Napster at 5 Milion Songs
CNet reports that Napster has passed the 5 million song sales mark since its relaunch in late October.
Napster is considered the #2 music service according to Mercury News and was previously noted to have only 1/4 of the sales as iTunes.
While comparisons are likely to be made between Napster's numbers and iTunes' numbers, it may be difficult to compare due to differences in launch dates and platforms at time of launch.
For reference, however, Apple announced sales of 13 million songs at the launch of the Windows iTunes Store (October 2003), and then 25 million iTunes songs as of December, 2003.
Napster is considered the #2 music service according to Mercury News and was previously noted to have only 1/4 of the sales as iTunes.
While comparisons are likely to be made between Napster's numbers and iTunes' numbers, it may be difficult to compare due to differences in launch dates and platforms at time of launch.
For reference, however, Apple announced sales of 13 million songs at the launch of the Windows iTunes Store (October 2003), and then 25 million iTunes songs as of December, 2003.
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104 months ago
Apple also announced sales of 30 million songs on Januarys 6th. It's in a press release. I posted it as a comment to the Macbytes post of this news yesterday.
104 months ago
Does the general public even know Napster is an option? For that matter, do they know iTunes.com is an option?
104 months ago
Apple just pulverizes the competition in ease of use and quality. Now onward to 50 million.
104 months ago
is universities buying in for their students to listen too, not download the music. And people who were stupid enought to get the Napster MP3 player.
I have personally used Napster here at PSU, and I find the service alright when it comes to streaming, but getting around the site just sucks ass. You hit the back button and it goes all the way back to the home page, when there is already a home page button right next to it. When I hit the back button, I expect to go back to the page that I was at before the one that I'm at presently. Nope, all the way back to the beginning. Other odd things is when it adds 30 second songs, aka buy only songs, to my play list, it adds it right in the god damn middle of my playlist. When I try to delete it, it always prompts me to stop the song first before deleting, just delete it man, do I have to click 500 things just to get it to do something simple as take it out of my playlist. OH, and once you make a playlist, you can't delete it, yeah right, horrible I say, horrible.
I have personally used Napster here at PSU, and I find the service alright when it comes to streaming, but getting around the site just sucks ass. You hit the back button and it goes all the way back to the home page, when there is already a home page button right next to it. When I hit the back button, I expect to go back to the page that I was at before the one that I'm at presently. Nope, all the way back to the beginning. Other odd things is when it adds 30 second songs, aka buy only songs, to my play list, it adds it right in the god damn middle of my playlist. When I try to delete it, it always prompts me to stop the song first before deleting, just delete it man, do I have to click 500 things just to get it to do something simple as take it out of my playlist. OH, and once you make a playlist, you can't delete it, yeah right, horrible I say, horrible.
104 months ago
5 million songs sold at a loss of 15 million dollars. Now that is impressive.
104 months ago
[yawn]
oh well. Eventually, Napster may catch up. Still, I walk around town and see nothing but white headphones....
oh well. Eventually, Napster may catch up. Still, I walk around town and see nothing but white headphones....
104 months ago
I wonder how many of those songs came from that university (Rochester?) that had that deal where students could get free songs?
If iTMS goes from 25 mil in December to 30 mi on January 6, that is at least 1 million songs a week (a conservative estimate, assuming 25 mil December 1).
So, its 8 weeks later, and iTMS should be at least 40 million! (if the Pepsi thing is even remotely successful, we could be way more than that!).
So 40 million at a clip of 1 mil per week for iTMS.
And Napster, launch in October, thats 1,2,3,4 -- 5 months. 5 million in 5 months. Congratulations. At this rate they won't reach 40 million until 2007. :eek: By that time iTMS will be at 200 million:D (assuming the rate stays the same of course. Which is like saying an iPod dropped from the empire state building will travel at the same speed all the way down. Nope, no way, it will gather steam and just crush the little napster dude into the sidewalk).
If iTMS goes from 25 mil in December to 30 mi on January 6, that is at least 1 million songs a week (a conservative estimate, assuming 25 mil December 1).
So, its 8 weeks later, and iTMS should be at least 40 million! (if the Pepsi thing is even remotely successful, we could be way more than that!).
So 40 million at a clip of 1 mil per week for iTMS.
And Napster, launch in October, thats 1,2,3,4 -- 5 months. 5 million in 5 months. Congratulations. At this rate they won't reach 40 million until 2007. :eek: By that time iTMS will be at 200 million:D (assuming the rate stays the same of course. Which is like saying an iPod dropped from the empire state building will travel at the same speed all the way down. Nope, no way, it will gather steam and just crush the little napster dude into the sidewalk).
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