Digital Sales

December 13, 2006 10:27 AM

There has been quite a fuss in the online digital sales market today over the rise and now alleged fall of sales at the iTunes store. In our own geeky universe it seems like a pretty large percentage of poeple purchase their music and games online but it sure isnt really the case.

Forrester's report added that the entire legal music download market made up just 4% of US music sales last year, still trailing way behind CDs. ... Recent separate figures from fellow research group Nielsen Soundscan have suggest that all music download services have seen flat or declining sales since the start of this year

I cant seem to find much in the way of reported online sales of games anywhere but is there really much doubt that it's probably not much different?

Steve Gibson

Steve Gibson is the cofounder of Shacknews.com. Originally known as sCary's Quakeholio back in 1996, Steve is now President of Gearbox Publishing after selling Shacknews to GameFly in 2009.

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lowayne

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December 13, 2006 10:32 AM

Give us higher quality downloads to buy!
- stelth
  
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  December 13, 2006 11:04 AM
  
  Agreed. I want a MINIMUM of 192kps and I want to be able to use it on any device of mine forever. Until then, I don't see myself buying music from iTunes or any other distribution method. I'll stick with CDs or even using peoples iTunes libraries to enjoy music.