RIIZE will need at least 4 million in pre orders to be taken seriously

NCT took like 4 years to really get running, SM will be fine giving Riize that much leeway and letting NCT Dream foot the bill in the meantime if need be. Even EXO's debut album didn't do well at release. There's no pressure on them yet.

Most SM groups lately don't do that well at their debut it's with the first comeback that they start riizing

Number of SM groups who debuted with high sales:

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