StrengthGamer: "With what seems like a new Guitar Hero or Rock Band game coming out every few months, and a downloadable Track Pack every week, the music game genre is becoming a bit crowded.
4mm Games VP Paul Coyne is aware of this as well, and created DefJam Rapstar to be completely different. How might you ask? By using YouTube and social networking at their disposal."
GameDynamo - "Looks like Konami and Autumn Games are due in court. City National Bank claims that the two companies defrauded the bank of funds totaling $14 million dollars related to the development of Def Jam Rapstar. According to City National, the two companies lied to the bank to secure Autumn a line of credit, claiming that revenue from sales for the karaoke title would cover the loans."
they also lied to us about Silent Hill HD Collection being everything like the originals. Shit, I take them to court too.
That game did not sell at all. Ouch...I still have 18 copies sitting around at work.
I wish they would've made a new Def Jam fighting game like Fight For New York. Now that would've sold! That's what happens when you try to follow trends.
Eurogamer:
The developers responsible for 2010 music title Def Jam Rapstar are being sued by record label EMI for allegedly failing to clear the rights to tracks featured in the game.
hahahaha that's rich you would think all that stuff would be taken care of um I don't know before it launched lol
Contracts with music companies can be very detailed & difficult. Depending on the songs used, the music label may have rights to the song, but don't issue royalties to that artist anymore. & to deepen the situation, that artist can then request $, for the usage of the song. Not to mention the multiple artists that may be involved. Things like that would cost the music label $.
"& they don't want that,-Nooooo!"
(Jay-Z_Takeover)
But it could just be a case of "no, you can't use that song".
However;
Damn! 54 tracks? I thought maybe a handful or so.
That's heist.
June 23 marks the spot when Def Jam Rapstar, Lockwood Publishing, and more make their way into your home. Your Playstation Home that is.
Now I can show off my (absolutely no) musical talent to all my (soon to be non existent) friends!
I deleted Home awhile ago to make room on my ps3. I think Home is completely boring and has long ass load times.
This is going to be sick!
I will destroy anyone
they wanna ruin games too.....*sigh*