couldn't sell a concert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chanyurr 1,462 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Physical. Money is important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeask? 889 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 for SM stan physical for YG stan digital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shann 33 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 YG stans = digital SM stans= physical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius 8,485 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 In terms of profitability in general: Concerts >>>>> CFs >>>>>> albums >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> digital Though it needs to be mentioned that there are exceptions to that rule. For example some acts have such high digital sales that they still make a significant profit from it. Or with CFs, some acts have such a high asking price that they profit from it more than anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena 21,718 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 So lets say there are 2 groups.. 1 that sells 20,000 Albums.. but their digital sales are 2,000,000 and the other sells 80,000 - 100,000 Albums and their digital sales are 1,200,000-1,400,000 Who is considered "better" for lack of better words This one is the best of both worlds. Physical and digital sales don't really make much money either way for the artists any way after all the reductions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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