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Originally Posted by Nemuru
The real question is "are manga readers going to buy the DVD?” Rosario sold well, over 6k for its first volume which is a rather decent number, so what does this say about the market, was ecchi the main point in hooking people up. Maybe it means nothing to some ^^,
Of course empirical evidence is only statistical numbers, what’s important is studio should listen to their customers and not the fans. A differentiation between fans and customers are important while a fan may object its not going to have any impact if sales are the main driving force behind most studio (except sunrise/Gainax).
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I'm surprise this thread is still continuing. at this stage i'm curious on the sales for volume 2 sale should be interesting, considering trend analysis it should drop marginally.
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The problem here is that by ignoring the fans you alienate your first source of income. Fans are the people who would que the day before to buy a release (done that a few times lol). Ignoring fans is pretty much suicide. Sure you may get sales, but if you alienate the fans those sales aren't going to be maintained.
A mate of mine bought the first DVD, but has already said he wouldn't be buying the others, and he's not alone, others i talked to have said similar things.
You need to balance customers and fans, and realise that the two are interchangable. If you don't, then you shouldn't be selling stuff period
