biggest fuck-up is the prices of albums, if all would have been cheaper (yes, straight from the release-date on) then my guess is that it would have sold alot more (thus, more income for shops/labels/artists as well) but that are just my thoughts... just take a look on the DVD/movie market nowadays, many former CD shops started selling (almost) DVD/movies only, because the prices are alot lower (at least here they are), even new movies you can buy for like 7 euro's nowadays and ALOT of them are being sold. New albums cost mostly 15 up to 20 or above... and only after YEARS they are being sold for like 10 euro's... but then again, those haven't got all the income from the cinemas and stuff... but that can be in comparision with gigs, merch and stuff like that..
Again: Just my thoughts, might be all wrong though.