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because they want to use songs they didn't pay for
by micromacrofoot 3y ago
because they want to use songs they didn't pay for
- bowsamic 3y agoHow do you know that??
- idle_zealot 3y agoNo, that's basically correct. Mods are primarily for downloading community-made tracks/maps for songs not included with the game. There are also officially licensed DLC song packs, but they're quite pricy and still only provide access to a limited selection of tracks.
- NikolaNovak 3y agoThat's literally what the mods do :). There's moral discussions to be had I'm sure, but the purpose of the beat sabre mods is pretty factual :).
- prophesi 3y agoNot quite; piracy of the paid DLC is one thing, but modding is to add songs (which should be read as, entire Beatsaber custom-made tracks) that otherwise are not available through any other avenues.
- tarxvf 3y agoMore likely because they want to use songs that aren't offered except by modding.
- waffleiron 3y agoIf I paid for the song (even somewhere else, even on a subscription like spotify/apple music), I should be able to dance/move to it. I don't think one should have to re-buy every song in a videogame. Especially when the work is done for free to put in the dance moves by modders.
- micromacrofoot 3y agoYou don't pay for the song when you pay for streaming services, you pay to stream it. You have no rights beyond streaming the song.
- stale2002 3y agoThere are lots songs for which it is fully legal to listen to without paying for. Many people release songs for people to listen to for free! This is especially true within the rhythm game community, for which many fans simply like to make rhythm songs and for people to play them. That is absolutely a valid usecase that should be allowed.
- ambichook 3y agoif i want to play a map of alkatraz, which is a song i own, i cannot do so without modding because beatsaber will never release demondice tracks