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iTMS Europe: 800,000 Tracks In A Week
no_demons writes "In a press release, Apple has announced that the "European" iTunes Music Store has sold 0.8 million tracks in a week, with around 450,000 being sold in the UK alone. According to Steve Jobs other services were shifting only 50,000 tracks a week in Europe before the launch."
The Windows market is a huge challenge for Apple. The market is full of all-in-one jukebox software, which have already reached huge user bases. Also there is an over-supply of free, albeit illegal, MP3 music via the networks (Kazaa, Direct Connect, etc). I'd say that Apple's main target is the non-techie PC user group -- releasing a buggy software doesn't help Apple to achieve their goals.
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Erm, that would be the same Melanie Chisholm who's debut solo album Northern Star went multi-platinum?
...and that would be whose, and more coffee for me. Arse.
Tubal-Cain smokes the white owl.
Why would anything worth anything come to Canada?
"It was proved long before iTunes - it was proved with LPs, it was proved with cassettes, it was proved with CDs. People want to own their music ."
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A more successful Apple is good for me and my G5, not bad. According to your philosophy Sony should have gone tits up a few years ago.
How about you stop with the FUD instead of that other guy?
Oh yeah. That's it. No doubt iTMS Europe had a half a million downloads due to an obscure, aging rock band known today primarily for its potent influence on other bands, and NOT for its record sales.
You did not. What a load of crap.
How about a little bit of evidence supporting this? Or a more complete story? You're seriously telling me that you were able to talk two people into buying $2000+ machines over lunch? Either they're rich, or you're lying.
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