2010/05/14 (Fri) worth thinking issue

saw a topic about NEWS' singles not releasing in favor to have better saling figures...
for ture that a lot of other group do relese singles with multiple versions and have a good figure at the first week, even on the later sales.

why NEWS do not do so?

I think the company may had a concerned about budget and cost to do so, and they may had done the research, even had tried if NEWS fans do buy these ideas.
for 星を目指して they do have DVD's with concert clips and back of the scenes, also for 恋のABO they included DVD for concert scene. for the former, it does work well, maybe some help of strong promotions they had done for NEWS to COME BACK. but the laters, DVD seems not helping on any sale figures anymore. of course the big problem is that the content of the DVD isn't so atractive anymore. And maybe they found it'd be too much cost if they do so for NEWS' market.

Another thing is that they counts a lot of figures in the Japan market only, whoever buys via internet sites like clubjapan and Neowings, may not be counted as sale numbers. If they do count them, it might turn out very different on the customer figures, and the sale is for sure to turn out so much better. And if they put more thought on the international market, and care more what we think, they might notice that there are so much more potential that they might expect, and may start to put more effort on NEWS' singles and make it better.

It is always worth to invent some money into it. But I think for JE, they are just too afraid to have some loss, and have to courage to try.