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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skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 2 months ago[deleted]
SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
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.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Especially even they’re kind of a 1 hit wonder.
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.
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.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Further cementing my point. If they’re not making new stuff and this deal gains them no new listeners: it’s a bad deal.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
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.
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 2 months ago
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
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.
stardust@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I’m glad Rockstar is taking the route of trying to only get songs that they won’t have to remove down the line. Should be the move forward for all games. Wish same would happen for racing games too. Would rather have knock off brands over delistings.
DdCno1@beehaw.org 2 months ago
You can’t really blame accountants for doing their job.
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.