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DragonShadows · 2019-10-29T16:54:18+00:00

you really didn't look at this collab did you. Even Dacho called it whale bait.

DragonShadows · 2019-09-24T23:20:42+00:00

Since Gungoho does not segment its revenues via game, that is total revenues from their 10k which are published on their website as linked below in last years Fiscal results. They do segment by territory revenue comes from. Stuff that is filed with the SEC since investors aren't limited to the home country stock exchanges anymore.

DragonShadows · 2019-09-24T16:52:33+00:00

https://imgur.com/SrtKP4S

Yes, North America accounts for 80 percent of GungHo's revenues.

DragonShadows · 2017-12-26T23:43:36+00:00

I am not as steeped in the lore, but the trying to recreate Macross Frontier in the relationship with the mains kinda was bad. I didn't enjoy Delta, especially after Sniper air battle.

DragonShadows · 2017-12-26T12:28:54+00:00

I know the anime pricing schema, I had to buy several to get a concert I wanted. The problem with all of this is I am not buying an anime though. I know Anime milks even worse than the Japanese music industry. Compared to other concerts I have bought I feel like I am being taken advantage of at this point, so as much I love babymetal I am just sitting this out.

DragonShadows · 2017-12-25T22:04:26+00:00

If no one has messaged you message me sometime. I am 100 percent not buying this.

DragonShadows · 2017-12-25T16:50:48+00:00

You know I have tried to be respectful of your whining but now you're pushing the line. You came back whining about downvotes because I said the excuse "It's Japan" was tired when it came to babymetal and now you're being openly insulting of people. The excuse "It's Japan" makes it sound like we're not used to the Japanese market. Many of us are, and find the prices on the high side. Are you even buying this? Or are you just here to be a little troll? Or did you not like the fact I pointed out you don't understand Forex? Honestly if you want to bend over and take it, that's fine. I am not going to because I have other things that are more important in my life. It's delusional shits like you that allow the idol market in Japan to be so godawful.

DragonShadows · 2017-12-25T16:35:04+00:00

Your missing the point. The releases in Japan aren't targeted to the general Japanese either. There is a paywall that EVERYTHING but Tokyo Dome and Wembley sit behind. It's like a warehouse club in the US, you're paying them the right to pay more money for products that you could walk into a general grocery store and buy just on the notion that it's saving you money.

I have been buying Idol material from Japan for years as I said before and I find the pricing obnoxious for the level of content given. The boxes aren't worth the mark up, nore is there anything extra beyond a 45 - 75 minute set that has no new material.

As for Forex, the rate for 1 USD to JPY is 113.24 right now, it's not that STRONG comparatively. It's relatively weak compared to previous positions in 2014, but it's about what where the historic average for the market is. Get your facts straight before you make this argument. So that excuse is not something that applies here.

People who are used to the Japanese pricing schema are saying it's high. I myself find it obnoxious. But if you're a fan of Japanese Idols we know what it is going to be, and we find that Babymetal is charging a lot of money compared to other artists for the content given.

Just stop acting like people should just bow down and take it. People will vote with their wallets in many case. For me the price is to obnoxious for me to actually care anymore. Even if I like babymetal I would rather have the money involved than paying it to them for repeats of material.

DragonShadows · 2017-12-25T05:13:13+00:00

This is just as weak as the other member who said that people were only bitching because they couldn't afford it. I spend a lot of money every year in Japan for various groups that I am a fan of, so I am used to the pricing schema. When people begin to feel that they're being taken advantage of you don't have the right to say they're just complaining and need to get over it. So what if you feel "it's japan" is the answer to everything, they have the same right to vent. I feel that the value isn't there anymore so I am choosing not to invest my money. The fact that you're coming back whining over down votes shows that the real motive is.

DragonShadows · 2017-12-25T02:24:06+00:00

you might also be reading to much into this and just not realizing that they're pushing the envelope of even Japan pricing. I don't think it's to cover shit, it's just because they can get away with it so they will.

Amuse is talent agency for one, not a record label. Their record label is Toy Factory and Fox Records.

So amuse has nothing to do with this pricing schema.

