F2P MMOs and iTunes: a simple comparison.
Who actually goes into a Best Buy or Wal Mart and buys a CD, a physical CD, of their favorite artist?
Ok, let’s be honest..lot’s of people do. Not many that I know, though, because most of the podcasters/friends/bloggers/co-workers I know carry an MP3 player, or even have their music loaded on their phone. The recent success of the iPod shows that, just as iTunes did, consumers don’t want to buy an entire CD for a few choice tracks.
I love iTunes because I can find an artist I like, either hearing them from a friend or a website, and can buy the single track for a dollar or so. I will listen to that track possibly hundreds of times over the course of years, and might end up buying the entire album or at least more tracks from the artist. There are certain songs that I will always love, and some that I might listen to a few times a month. But none of them came from an album (with very few exceptions) that was filled with A plus tracks.
