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That's what I thought. Just when I think of niche genre, I would think something like CRPG or RTS and not 3D platformers. But sadly when think about it, there's probably more of the other 2 than 3d platformers.

Like when you think of games like Mario, you don't think niche, but like I said there aren't too many.

I tried to play this before I think but it was on apple arcade which I didn't have!

Well have it pre-registered on the play store now, so will install automatically when it releases and I can finally see what it's all about :D

Rockstar being greedy af wrt music licencing for GTA VI, this truly is pathetic.

for a buyout of any future royalties from the game

So were Rockstar looking to buy the song outright for $7500 and take any extra streaming revenue the song gets on Spotify/Youtube etc? Or just a one time payment of $7500 to simply put the song in the game and he still owns the song?

If it's the latter, is it not an alright deal? A chunk of money and the inevitable boost to streaming numbers seems fair enough for lets face it, a forgettable enough 80s pop hit.

Second one.

7.5k for perpetual rights to a relatively popular song is very stingy. An artist of a well enough known song could usually take around 50k for use of their song in a film trailer (which has a short shelf life). Upto 100k for use in a television advertising campaign.

There is so little money in streaming that any interest on Spotify etc wouldn't matter.

Even if it's for use in the in game radio that's extremely low. If GTA 6 has the same number of songs as 5 and they were all at that $7500 price the music budget would be just over $3 million on a game that's believed to have a budget of $650 million.

I can certainly see why Rockstar wouldn't give on-going royalties from the game. It's not like say Guitar Hero or Singstar where the music is integral to the game. Plus you have probably 500 songs in the game.

Not saying the artist shouldn't fight for a better deal, of course they should. And I'm sure there are bigger songs from bigger artists who were offered far more than $7,500. At the very least they should get a substantial cut of anything to do with soundtracks (even if Rockstar release a compilation on Spotify or whatever). But royalties from the game? No reason why Rockstar would ever agree to it, even at a tiny fraction of a percent.

The up-front should be way higher. Royalties on a future soundtrack will be near zero.

It's usually a low up-front and royalties or a high up-front and no royalties and Rockstar are trying to get the best of both worlds.

There's no real upside to 'exposure' through the game so they're right to want either a better price now or royalties (if they want to low-ball them). It's a bit of an insult.

A nine minute presentation. Four minutes for discussing the tech specs, and the last five will be unboxing the new console.

As if it wasn't obvious enough that the technical presentation is the PS5 Pro reveal, the video is already on YouTube unlisted with PS5 Pro as the title. This has been changed since being noticed.

Yeah I saw rumours about December 7th or something like that, but that's leaving it very tight for Xmas, especially given the supply issues and demand in 2020. I'd expect the usual mid-late November.

Unless there's something special mentioned I won't be buying. I've not turned on my PS5 for months now and can't see that changing anytime soon.

Now Switch 2 is a different story, that's pretty much a certain buy and moves to an instant buy if it has backwards compatibility.

Just waiting on a sale for Astrobot. I don't tend to buy full priced games anymore.

I'd say they'd be fine!
2020 had a lot to do with people being bored at home, wanting some new hardware to play with, pandemic supply issues etc.
I'd say now, the mid-cycle refresh isn't for all so people serious about the hardware, should be able to get it.

All of guess of course, could be a total shít show :D

May have considered it if GameStop was still around doing a trade-in deal. But won't be upgrading.

No interest in the Pro this time, hell I only upgraded to the 4 pro as they did a trade up deal for any PS4 and any 2 games(could be 2 50¢ copies of FIFA as long as the trade value wasn't 0) for €100.

Gamestop trade boosts pretty much got me my Series X for €60 between trading my PS4 Pro and a One S.

I think "slight" might be an be a bit wide of the mark 😂