This will only work if they can cultivate collectors, either for their products specifically, or from the artists they work with. Because they take up so much space, they have to be something you'd want to show off. In other words, because they are obviously functionally deficient, there has to be some other mechanism to make them desirable. Obviously I can listen to an album all the way through on a small iPod, or b…
I adore this idea. This product feels like it could be the modern day memorabilia, like records for some of the classic bands have been for some time now.
I can certainly see someone auctioning off their button, with few having been in production, for some huge artist, charity benefit, or something of that sort. You can't really do that with an MP3.