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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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  - 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.
    
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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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