CDs going to the dinosaurs?

Compact disc sales are dropping massively as the internet age moves on.  Ever since Napster was first introduced, kids have been downloading their music more and more as the years go by.  Statistics show that in the year 2007, almost half of all teenagers did NOT purchase a single CD in the entire year.  Illegal downloading is actually going down as well while online purchasing through iTunes went up by 45% (now #2 in music retail behind Wal-mart).

These numbers aren’t too surprising, as a lazy young male I prefer to be able to do all my shopping without leaving my house, especially since I can actually sample those songs before I even purchase them.  I no longer even own a CD player, just my computer and my personal MP3, so CDs have turned into that thing I buy “just to have them.”  I can’t wait to see when CDs are being compared to Vinyl Records and Laser Discs.  Then I’ll REALLY feel old.