Like a lot of releases that you can find on Amazon, but not on Spotify.
For example they had some Egoist promotion, a band i'd love to hear on Spotify. They did a lot of promotional stuff as well, partly assiciated with Sony. Now, it has been some time since Spotify launched in Japan. (If you didn't know yet: the anime industry nearly only makes profit on side sales of merchandise and accessorises.) They basically sell the OST physically to make more money. You also need to think about the marketing purpose. Japanese music simply does not get distributed on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, etc all that often. Japanese record labels and talent agencies still hold tightly onto business practices and rules that seem to ignore the very existence of the internet.Īnd that is basically your answer. People still buy a LOT of CDs, and as evidence, there are still quite a few CD stores, including chains like Tower Records and HMV that have long since died out on this side of the Pacific. Sony, of course, also has a floundering consumer electronics division, and likely didn't want to help another division's competition.Īnd so, things haven't changed over there nearly as much.
While the iPod was popular (and the iPhone is VERY popular), some of the record labels, including the behemoth Sony Music Japan, held out and never put their songs on the service.
Japanese publishers relied more on collectors than casual music consumers, and simply didn't need a savior. Japan has had its issues with piracy, but it never completely took over the market like it did here. That little consumer revolution didn't really happen in Japan the same way it did here.
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