Apple Sells 1 Million Videos in Under 20 Days

olddotter writes "Apple has sold over 1 million videos through iTunes since the release of the Video iPod service. Personally I am surprised by this success, it raises many questions. Will this encourage more people to put their video content on the iTunes store? Is there a vast market for cheaper stuff at reduced prices? Why am I willing to pay more for music than I would for video?"

Christopher Walken Effect

[tbone1]

And the #1 music video for practically every day was Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice", featuring Chirstopher Walken. "I'm a hoofah at heart!"

Something tells me that Kevin Pollak is owed a royalty somewhere.

Could we possibly ask any more questions?

[matt me]

Will it be possible for comments to continue this decaying monologue of uncertainty and doubt? Will I be surprised? Should all comments not related to the article but the amusing questioning dialogue be posted herein?

Because

[Digital Vomit]

Why am I willing to pay more for music than I would for video?"

Because you're an idiot. Next question?

Re:Please educate me, iTunes video buyers

[perdelucena]

Small video screen, less space than nomad, lame!

Re:videos have sound!

[Gulthek]

On the other hand, were Britney Spears more my thing, I'd likely want the videos, ideally without sound as, let's face it, her success was never about the music.

This is what happens when you recycle jokes from 1999.

Re:Christopher Walken Effect

[Elwood P Dowd]

Dunno why Kevin Pollak is particularly responsible for Christopher Walken's dancing celebrity. Christopher Walken has been doing excellent Christopher Walken impersonations for most of his career.

Re:I don't think it will last

[meatflower]

Oh yeah...just like those MP3 player things. What a fad! Once those "gadget whores" filled em up they just tossed em aside...good thing they're not around anymore!

Re:Oh the insanity!

[Anonymous Coward]

This could usher in a whole new era for TV.


Not really. (self goes and looks at the TV shows avaialble through Apple) Just as I thought. $1.99 and nothing's on.

Shiny new toy...

[thesandbender]

I'd say a full half of the gadgets I buy are shiny, new and fun... for the first month. Then they're relegated to "eBay" pile. I'll be more interested in seeing how their sales fare in six months when having the latest teenage singer shaking her bottom in your hand is no longer enough to make you the "cool guy/gal" in school. I tried video on my iPAQ and trust me, there are better, more entertaining ways to go blind. Speaking which, time to go shave my palms.

Re:Well, duh...

[pla]

Unless you're some obsessive weirdo, I doubt you'll watch the same movie a couple of times a week

So, not a Monty Python fan, eh?


Now go and bring me... A... HERRING!

Re:Oh the insanity!

[Scotch Game]

I would DEFINATELY download TV episodes and movies for $1.99 ANYDAY

Judging by your spelling of the words 'definitely' and 'any day', I think you could stand to be watching less TV. Dude, read a book.

Re:Well, duh...

[pubjames]

Because music has far more inherent replay value than video.

So? Since when does the cost of an item relate to how many times the purchaser uses it?

Car salesman: This car is $20,000.
Man: But I'm not planning on using it very often.
Car salesman: Ok, in that case it's $15,000.

Two words:

[millennial]

Holy shit.

Re:videos have sound!

[branto]

30 mb isn't much of a CD collection.

Re:Could we possibly ask any more questions?

[utexaspunk]

I love this one- "Is there a vast market for cheaper stuff at reduced prices?"

Gee, I dunno- is there a vast market for cheaper stuff at increased prices? People buy more stuff when it costs less?! Somebody alert the news media! Somebody call the department of redundancy department!

ringtones

[crimethinker]

I just can't imagine what satisfaction one gets from buying a ring tone.

Same here. I thought you were supposed to be embarassed that your phone went off in a public place and disturbed everyone else. Hello? Vibrate feature? But no, every 12-yr-old hip-hopster gangsta-rapper wannabe just HAS to have his phone blast out the latest crap from M. C. Pee Pants whenever one of his "bitches" calls him.

Here's a tip: if I hear your phone sing (I use the term loosely) "pick up da phone, got some money comin' in" one more time, I'm going to introduce your phone to Mr. Sledgehammer. And then maybe your head, too. I figure I should get a medal for preventing all the crimes you were going to commit in the coming years.

-paul

Not your average slashdot nerd

[Chowser]

I think that most people who are surprised by this success aren't realizing that the majority of the population are not the slashdot nerd type. People want EASY downloads, sync and play with no hassles. They don't want Bittorrent downloads that they have to burn on to a memory stick and alter the video codec to perform on an incompatible processor. Sure, that's a made-up scenario but the point is that what most of you find easy to do on your computer is incomprehensible to the majority.

Re:videos have sound!

[Anonymous Coward]

30 mb isn't much of a CD collection.

It is when you compress at 8bps!!! I swear, you can barely hear the compression artifacts, and it sounds awesome through those killer speakers I got from (now, don't tell anyone my secret) those guys in that white van. Luckily for me, their boss .....

Re:Great!

[teh*fink]

that's because it's not finnished yet.

Re:videos have sound!

[Anonymous Coward]

Thirty millibits, eh? I'm sure you meant thirty megabytes (30 MB), but we all make mistakes.

Re:Oh the insanity!

[doublem]

25 cents per episode of "Enterprise"?

That's a bit steep, isn't it?

Re:Christopher Walken Effect

[karnal]

I was the dolly grip, .... No royalties for me.

So, if we pirate the video, you're not going to automatically go hungry and not be able to support your family?

You've already been paid?

*note - this post was directed at the movie previews that ask for people not to "steal" movies. Which are played (or were? haven't seen one in a while) in theaters before the feature presentation.

Re:Well, duh...

[Baikala]

Well, yes, some people simply don't get multilayered humor. But don't worry, you'll always have Adam Sandler.

Talented Musicans are UGLY

[queenb**ch]

Frankly, most of the talented musicians are well...ugly. As one wit put it, rock and roll was created so that ugly guys could get laid. Given the postulation that talented musicians are ugly, why would I pay extra to get the video to go with the sound?

2 cents,

Queen B

Re:Hot Damn

[Anonymous Coward]

My wife blah blah blah

I think I speak for everyone when I ask, "is she hot?"

Re:Great!

[murr]

I live in North Pole, Alaska. I STILL can't buy videos

Have you tried threatening to put Steve Jobs on your "naughty" list, Mr. Claus?