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Originally Posted by Dumas
I seem to remember that when music CDs were first introduced, their high price was justified by the market size and promises that their price would eventually fall as well. Did that happen?
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Yes, it did. The price of CDs today is way, way lower, in real terms, than it was 20 years ago. In the UK, at least, CDs typically cost about 30% of the price that they did then, taking inflation into account; ie, they've fallen in price by about a factor of 3.