yvanjean said:
prayformojo said:
yvanjean said:
prayformojo said:
Meh, I'd be happy if we NEVER went digital. I don't mind it as an option, but having physical games should always be something you can buy imo. |
Music CD used to cost $12-15 and most of the song were crap for the one or two good songs.
Now it cost $1 or less per song digitally.
The cost of paying game digital would be cut by half.... new release would cost $19.99-29.99 compares to the $59.99-69.99. Would you still want to pay $59.99-69.99 at retail when you can go digital for $19.99-29.99???
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Most of the music people stream and/or download legally, sound like garbage compared to vinyl or even a CD. For instance, Spotify's desktop free service streams it's music at a level that is 10 TIMES lower than the actual ablum. So when you spend more money at the store, buying the real deal, you get your money's worth.
With games, it's the same thing. You get the resell it, collect it and own it for however long you want and never have to worry about it again. To me, that's worth the extra money.
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Having said that what percentage of music is bought retail vs digitally? maybe 10-15% at retail now ?? Both are being replace by streaming services.
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I believe physical sales of full albums are nearly at 50% still. Over 4 million vinyl records were purchased this last year and is growing by leaps and bounds. Digital and Streaming isn't as popular as you think it is.
But even so. Even IF CD's and Vinyl completely die and the only way to listen to music is through Streaming, that doesn't change the fact that it will still sound like utter shit. Spotify streams at under 200KB... that's less than a damn iTunes download lol
