April 29, 2008
-- The industry is still trying to blame the audience formerly
known as fans, still suing everyone they think is trying to listen
to their music, and still generally being a pain in everyone's
ass. As we can see, this approach has been wildly successful.
Here are a couple of clues for them:
- Last year's best selling album moved
4.6 million copies.
- The new version of the Grand Theft Auto
video game was released today. It is expected to sell 6 million
copies before the week is out.
CDs give you an hour's entertainment.
Some games you can play for days. Check this out -- when you're
playing a video game, they've got music, too. And get this, the
music often changes in relation to what's happening in the game,
which you can actually take part in. You don't suppose that some
people who used to buy music might now choose a game because
it's simply a better entertainment value? Like, oh, I don't know,
Guitar Hero maybe?
Nah, that can't be it.
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