I haven't bought a cd in about 5 years. I probably will not buy music in physical form again. Nor movies.

Possible exceptions would be pieces or editions that are not available digitally. Examples: for many many years the TV show Max Headroom could only be obtained from VHS copies people actually recorded in their homes at broadcast time. Or the movie Diner that is difficult to find.

We do, from the local 'used' music store. The last few trips have been slim picking, unfortunately - they used to have a ton of obscure stuff that I hadn't yet gotten to, and now all of that is gone. Their vinyl section has grown considerably, though, but I haven't bought vinyl in a very long time.

Life expectancy of CDs? Hell, I have discs from the late-80s that still work fine. In our collection only one CD out of 700+ has a problem, and that's because a cat played hockey with it a long time ago. Even the used ones come out perfectly since the store must have some magic pixie dust polishing device that they run them through before putting them on the shelf.

You're from Japan right? I tried to shop around for some VNs/Anime OSTs physical disc on JP Amazon but the pricing is outrageous. 10k yen for 2 discs for my case, for example.

The normal average that I calculated was 3k. ....for a mere disc? That didn't include shipping fee! D:

If i buy CD's, it's at thrift stores, second hand, salvation army or other such locations where they are $1-$2 per. Re-bought the same rare CD multiple times :)

But unless the CD's are cheap, i've never bought them... Thankfully it's easy enough to listen to my music collection that grows a little each month. So all in all, i don't buy new or expensive ones...

Yes, yes I do. But I have to find out if the loudness war has claimed another disc before I make a purchase.

Yes, I still buy CDs. I prefer physical media when I can get it. I even rebuy things if I have it digitally but a physical version becomes available. Far Cry Collection with 2, 3, and Blood Dragon because I wanted a physical Blood Dragon.

The last CD I bought was the Clerks Soundtrack at an HMV 11 years ago.

I buy music on CDs and vinyls. And I actually play the CDs, not just rip them :)

(I do rip them though for use in phone/car/etc)

There aren't any decent lossless DRM-free music stores so that's not an option really. I'm not buying lossy MP3s that's for sure.

I do not consider streaming services as a replacement either because I cannot really be sure I can listen to music I want, whenever I want. I have a lot of records on physical discs that aren't available on streaming services. Even music that can be found on streaming services, might not be there one day. Contracts end, companies fold/get bought, rights are wherever etc..

That said, I won't stop using physical discs for music in the foreseeable future.

Ah yes, Japan's video and music pricing is generally about double or in some cases triple or more the expected/equivalent cost in other markets. I'm not entirely certain why it is the way it is, but normal mainstream CD's, DVD's, and Blu-Rays can be quite expensive to buy at retail pricing, and niche stuff like anime can sometimes be outrageously priced relying on a limited but dedicated hardcore otaku fanbase to help offset the cost of production.

It's unfortunate in many ways because I feel the exorbitant pricing often limits the accessibility of many things and makes things unnecessarily unavailable for a broader audience to purchase, and is often likely a driver for piracy in these niche areas. For example, I really like the Planetes anime series but the blu-ray set (1 season, 26 episodes) retails for a ridiculous 50,000 yen. If they reduced the price to a more reasonable 12,000 yen or something I feel like they would be able to make up for the difference in margin with much increased sales and exposure... but, alas, it is difficult to fight established trends and markets until some company takes a chance and proves that it is still possible to be profitable in doing so.

I still buy music CDs, although the last one i bought was nearly a year ago. I prefer buying physical media for music (i don't listen much to mp3, instead i use my trusty 20 years Technics CD player). As for games, i have been buying physical boxes for many years but nowadays i buy only digital from GOG because of the DRM plague (clients etc) and the "cheap" boxes (a DVD case with nothing else but a DVD inside? No, thanks!).

I only purchase digitally if I get a gift card - and then I buy blank cd's and make them physical anyway. I listen to cd's in my car and in my little boom box when I'm gaming.

After getting MP3 files of music for years I actually started a massive music CD collection to make up for all the MP3's I downloaded over the years. It is nice to have the actual physical medium not to mention I can easily rip it into WAV or FLAC to archive it without losing quality.

I still buy CD's yes. I get them out of the case once, rip the music and listen to it digitally. It's a way of supporting the bands I like. I do wonder if they will still work in about 30 years since sometimes discs aren't from a great quality.

I hardly buy any games on physical media anymore. I rather have those digital and DRM-free so I can install them at any time even if the service goes down.

Sometimes i do, like i bought Swat 4 : Gold Edition few months ago for 4€ from a flea market

Must be a Finnish thing, because the same for me.

I think music (besides video game and movie music) isn't just that important to me at the moment. Or at least owning it. It used to be different though, I have several Pink Floyd, Supertramp, Jethro Tull etc. CDs, but those were bought a looooong time ago.

I admit it is nowadays also far too easy to hear some tune for free, e.g. in Youtube, even from the artists' official channels. Outside home, the only time I might listen to music is while I drive, and that means usually the radio, whatever comes there.

If I'd buy some music now, I'd buy it as DRM-free digital. I see no reason to buy it on CD, anymore than I see reason to buy a retail CD PC game instead of a DRM-free GOG version.