|   Magazine and NPR News articles say the same about the state | HYFI
Jun 17, 2003 3:46 AM | | This months Stereophile has a piece about music sales that mirrors some of what we have touched on here, last week and beyond. It stated that the lack of cd sales is not just a result of downloading and file sharing. It cited just what we saw in a post last week, lack of any real good stuff to buy along with competition for our entertainment dollars, way too high cd prices, and my fav, the downturn in the economy and how much pocket change most of have or don't have to spend. It also said that sales are greatyer than predicted in 1998 and that the biggest group of buyers is those who share and download. What a surprise.
Now thinking about writing this post on the way to work, an NPR news article came on the radio about music chains being in bad shape and why, Best Buy is hurting and sold off Sam Goody and another chain, Tower is so far in debt, ect. This time the article sided with the consumer again saying that the stores are failing to keep up with what the buyers want. Lower cd prices, pay per downloads and a few others.
I wish people who just don't know would stop badmouthing the MP3 downloaders as well as Comp traders since the Nielson report shows that we are the only people putting out the ridiculous sums for a $0.02 pc of plastic. |
| Well Said (n/t) | MasterCylinder
Jun 17, 2003 6:14 AM | | nft ! |
| It's all supply and demand, brother. | BT3
Jun 17, 2003 8:14 AM | | There's a lot to the article and your comments as well. As for the main point, comptrading, what better way to turn your friends onto new music? Not sure I have the stomach anymore to discuss this topic further, but I will say that I have certainly made purchases based on "previewing" through compilations. Purchases I otherwise would not have made. Furthermore, I don't feel that the court of public opinion will sentance me to thirty days in the hole for doing so.
As for the chains going under, I think it's great. It'll force whoever rises from those ashes to be more competitive. And this is exactly the point that, I feel, has been missing from all the disecting conversations surrounding the topic of copying.
You know what? There is competition. It exists in many forms. Deal with it. Offer me quality goods, innovation, timelyness, convenient access, do it with a spirit of comraderie rather than distrust, price the product in accordance with it's value proposition, and I will never leave you as a customer.
This is the message that most all successful major companys in today's day and age have had to come to grip with. And I find it highly ironic that in choosing a defensive posture instead of a competitive one, they are actually pissing off those ruddy comp tradin bastards laying down the ridiculus sums you speak of. In the end doing nothing but adding to the downward spiral, and, consuming such noteworthy partners as Tower Records in the process.
I hope this gets figured out soon.
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