Digital Cross Fire

Once again, it’s time to start some marketing for the Zune. Every once in a while rivals companies Microsoft and Macintosh will release some ad’s for their magical  music playing devices,Microsoft Zune and the Apple iPod. While the iPod has the solid color/technicolor crazy moving background with moving silhouettes dancing around to some new hit single type of commercials, the Zune commercials really only have random spots showing off the product with different people.

Lets be honest here, how far has that taken them?

Now, it looks like Microsoft has stuck with their money theme and now slapped iTunes with their costumers wallet.

If you don’t feel like watching the video provided above, Wes Moss (Certified Financial Planner), points out that filling a 120 GB iPod at iTunes costs $30,000. Now with the ZunePass, you can buy a monthly subscription for unlimited downloads for $14.99 a month. Now, with everything else in the world, there are pros’s and con’s to this subscription. One pro being that this is unlimited downloads! I myself can download close to 200 songs in a given month. BUT, I’m going to need to keep paying 15 bucks a month to keep listening to those songs. And let’s say you canceled you’re account with Zune. All you’re sounds are gone, a tough parting gift huh?

Now, it’s not all bad. Microsoft has a great idea which has been in effect since the first Zune came out. But people are so hooked on iPods, no matter what you do, it’s going to seem like an uphill battle to compete with it. Unless I’m wrong, which I am a lot. I’m an iPod person with close to maxing out my 30gig iPod with everything under the sun. What’s your preffecnce of music players and do you think that Microsoft is going to sell more bricks with this advertiseing tactic?