'Sony iTunes' coming early 2010

[r505Matt]

kowenicki said:

leo-j said:
Well kowenicki, itunes is the biggest selling digital music retailer, followed by amazon.

Anyhow, finally.. I have been waiting for them to do this.

I know... just shows you how sheeplike the majority of the planet are.... itnues is in no way competitve, the software is crap and the music is overpriced.

I guess some people cant be arsed checking out other avenues.

Overpriced? You realize some of the pricing on itunes is out of Apple's control, premiums are partially dictated by record companies, thus the $1.29 pricetag. And if you think that's overpriced, what, you want to buy whole albums for $3 or soemthing? You can buy singles for about a dollar, albums for around 10 (typically). That's a lower price than in the past. And just because packaging and cd-pressing costs are eliminated, doesn't mean production costs aren't up (and they are).

Sony may be able to sell some stuff at a cheaper price (since it's their own music), but I wouldn't expect much of a difference.