Great video! Congrats on the Issho, I love how unique that card looks! In another video you said One Piece wasn't doing too well in China and that was the reason for giving them serialized cards. Do you know how it's doing in China and America now? How could I gauge how popular something is in China? I look at bilibili sometimes but I have no idea what picture its painting (I'm not fluent in mandarin). Is One Piece as a series popular in China? Are the exclusive Treasure Rares in America also a sign that bandai doesn't think it's doing well in America?
Hey Albert! Thanks for the great question. So to my understanding, OP is a very popular IP in China; however, the disconnect lies in the general interest (or lackthereof) in TCGs...specifically, organized play in card games is not very popular. When I was in the mall, employees were trying very hard to pull customers and teach them the game. That said, this is a niche but growing segment - Pokemon launched in China very recently. I think this could create more interest in TCGs broadly. Tracking secondary market prices always help in gauging popularity, if that's not possible, I'd check news articles about how many people went to competitions etc. With that in mind, I think American OP interest is at an all time high!!
Great video! Congrats on the Issho, I love how unique that card looks! In another video you said One Piece wasn't doing too well in China and that was the reason for giving them serialized cards. Do you know how it's doing in China and America now? How could I gauge how popular something is in China? I look at bilibili sometimes but I have no idea what picture its painting (I'm not fluent in mandarin). Is One Piece as a series popular in China? Are the exclusive Treasure Rares in America also a sign that bandai doesn't think it's doing well in America?
Hey Albert! Thanks for the great question.
So to my understanding, OP is a very popular IP in China; however, the disconnect lies in the general interest (or lackthereof) in TCGs...specifically, organized play in card games is not very popular. When I was in the mall, employees were trying very hard to pull customers and teach them the game. That said, this is a niche but growing segment - Pokemon launched in China very recently. I think this could create more interest in TCGs broadly.
Tracking secondary market prices always help in gauging popularity, if that's not possible, I'd check news articles about how many people went to competitions etc.
With that in mind, I think American OP interest is at an all time high!!