jellyfishprince said:
Music sales decline for seventh time in eight years |
How much of music sales declining is associated with the internet, and how much is it that people no longer have any need to rebuy the White Album? There are a lot of people who bought the same albums on Records, 8-Tracks, Cassettes, and CDs and there was no need to buy an SACD/DVD-A or MP3 version because the quality of CD was good enough and could be converted into a format for use on their portable music player easily.
How much of the Vanishing Box Office is because of movie piracy, and how much is it because the cost of going to the movies has becomming insane? When you factor in snacks, it can cost in the range of $30 per person to go to the movies, and for the average family (of 3 to 5 people) it only makes sense as a rare family outing.
On top of this, when I was a child it was (fairly) typical for companies to release their VHS version of a movie 12 months after it had left theaters; which worked to encourage people to see a movie while they could, and when a movie was finally released to VHS people were more likely to buy it immediately (or rent it) to watch it again. Today, its not unusual to have a movie released to DVD a month after it leaves theaters, and people have grown accustomed to this short turn around time and feel less motivated to rush to see a movie in the theater.
In other words, while the internet may have impacted their sales their business plan has (potentially) impacted their sales on an equal or greater level.
