Record Label Adds PS2 Game To Album

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Record Label Adds PS2 Game To Album

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday October 1, 2003 @11:55PM from the what's-the-amplitude-kenneth? dept.

Thanks to the San Jose Mercury News/AP for their article discussing Atlantic Records' addition of an abridged, playable PlayStation 2 game to a new music album, due out next month. According to the article: "The first 1 million copies of P.O.D.'s fifth record, "Payable on Death," will come with a version of "Amplitude," a game that allows players to remix a collection of pop songs." Interestingly, "The abridged version of the game will only have a P.O.D. song called 'Space'", a track that wasn't available on the original release of the Sony-published music game, and the president of the record company says: "Atlantic Records has an opportunity with this because this technology is not copyable, it's not downloadable, it's not swappable."

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Not copyable? by Mattcelt · 2003-10-02 00:13 · Score: 2, Insightful

Then how do they make it in the first place?

I can't believe how naive these people are, thinking that there is anything secure in the digital world. Everything can, and will, be broken at some point.

I give them a month, tops, before the game (and the song) is copied, cracked, and shared extensively.
1. Re:Not copyable? by Acidic_Diarrhea · 2003-10-02 00:34 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  I think they realize that it is not secure but the fact is the average person does not have a modded PS2 and would have to buy the CD in order to get the game. Sure, the game will end up being available for download but this seems like a step in the right direction for the music industry. Again, to the average user this is a nice deal because you get something extra in addition to the music. I saw a Marilyn Manson cd being sold that included a DVD along with it. This type of value-adding is what the music companies need to do in order to get people back to the store to buy their CDs - if that's the business model they want to hold onto.
  By the way, everytime any Slashdot article mentions a spokesman talking about the security of a product, someone posts the "I give them a [time period] before..." It's not really needed.
  
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this ship is unsinkable! by tiled_rainbows · 2003-10-02 00:14 · Score: 2, Insightful

this technology is not copyable, it's not downloadable, it's not swappable

Does this guy want the game cracked? Saying stuff like the above is just going to make it happen all the faster.

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An opportunity? by DJayC · 2003-10-02 00:18 · Score: 2, Insightful

Atlantic Records has an opportunity with this because this technology is not copyable, it's not downloadable, it's not swappable.

I don't understand the opportunity. The game is on a bundled DVD. The music itself is, of course, still on a normal CD, which is copyable. Are they concerned about people copying the game, or the music? The game is no less prone to copying than any other PS2 game, and the music CD is just as prone as every other music CD. Strange for them to mention that benefit.
Not copyable? by dirtmerchant · 2003-10-02 00:19 · Score: 2, Funny

Sounds like a bet to me.
Aahahaaha by @madeus · 2003-10-02 00:27 · Score: 2, Funny

"Atlantic Records has an opportunity with this because this technology is not copyable, it's not downloadable, it's not swappable."

A-ha, a-hahaha, ouch, my sides - it hurts! Make it stop, make it stop! Ahaha.....

If it's not copyable, that surely must mean they are making every copy by hand (from scratch?)! Wow, that's some busy backrooms you've got there! These things must cost hundreds of dollars each!
Price by AndyBusch · 2003-10-02 00:51 · Score: 2, Insightful

Note at the end of the article it says the suggested price is $20. It mentioned an included DVD as well. If you get a CD with an album and game, and a DVD, $20 is ok, but otherwise it's pricy. If the one track game is inflating the price, that's not so hot, but if they didn't add anything to the cost by including the game, that's really awesome. I've always liked enhanced CDs, though not when they make it annoyingly difficult to watch the stuff (like the ones that require a network connection to read the data on the CD).
why, that's impossible! by RubiX^3 · 2003-10-02 00:58 · Score: 2, Insightful

I believe by saying "cannot be copied", "uncopyable", "copy proof", etc... you are actually speeding the enevitable process of it being copied. not that i would copy it... i just know someone who could. :)

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Re:so...... by Stigmata669 · 2003-10-02 01:23 · Score: 2, Funny

Dude! what sound card do you have?! I want one thatcan record PS2 games in through the analog mic input!

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Re:It's not that hard to understand. by DJayC · 2003-10-02 02:22 · Score: 2, Insightful

The opportunity lies in the fact that they have included a game with the CD. Of course that adds incentive to buying the music. But the article references the fact that it is an opportunity "because this technology is not copyable, it's not downloadable, it's not swappable". This is not why it might be a good idea... it's a good idea because, as you said, it's added value.