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DMX complains about the video game industry robbing him of cash
November 2, 2009 by RawmeatCowboy Filed Under: Nintendo in general

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ridleysaria
ridleysaria
November 2, 2009 at 11:12 am
Poor baby. I feel for him. I really do.
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WiiLikeSportz
November 2, 2009 at 11:14 am
"My music is all throughout the game and I'm like the hardest character to get to so that game is basically like... my sh*t. And they want to give me two cents for a $50 game?!?!"

Yep, because your music you already recorded and likeness makes up a ton of the development costs, surely.

$25,000 is nothing, of course.

Sheesh. He wouldn't be so mad if he had sold any albums in the last 8 years.
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WesFX
November 2, 2009 at 11:14 am
His logic on the game is pretty solid, actually.
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WiiLikeSportz
November 2, 2009 at 11:17 am
@WesFX

Yeah you can see how 2 cents for every game isn't a good deal for him, but he is thinking of it like its his product and not just something he was slapped into.

Of course his share of this is nothing like his share would be if it were an album he made. Because it costs orders of magnitude more than his album to make and he didn't make it. Two very good reasons why he makes way less money.
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wantmybuffet
wantmybuffet
November 2, 2009 at 11:31 am
Yea if you're like the owner of gonintendo, who can't see ANYTHING past video games, then you think its just another whiny musician.

First off, itunes gives 10 cents of the dollar for artist's tracks, I guess the video game industry does the same thing and with sites like rapidshare, which admittedly i'm guilty of, people can get DMX's music for free.

He sees none of it.

Seriously 2 cents out of 50 dollars. The disc is probably worth that amount in plastic.
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Kam
Kam
November 2, 2009 at 12:08 pm
A good example of why you should not take drugs. Just say no kids. He was good back in the day. X gone give it to ya WHAT!
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60fps
November 2, 2009 at 12:35 pm
INDUSTRY RULE FOUR THOUSAND AND EIGHTY!!!

Guess that rule applies to the video game industry also. His record company negotiate with the game company of course. He even admits he don't owns his own stuff.
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thevariant
November 2, 2009 at 12:48 pm
this is ridiculous.

why make the first deal to begin with?
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neofalco
November 2, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Hey, if ur gonna cry about it, like what thevariant said, don't even take part in the project? It's not like it was a surprise to him of what he would be making lol, or maybe it is o.o
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Psalms
November 2, 2009 at 4:12 pm
2 cents sounds like a reasonable deal for his likeness and music. The money should go to the developers, but after the retailer, publisher, licenser, record label and other artists have taken their cut that seems about right.
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