[Charts & Rankings] The Official Oricon Thread ~FIVE~ II

[thatstacey]

^I don't get the "lack of promotion" thing (then again, I never do). There might not have been a lot of TV performances, but she's been performing the new songs at a-nation. She's also been on the cover of a lot of magazines recently, and "progress" has been omnipresent in gaming circles. In additions to TV CMs, the song was playing constantly in stores leading up to the game's release (not sure about now...?), and the game itself sold more than five times its closest competitor on the software charts in its first week. That's a lot of people who--at the very least--were exposed to "progress" and could potentially want exclusive DLC and artwork.

I'd be really interested to learn the final breakdown in FIVE's sales between the three versions.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by thatstacey

^I don't get the "lack of promotion" thing (then again, I never do). There might not have been a lot of TV performances, but she's been performing the new songs at a-nation. She's also been on the cover of a lot of magazines recently, and "progress" has been omnipresent in gaming circles. In additions to TV CMs, the song was playing constantly in stores leading up to the game's release (not sure about now...?), and the game itself sold more than five times its closest competitor on the software charts in its first week. That's a lot of people who--at the very least--were exposed to "progress" and could potentially want exclusive DLC and artwork.

I'd be really interested to learn the final breakdown in FIVE's sales between the three versions.

most of the people who attend a-nation are Ayu fans, so promoting the song to the fan base which already knows about your album is more or less pointless. It's nothing compared to what AKB, arashi, EXILE or kpop acts get these days. Ayu never does variety shows now days and she barely performs on TV or does radio interviews...

[thatstacey]

^ Ok, that makes sense.

I guess I just see what she's doing now as a different kind of promotion instead of a ~lack. The way some people here go on about the ~lack of promotion (which was not your nor brener's comment), it sounds like she and Avex do absolutely nothing and the album appears at #1 by the hand of the J-pop gods.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by thatstacey

I'd be really interested to learn the final breakdown in FIVE's sales between the three versions.

Soundscan doesn't have all the sales that Oricon counts but it's roughly pretty telling that Tales of Xillia did help quite a bit.

2nd week total sales:
CD+DVD - 79,428
Tales of Xillia version - 42,402
CD only - 17,113

http://www.phileweb.com/ranking/cd-top20/1555.html

[thatstacey]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Soundscan doesn't have all the sales that Oricon counts but it's roughly pretty telling that Tales of Xillia did help quite a bit.

2nd week total sales:
CD+DVD - 79,428
Tales of Xillia version - 42,402
CD only - 17,113

http://www.phileweb.com/ranking/cd-top20/1555.html

Wow, thanks! Hopefully Tales will continue to help quite a bit.