Best Buy stopped selling CDs, digital music really won?

CD is the physical storage format that is so familiar and seems to be getting closer to the death door. But does it really die so easily?

Today, the famous US sales system Best Buy has announced it will stop selling CDs on its stores, a sign that we are getting closer to the death of physical media. in the entertainment industry.

By July 1, the retail giant will remove all CDs from its shelves. This move seems to be the result of continuous declining revenue in the US. Only in the last year, their revenue has decreased by 18%.

Billboard also reported that Target retail group also participated in this general trend. They have asked record labels to take responsibility for inventory (if any). At that time, Target stores will only pay for the disc when determining receipt of money from the buyer.

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No more CDs will be found on all Best Buy stores

A source specializing in this issue also said that Target is planning to make a similar request with the DVD. Now just lower the Blu-Ray disc and the disk-like game as well, the battle between digital content and traditional archives will determine who wins the loser.

In fact, digital music has sold more than the old format since 2015. It's understandable that there are still people who prefer to use older formats, and of course you can still find them in specialized stores. about antiques, like the way people still look for charcoal today.

After all, traditional archives that are dead or not depend on you.

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