/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

>>8174923
Eh, vinyl is more of a stylistic choice I feel and actually pretty popular nowadays. And it's always been the go-to for collectors, which is what the target demographics usually are. It's fairly common for small bands to sell only digital and if they do a physical release at all, it's gonna be vinyl. Or C-cassette, I've seen some rappers and punk bands do that.

But usually in the West, bonus tracks come in a digipak and a deluxe edition and maybe a third level, where you get more stuff with increasingly poor cost-to-stuff ratio, but at least you get everything on the release by buying the most expensive limited edition available. Meanwhile in Japan, they want you to shop in three different record stores and pay full price for three CDs that have only one track be different. Nice for the record stores, but complete bullshit for the customer especially with their apartment sizes. Usually in a Western release you get the new songs or more interesting remixes etc. by buying the cheapest option anyway, and the expensive ones are more for the die-hard fans who want to throw their money away in exchange for some demos, live takes and physical goodies. I've no doubt the Japanese way generates more sales by making casual fans buy more, and I guess that money goes toward new releases and props up you brick-and-mortar stores, but still I find it rather disgusting, not to mention annoying.