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Originally Posted by visionfactory
^I know, I thought being optimistic that it will sell 20k  so I'm more than satisfied
Selling 200k digitally is equal to selling 20k physically according to RIAA so there's no big deal
The only real fact is that she's going downhill faster than ayu |
Er... nope. 200k copies are 200k copies, 20k copies are 20k copies. Unless there are people buying 100 digital copies each, it still means the song sold 200k copies to (+-) different 200k people. It actually may be even more accurate because you need to buy several physical copies, but once you buy it once you can just download the track again and again.
The fact that there are more people buying physical copies than digital copies in Japan doesn't mean each digital copy is less worthy on a popularity measurement point of view. It may be on a money making point of view, but I don't know the difference between the production costs of both itens considering physical CDs are more expensive to sell, but they are also far more expensive to produce... Maybe if you count the price of the physical media, booklet printing, logistic issues, the label and the artist are making the same amount by a track sold physically and digitally, maybe it doesn't.
But as far as overall impact goes, 1 million copies sold are 1 million copies sold, and 10k copies are 10k copies.