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  1. 05-08-2011 02:50 PM #21
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    People consider 261,000 sales in the first week to be bad?
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    Quote Originally Posted by GNFfhqwhgads View Post
    People consider 261,000 sales in the first week to be bad?
    That's the thing - album sales anymore are so depressed that 200K in a debut week is actually an insane number. The days of a seven-figure debut are long gone.
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    Quote Originally Posted by killer_roach View Post
    That's the thing - album sales anymore are so depressed that 200K in a debut week is actually an insane number. The days of a seven-figure debut are long gone.
    Seriously. I've seen recent albums debut with 188,000 and people tout that as amazing and they deserved it and blah blah.
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    maybe back then it was bad? Didn't a Kanye west album debut with over 1 million sales that year? Even Green Day's last album debuted with like 6 or 700 K.
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    Making the US retail release a Best Buy exclusive didn't help sales much either. If I remember right, it was expected to have at least 700-800K in the first week, so I guess a little over 250K is considered a disappointment.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cubecubed View Post
    maybe back then it was bad? Didn't a Kanye west album debut with over 1 million sales that year? Even Green Day's last album debuted with like 6 or 700 K.
    The most recent Green Day album sold 215K in its first week out...
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    Quote Originally Posted by killer_roach View Post
    The most recent Green Day album sold 215K in its first week out...
    oh,wait,maybe that was worldwide or something.I don't know where i got that number,but it know its a real number,lol.

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    Making the US retail release a Best Buy exclusive didn't help sales much either. If I remember right, it was expected to have at least 700-800K in the first week, so I guess a little over 250K is considered a disappointment.
    The Best buy near my house still has TONS of Chinese democracy cd's/records.They were giving them out for free when people bought Rock band 3,and i saw more than a few in the trash can outside of the store.I see the vinyl on sale for 1.99 every time i go to Best Buy to buy records,but i don't think i will ever buy it,even for that price.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cubecubed View Post
    maybe back then it was bad? Didn't a Kanye west album debut with over 1 million sales that year? Even Green Day's last album debuted with like 6 or 700 K.
    Didn't CoDBLOps debut with several million sales day one? So anything less than that is considered a disappointment and sold horribly?
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    Quote Originally Posted by GNFfhqwhgads View Post
    Didn't CoDBLOps debut with several million sales day one? So anything less than that is considered a disappointment and sold horribly?
    Its all about expectations.CD was expected to be a blockbuster album,and it fell FAR short of that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cubecubed View Post
    Its all about expectations.CD was expected to be a blockbuster album,and it fell FAR short of that.
    That doesn't mean it can't be profitable ever, or be critically enjoyed.
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