It devalues the music and the losers will be new artists who are trying to come through ... Consumers only have so much listening time in the week and if they receive the new album from Prince then they don't need to buy new music and will spend their money on something else.
They only have so much listening time, or they only have so much money? I think it's more reasonable to predict that they'll spend their money on those new aretists who are trying to come through.