I know we’ve had cases like older GTA or NFS titles removing songs from the game in updates because the licenses ran out. I wonder if the same thing is going to happen to Hi-Fi RUSH eventually?

If so I imagine it’s probably a good idea to get it on GOG if it ever becomes available there. Has this been brought up before or maybe addressed by the devs?

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    I know we’ve had cases like older GTA or NFS titles removing songs from the game in updates because the licenses ran out.

    Not in updates, but in re-releases.

    If you want to sell the game again you have to renegotiate the music licenses because the deal was only for the original release

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        That would be such a bummer. I can think of three levels, at least, that I would not want to play without the licensed soundtrack.

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        That was a re-release, not an update

        And that re-release was a port of the android version (that was also a re-release)

        A re-release does not always means a graphical upgrade, it just means release the game on new systems or stores

        If you had the original 2004 release installed on PC it would not receive an update patch in 2014. They just released it in new platforms (Steam) and since they were releasing the game again they had to change it because they music rights were not negotiated for that release