Is he right about comic sales?
Is he right about comic sales?
Thomas Jackson
David Edwards
Well, yes, but of course from an industry standpoint, as long as the producer sells the comic, it is a sale.
But even so, we really have no actual real data on even floppy sales to retailers, just really shaky estimates by third parties.
Brayden Brown
Yea since Diamond died they have really fudged the numbers.
Jacob Howard
He is here. We already know that companies have padded out numbers for titles by including them with the shipping of others
James Reed
>the enemy
cringe LARP'er
Blake Robinson
Sales estimates shipped to stores still give us an idea on what titles are sold enough to maintain consistent orders alongside issues selling out warranting reprints
Diamond didn't die
Jordan Brown
its another
>twitter screenshot
>durr "thoughts? agree? is this correct?"
thread
Robert Cox
He's technically correct. The best kind of correct.
Parker Stewart
Isn't this just how every industry collects sales though
Liam Rivera
He's right, they are actually distributing comics. Something Eric can't claim
Carter Robinson
Well is this Eric guy a comic creator? Seems unfair to judge him by the same standards you hold marvel and dc if he’s never even made a comic before
Cooper Parker
He claims to be, yes
Alexander Hall
Technically correct, but by that same logic we could go in the other direction and assume that they're actually selling MORE than the numbers let on (probably not, but y'know). Quick aside, but a lot of these discussion omit the fact that all the big companies also sell comics on release day to countries like Australia and England. Less stores sure, but from someone who has lived in all three countries, the quantities of comics sold are no different.
Connor Foster
Yes. Manufacturers and publishers don't give a shit how many of something a store sold, they care how many stores bought from them. In most cases it roughly approximates eventual total sales because stores won't buy more of something they can't move.
Jack Phillips
your mad b cuz he smerter then you
Ayden Scott
No.
For example, even for comics in the book channel in NPD Bookscan, sales are based on point-of-sale data, ie. when someone comes in and buys a comic from a store, which is why NPD Bookscan's top sellers are like 90%+ manga every month.
Angel Rogers
Nuh
Jose Rodriguez
>the enemy
Angel Ross
Where is the comic, Eric?
Jacob Stewart
The video game industry does the same thing. They report units shipped most of the time, not units sold
Colton Rivera
It could be completely different with comics, but I can tell you that it’s definitely not the same with movies. Unpurchased DVDs are backcharged to the distribution company.
Owen Diaz
This retard knows that how music was certified by the RIAA prior to streaming too, right?
>warehouse