Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai - View Single Post - Startin'/Born To Be... 1st week sales
View Single Post
  #135  
Old 16th March 2006, 03:07 PM
Mad_Cactuar Mad_Cactuar is offline
Banned
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Malaysia.
Posts: 6,442
Quote:
Originally Posted by hallelujah_united
In fact, even albums are being leaked onto the net days before release (remember (m)u?). Because they're so easy to get, it makes some people find it illogical to get an album of which they probably have all the songs in mp3 format already. You might think it's only you doing it, but 783264823746 others think this way too, causing sales to dip significantly. And it's happening to everybody. Heck, if this was 2002 when downloads weren't that fashionable yet, Kumi would have probably broken the 2 million mark with this album, given the massive amount of hype surrounding it.

Gah, I just had to use Kumi as an example now didn't I?
TRUE! Some people get the CDs just to rip the songs for their mp3 players. With illegal downloads, everything is already done and served on a plate for you. Why bother with an album then? (m)U suffered from it possibly, it was leaked a few days beforehand right?
Reply With Quote