Comment on Heaven 17 claims it turned down GTA 6 soundtrack offer over pay offer: ‘Go f*** yourself’ [VGC]

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• skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    and there’s no way Rockstar is going to be paying $99 million dollars for just songs.

    GTA V/Online produced $8.5 billion in revenue.

    I mean, I guess you’re not wrong, but it still makes them fucking cheap bastards.

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    • skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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      • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        should’ve asked for a sliver of a percentage

        I think it’s really clear that Rockstar is trying to avoid a repeat of past soundtracks and licensing issues and they want these up-front with no royalty payments to make in the future, so they don’t have to keep re-negotiating licensing.

        I still think this guy was being smart for asking more, even if he asked too much. You’re right, he shouldn’t have high-balled, but he was smart enough to understand getting a percentage or royalties was probably almost assuredly out of the question.

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    • DdCno1@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You can’t really blame accountants for doing their job.

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      • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Actually, yeah I can. Every time a fucking bean-counter makes a living humans life worse at their job to save the company a buck is a great time to blame accounts for doing their fucking jobs.

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  • SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I love Lemmy, but the general consensus of “fuck big corpo no matter what” attitude is kinda tiring. This is completely reasonable for Rockstar to reject the counter offer. Not to mention, Heaven 17 is not some big band to begin with.

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    • teawrecks@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Agreed. As I understand it, $50k-$100k is on the high end for a TV show to use a clip from a very well known song in an episode. Some band I’ve never heard of being paid $22k for their song to be played in the background of a game might be a little on the low end, so it’s totally reasonable for the band to counter, but it’s also totally reasonable for Rockstar to turn down a 10x counter. Publicly crying about it seems childish. The game is gonna happen with or without your song.

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  • altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Especially even they’re kind of a 1 hit wonder.

    youtu.be/mpPFxqgfBAI

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    • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If they’re a 1-hit wonder, maybe that’s why they want more up front: In case they gain no new listeners from the GTA 6 soundtrack and continue to be a 1-hit wonder.

      It’s like why football players have insane-sounding contracts: Because in the future they won’t be able to make the same kind of money.

      Sounds to me like homie was smart and thinking long-term.

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      • altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah but their an 80s new wave band. I don’t think they’re making new stuff these days.

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