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I was gonna answer this, but instead I'll just say that Gortuk above is pretty much on the money.
CDs in Japan are so damn expensive because the government says they have to be. A third confirmation of Gortuk's reasoning.
The bonus tracks are to encourage Japanese to buy the Japanese edition. So how about CDs released in Japan of Japanese artists? Are they also as expensive as the CDs released in Japan of foreign artists?
Do they have "extra" tracks too? They don't have extra tracks--although sometimes the production values are a bit nicer than those of American CDs; you get a very nice lyric book, or your CD in a nice box.
CDs by Japanese artists don't have an "import" version to compete in the marketplace, so they don't need to have the extra incentive to induce people to buy the Japanese version. Also - Japanese music industry is more singles driven than in the us.
J-pop artists can release several singles before the album is out, and often the album is just the collection of singles. Many consumers won't bother buying the cd because they already have the singles.
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I was gonna answer this, but instead I'll just say that Gortuk above is pretty much on the money. CDs in Japan are so damn expensive because the government says they have to be. A third confirmation of Gortuk's reasoning.
The bonus tracks are to encourage Japanese to buy the Japanese edition. So how about CDs released in Japan of Japanese artists?
Are they also as expensive as the CDs released in Japan of foreign artists? Do they have "extra" tracks too? They don't have extra tracks--although sometimes the production values are a bit nicer than those of American CDs; you get a very nice lyric book, or your CD in a nice box.
As my knowledge artists like Coldplay, Daft Punk make additional edition for their albums specific to Japan. I've always wondered why they haven't. Not to mention the number of record stores there are. According to a friend who runs a small record label that occasionally does business in Japan: Without the extra tracks, Japanese retailers are reluctant to sell the CDs knowing that a large portion of the potential purchasers will simply be importing the product. I've read that the average is yen. Because it looks like the artists would still get their money no matter where the release is from.
CDs by Japanese artists don't have an "import" version to compete in the marketplace, so they don't need to have the extra incentive to induce people to buy the Japanese version. Also - Japanese music industry is more singles driven than in the us. J-pop artists can release several singles before the album is out, and often the album is just the collection of singles.
Many consumers won't bother buying the cd because they already have the singles.