Something something digital ownership

  • Stovetop@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    56
    ·
    9 months ago

    I hate to say it, but games should stop using licensed music. Or at least if it has an expiry date, which they all seem to. Every game that licenses a song becomes a ticking time bomb before it is either pulled from sale or all of the music gets patched out, even if you purchased it before then.

    • EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      18
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      9 months ago

      And if using this licensed music it’d be nice to use music from smaller bands if they don’t add an expiry.

    • GreenAlex@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      12
      ·
      edit-2
      9 months ago

      I don’t understand why a company would even want to use the music if it means they can only sell the game for so long. Obviously, it’s not the current reality, but I would outright refuse any deal that involves a limited amount of time to use material that goes into a video game, movie, any form of media except maybe live services that are constantly changing anyways (which is a separate issue).

      At the very least, people should be made aware of a game’s sale period, though I’m sure that’s kept under NDA.

      • Glide@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        17
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        9 months ago

        Because capitalism is hilariously shortsighted. Line must go up.

        • beetus@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          5
          ·
          edit-2
          9 months ago

          I mean the game came out in 2012. It’s not really that absurd to base ones licensing contracts for 14 years when the medium (games) generate the vast majority of their revenue in the first months.

          Most digital products have an end of life. I agree that the whole digital ownership part isn’t fair, but I don’t think a 14 year selling window due to licensing is the part to be mad at.

      • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        9 months ago

        It makes sense financially if the game is expected to have a big spike of sales initially, and after a while have very few sales, so the expected additional lifetime revenue is less than the cost difference between a temporary and perpetual license.