sgoodcore Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 In yet another attempt to avoid going to Apple's iTunes service, Universal has unveiled plans to sell singles on USB memory sticks. The company will be selling the singles for £4.99 ($10 US) with a handful of songs, and multimedia content that can be reached on the Internet.This compares with digital download services which are priced at $0.99 and do not include any other material other than the specific song requested by the consumer. The company defended the unusual plan saying: This is aimed at the younger 12 to 24 year olds, who no longer believe that the CD is as cool as it used to be. You can find some more details here. On major flaw here being if you're okay with buying digital why pay $10 for a USB drive when you can get 10 songs (or more songs in some cases) for $10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadetapplesauce Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 now this is just stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faith Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 this is so WIZO in 2004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniethebear Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 REACHING Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belalugosi Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I want the biggest USB memory collection ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riddle350 Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Almost as dumb as the vinyl cd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgoodcore Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 Almost as dumb as the vinyl cd. You think? I actually think its a decent idea in principle but the pricing is out of whack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechevre Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Maybe people thought the same of cassettes, cd's, and other mediums when initially introduced, but I personally think it'd be odd to be like omg! Check out this bitchin usb collection! "Man, is that an import drive?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magalvsr13 Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 yeah - the stupidest part of this is the price hey, kids arent buying music at a buck a song - lets make that 10 bucks for a few songs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 alexisonfire did this with their last album... offered a special edition with a usb drive with videos, internet content and a few mp3's etc... dallas green did the same with his live album and they did super well here in canada. not sure if it was the same release in the us but people had no problem... they were priced at 27.99 and the regular cd was 17.99 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riddle350 Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 alexisonfire did this with their last album... offered a special edition with a usb drive with videos, internet content and a few mp3's etc... dallas green did the same with his live album and they did super well here in canada. not sure if it was the same release in the us but people had no problem... they were priced at 27.99 and the regular cd was 17.99 or so. If it had a bunch of extra stuff it would make more sense but not for just a few songs. Record companies are overlooking the fact that the majority of their bans suck and that's why they don't do well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfedaykinx Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 arent flash drives much more expensive than cds and cassettes? this doesnt make much financial sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarondanger Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Never gonna get it right, never gonna get it...- Jeff ahahaha +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skumbucket Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I want the biggest USB memory collection ever. +1 for hilariousness. you'll get another +1 later for playing dracula. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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