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Next Year's Madden, Others to Get Music Download Service

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the john-i-think-he's-going-for-the-double-dip-maneuver-here dept.

Joystiq is reporting that next year's version of Madden, and other subsequent EA games, will offer the ability to download new background music tracks. They have not yet said if this would be a pay-per-song service. "It might seem a bit silly for EA to offer a proprietary music download service when all current-gen consoles allow users to create their own custom soundtracks from their already-existing digital music collections. You have to realize, though, that EA needs to offer its own downloads so it can [...] gently suggest the latest hot track from Kid Rock to their captive audience of millions of players."

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  1. This is EA by Predathar · · Score: 4, Insightful

    so of course it's going to be pay per song. Actually I think most companies would make it pay per song as well, but didn't EA start the whole micro payment thing anyway?

  2. What ever happened to... by Darkness404 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What ever happened to where game makers would create their own songs and people would buy the soundtrack? I remember back in the SNES/Genesis age, a lot of people would hum various Mario/Sonic tunes, sure they might have been low-quality but they were catchy. At least RPGs still have original soundtracks, I really don't want to play an RPG while hearing *insert song here* when an orchestrated soundtrack would be better. A theme song like on Namco's Tales games would be Ok, but really, do I even want to hear Kid Rock while I am playing a game? And even pay for it? No.

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    1. Re:What ever happened to... by oahazmatt · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Actually, for DDR fans, there was a game for the PS2 that allowed you to import your own music. It wasn't as complex as DDR, and it basically used the effect of any visualizer except it generated the arrows.

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    2. Re:What ever happened to... by rugatero · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Why make people pay for something that they should be able to do for free?

      Unfortunately the guys that make the decision are more likely to ask 'Why let people do something for free when we could charge them for it?'.

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  3. Re:Hrm.. by Darkness404 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Of course it will be DRM-d, but think about the type of people who play Madden and other EA games. They don't care about DRM, all they really care about is shiny graphics and the newest players on various football teams.

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  4. Re:Hopefully the record labels will pay by Darkness404 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But you still have to download it. Games like Guitar Hero and DDR advertise more because of the fact that they are default and you hear the song over and over again as you play it. Think about it this way, if you asked someone who Dragonforce was before GH:3 they would likely have no clue, but afterwords they started recognizing them due to Through the Fire and the Flames.

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  5. This is major league sports by HalAtWork · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is major league sports, in actual life that stuff is 50% commercial anyway. They have theme songs, billboards, commercials dedicated to sports events, half time shows, etc etc... Only half of it is about the actual sport. They're only bringing the real experience home.

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