Actually does having the CD jewel case increase cost by a lot?
The CD paper sleeves and cardboards sometimes are quite costly to make/print as well?
I think probably.. less people are buying CDs now so all the packaging nowadays are SO SUPER BIG.
They just want to try and attract more attention and hope more casual listeners will buy the CD?
This really irritates me because the albums are so hard to keep and take up so much space these days...
I think Japan still does very well in this area.. Most of their releases are still in normal CD jewel case formats