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Idol Manager

Idol Manager is a business sim about conquering the entertainment industry using any means you deem necessary. · By sadambober, Kuiper

Does anyone know how sales/buzz/demos work?

A topic by 8thPrince created Sep 22, 2019 Views: 305 Replies: 1
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Hi, I'm an active player of the game, you've probably seen me around in the ideas/bugs threads. I have a pretty good grasp on most of the game, but it's these points that have me stumped:

Buzz

I know you need to maintain over a certain level of buzz to not lose fans, but is there benefit to having high buzz? (Enough to warrant the Fake Scandal marketing bonus?)

Demographics and Sales

When making your single, the genre choices affect the percentage under each demographic. I know that obviously green=better than having red, but since these numbers can turn negative, I'm curious as to what they mean? Does the percentage indicate the ratio of the people in the casual/hardcore, female/male, and teen/YA/adult blocks that will buy your single? Or the change in ratios from the previous single?

Thanks!

Developer(+3)

>Does the percentage indicate the ratio of the people in the casual/hardcore, female/male, and teen/YA/adult blocks that will buy your single?
Correct. If casual+male+teen = 30%, then it means that 30% of all casual male teen fans are going to buy the single. >100% means some fans will buy multiple copies.
Other things that increase sales - buzz and fame level of the single. But there's also a penalty if fame drops compared to the previous single.

Colors don't mean much when you're creating a single (it's just >50% = green, <0% = red), but they do matter when you release it. E.g if casual male teen fan's bar is red, it means that appeal of the single to them is lower than the previous single, and they're not satisfied with it. 

Other than a bonus to sales, buzz is kind of a dead mechanic right now, I will either rework it or get rid of it. So you can just ignore it.