[Poll] Predict the first week sales of AKB48's "Gingham Check"

[Amplifier]

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Historial Results:

Title	First Week Sales
Flying Get	1,354,492
Kaze ha Fuiteiru	1,300,482
Ue kara Mariko	1,198,864
GIVE ME FIVE!	1,287,217
Manatsu no Sounds good!	1,616,795

[Amplifier]

I'll say about 1.2 million. The song is still not growing on me, but at least the PV is tight.

[YKT]

> 900K   too near the album.  So called handshake sales even after the 6th round is very weak.

[z3144228]

950-1050K

song is not really good and also album


and  some fans are graduating with Atsuko

[SomethingWild]

@YKT, good point. The album is definitely going to hurt the sales because of the insane handshake/two shot system they have for it. Due to the lottery system you just know people will buy multiple copies at 2000 yen a pop!

Furthermore, we've seen decreasing sales for pretty much every group and subunit. However, they're probably less affected by this trend since AKB48 is the main beefcake.

I quite like the song and the PV preview looks as epic as ever, so they should be good in that aspect.

I can't see how this could do worse than Ue Kara Mariko, but there are several factors which may hurt the sales. Very hard to predict. I'll be disappointed if it doesn't break a million, but I don't want to take those epic sales for granted either.

Main point: No Acchan = 500K sales.

[Amplifier]

Should I edit the poll then?

edit: MSG, Nagichi, and Ashiterabu all sold very well, in spite of being on the tail end of a large release schedule (and MSG containing the election tix). This single has a two week break following the album, for the fans' wallets to recover

[WindCaliber]

I'd say that it would just break a million.
I just don't feel that sales are going to be as strong this time :|

[yukofan]

i think it will be around 1.5 million..
for me, gingham check is the worst sonsekyo song (compared to iiwake maybe, heavy rotation, and flying get)..But, it's AKB48 we're talking about. even they release super crappy song, they'll sell very well..

[Amplifier]

Bump! Voting closes in just over two days. GET SOME

[WindCaliber]

I'd say that it would just break a million.
I just don't feel that sales are going to be as strong this time :|

I so called it, guys! I want my cookie!