von kulper
500 Club - QQ All-Star
actually that's not as complicated as you put it.
record labels is a business as any other and to earn the money, they should have consumers and offer some goods.
if goods is desirable and affordable for majority of customers - the business will be successful. if not, the business eventually will die.
if people refuse to buy offered goods but continued to obtain particular goods by other means, it just shows that there are interest in
the goods but affordability to obtain them has eroded. who's to blame?
i'm for support but only if the game is fair. look, i'm mostly indifferent to Chicago but placed order for upcoming set of BD-As. one for
myself and one for my relative. $300+ sounds like lot but it works out to be $18 per disc with highest possible quality of the sound in
surround format, which is a bargain. in such way i do show my support for a format as well as for distribution price policies.
in this particular with TPT i don't know who's behind decision but that's absolutely obvious - main motivation is a greed and not a passion for surround.
if ones willing to support and encourage the greed, they free to do so but it won't make any good neither for format or artists/business
Well, I'm in agreement that this is priced rather unfairly. And as others have said, I'm sure Bruce will read these messages and hopefully give some insight on the reasons for the high-cost when he pops in again. Your choice not to purchase is purely up to you, and I think it's understandable. But, if this thing sells badly, I really don't think it's going to result in the desired effect you're hoping for...
My choice is to support this, with the hope that future releases will be handled differently, i.e. more reasonably priced. If future releases are just as outrageous, however, I might have to reevaluate my dedication...