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Originally Posted by Dyvim
iTunes, Amazon.com, Walmart etc. seem to be able survive charging me 89 or 99 cents for a music single. iTunes even lets you pay using PayPal instead of a credit card if you so wish.
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Ah, but I didn't mention music now did I?
It's fine for commercial music, but with the Xbox, Microsoft had to come up with a system that would allow for "small" items to be sold - gamer theme cards, images, small in-game items ("Get a +5 Sword for 25 points!") - that sort of thing.
And what if there are some smaller, indy bands that want to sell their music for 50 cents? Suddenly those per-transaction charges start to prevent things like that.