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Old 29th September 2010, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Nackar_91 View Post
That is not wrong. I never said Japan has MORE young people.

It is simply a fact that the average age of the music buyer is YOUNGER than int he rest of the world. I can find numbers if you need them. The buyers are generally younger, more fickle, and are quicker to change their appetite. It's been looked into many times.
Most of America's sales come from Teenagers. In fact, a large chunk of them come from pre-teens as young as 11 and 12. The variable really doesn't change from U.S. to Japan all that much, so It's clearly something entirely different.
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