Digital distribution continues to defy expectations by a few hold-outs. Most of us, however, aren't the least bit surprised that when Lady Gaga's hugely successful
Fame Monster album came out on USB, that it sold out in less than 24 hours. The USB drive album contained all of the original songs on the original release plus a handful of remixes. The mega-hit 'Telephone' is also there.
The Beatles' album met with a similar absorption upon its release, but either everyone is totally gaga for Gaga or Universal didn't do a very good job of anticipating demand.
The meager 250 copies sold contained more than
just music, all of Lady Gaga's videos were also included. There's a bevvy of photos, most of which should be easily found on the intarwebs but the
music and
videos are what real fans seemed to jump to. With any luck, they will release another round of these drives and we can get our hands on one to find out what the bitrate and format of the videos are. The 800MBs of digital content on the custom designed 2GB drive went for roughly $70. Cross your fingers and toes that they do another run of them and that you act quicker next time.
Via ZSL Creative
Mimoco Outs 5th Series of Star Wars Mimobot Flash Drives
By Paul McCollum on April 26th, 2010