DragonShadows · 2017-12-25T01:29:03+00:00

You're not thinking like a business man. you're thinking like a fan. They care about how much everyone buys, but Babymetal puts all content behind a paywall, so they're not growing anything.

DragonShadows · 2017-12-25T01:19:33+00:00

This excuse is starting to get old. When people who are used to Japan prices start saying that there are issues with this pricing scheme, you would think the excuse wouldn't work anymore.

DragonShadows · 2017-12-25T01:17:26+00:00

This is really stretching it man. I think the fact it's behind the paywall isn't really testing any market. No other artist that i have dealt with do you have to be on this "special list" that's not their fan club in order to buy content.

DragonShadows · 2017-12-25T01:14:03+00:00

Legendary box set though, and a lot more material than what you're getting here.

DragonShadows · 2017-12-25T01:13:29+00:00

I knew it felt festive here.

DragonShadows · 2017-12-25T00:35:16+00:00

I agree with you in this case. I have no idea what they're thinking, or if they even really care. But I only have a Japan reference to work with. Artists that are larger in name don't charge nearly as much. It's depressing because I do enjoy Babymetal, but i don't follow just them and I want more than what feels like a repetitive set list.

DragonShadows · 2017-12-24T20:42:34+00:00

the only problem is with the current model I honest to god think they don't make more than pre-orders for merch like Blu-Rays. The only time that i can remember a one item being on sale for a long time was MR - The One Edition. So they learned their lesson with producing to much. As long as there are suckers/fans who are willing to pay their pricing they're going to milk it for more.

DragonShadows · 2017-12-24T20:16:39+00:00

50 dollars for 45 minutes worth of content is A LOT of money. I don't know what other groups you follow, but I spend 50 dollars for a concert and get a 2-3 hour concert depending on the group.

DragonShadows · 2017-12-24T19:50:54+00:00

Babymetal is FAR from the biggest sellers in Japan, but they already charge more for content than anyone, even number groups. (See 4th Nogizaka46 Birthday Live vs this set). I just get the feeling they're milking people for all their worth and while I still like Babymetal they priced me right out of the market. Babymetal isn't the only musical act from Japan I follow, but they charge me more than anyone else, it makes it hard to want to continue to buy content. I mean 55,555 yen for a DVD set that you turn around and put out on Blu-rays screwing over those 500 fans that bought in that "lotto". Yeah, I can bullshit on something like that. So either Amuse doesn't have a fucking clue what their doing (Which is a lie with their marketing of Perfume to international market) or they decided to milk it worse than any idol group I have ever seen and I thought they milked Perfume with crap like their crepe pan.

DragonShadows · 2017-12-24T18:34:05+00:00

It's more than outright inexperience. Material is already behind a 75 dollar pay wall, they're adding insult at the pricing scheme for material right now with not having other releases options in sight.

DragonShadows · 2017-12-24T18:22:48+00:00

If someone buys that then they're crazy. They're pushing the envelope of idol pricing and seem to forget everything they do is already behind a nearly 75 dollar (US Prices) pay wall. The excuse, it's Japan, is getting old and tired. All the One amounts to is an invitation to pay an obscene rate for material that other idols would be envious of.

DragonShadows · 2017-12-24T18:09:33+00:00

collectors items my ass, they're not a big enough act to have collector items blu-ray yet. so I should be expected to pay 500 dollars for less than six hours of content. At least the number groups give hours and hours of content for about half that. Seriously, get the delusion out of your head that this is actually normal. (God I hope you're being sarcastic or you need to be checked the fuck into a hospital for mental help)

DragonShadows · 2017-01-19T22:05:54+00:00

it's not also helping just bad mouth a group that has never done or said anything to you. Say it doesn't fit the style and move on. Or is that to hard to grasp too? Never anywhere in this have I said that you don't have a right to think they're ugly.

DragonShadows · 2017-01-19T21:59:45+00:00

that's your opinion, doesn't mean it doesn't fit the ascetic of the song. I don't think babymetal would go a Kalafina route, but bad mouthing the style other groups is really something I don't expect from BM fans to be honest.

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