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You guys make some good points. Thinking about it now, DVD versions are pretty stupid. I only have a few of them from any artist, and I only watch the DVDs once, if at all. Mostly because if I want to see the features/PVs I can usually just find them on youtube, but even then they're not that interesting or new. For those of you who own CD+DVD versions, do you often watch the DVDs?
Clearly the ultimate cause of multiple versions is money, mostly for avex. It's probably their decision to release all the versions, right? But at the same time I think the proximate cause could be to keep Ayu's record. There will always be collectors who are willing to buy anything and everything Ayu releases. Multiple versions means higher sales, obviously.
@Visionfactory - Covers are important to me, too. I think I usually choose based on cover rather than content, which is probably superficial.
@Picaflor 7/4 - You're definitely right about the remixes, but I disagree with you about no one buying CD-onlys if that's all that was released. There are a lot of artists who chart pretty well who only release 1 or 2 versions of their singles, like Johnny's groups. And plus, in the 90s there usually was just one versions and numbers then are much higher than they are now.
I think casual buyers care mostly about the A-side itself and disregard the B-side, subsequent remixes and the covers. I could be wrong though.
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