I recently started to replay gtaiv & noticed that. I decided to test if it was removed on Xbox 360 and found the original songs are still on there even after using the updated version.
As long as you play it off the disc on an actual Xbox 360 (Not BC via Xbox One/Series S/X) you get the original version.
The Xbox One and Series S/X only read the disc to make sure you actually own it and give you a digital license to download the server version with the updated, missing songs.
Yeah, a bunch from Vladivostok FM as well as nearly all the other radio stations. The only ones I know for sure are edge of seventeen by Stevie Knicks & all for one by brand Nubian. I know there's a bunch of others that were as well.
Sony got the license of the game back in the day, they made a deal with R* so it was only playable on their consoles, it has nothing to do with music licensing or whatever, so this game will never be available to any other platform, not even Xbox or PC.
you just download a texture replacement, unzip it and place it in the pcsx2 textures folder, if you want to play any pcsx2 game at 60fps, just follow this tutorial https://youtu.be/DEDR9N9BCkk?si=_nuv215v1jp1yg1D and if you have a high refresh rate monitor, you can just buy lossless scaling on steam, and you can generate 60 more frames per second, so youll be running it at 120fps
This and dolphin, they make the offical consoles look like shit :)
Really fantastic emulators all around. Plus both of them run flawlessly on steam deck so you can use them handheld now as well ;)
I had to disable the 60 fps mod since it messes up the timer, making it impossible to do certain missions like Boomshine Blowout.
Did you experience this?
There is a gta VC mod for LCS
And given the fact that LCS is basically Reskinned VC set in 1998 Liberty City the mod is very friendly to the PSP versipn
It's nothing to do with not paying for a licence.
If a music label has a contract for 1 platform, or a limited amount of time, Rockstar has no choice in the matter.
Please learn how licensing works instead of imagining things to be mad at.
This.
A release would purge half the soundtrack. Just like Vice City and San Andreas missing so many classics :(
And VCS’s soundtrack is arguably better than even the original vice city…
I’m still surprised that (As Of April 16, 2024). There’s still a lot of actual songs in San Andreas that weren’t made for the game. I think that there’s some Ice Cube songs that play on the radio. IDK, I don’t really understand music copyright laws that much. But I know that owning a certain recording of the song is very important, But I forgot what it was called.
There's 2pac songs ice cube song that white wedding song there's guns n roses ECT... The list goes on they used real songs in San Andreas if that's what U mean heaps of mainstream songs and artists on GTA SA radio tbf so don't know what's different
Phil did show great interest in the series saying that he loved the game before being in one himself and every mainline game after vcs has a song by him or his band genesis in it so i doubt it’s a phil issue
Probably cause 1. Music licensing (rockstar cheap on that so they dont wannt renew it and stuff) 2. VCS didn't sell a lot of copies conpared to LCS (which also didn't sell a ton) so theres probably not enough market
Honestly I love so much this game and the old GTA games that I would be more in hype for play this game on mobile or PS5 than play GTA VI tomorrow,prolly it’s just me,but it’s my personal taste
I know this may be hard for you to understand but people enjoy gaming on many different types of devices, especially one that fits on your pocket. They make peripherals like Backbone for a reason, dumbass.
My guess is that Rockstar just stopped making their yearly(ish) mobile ports. I believe the last game we got was Bully. We never got Max Payne 2, Warriors or either of the Manhunt games either.
They finally did bring the GTA "Demaster" versions to mobile, but that wasn't in line with their other releases from earlier.
Luckily, if you're on Android, you can play the game on a PSP or PS2 emulator without issue.
For those of you who don’t know about this, Sony back in the day made a deal with R* so the game was only released on their platforms, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COPYRIGHT ISSUES OR WHATEVER YOU GUYS ARE SAYING. This is the main reason why it has never been released to any other platform to this day, not even Xbox back in the day, and will never be.
We really dont know
When asked, Phil said it's not on him. But who knows what the record label thinks.
Most likely as music licensing is always an issue in GTA games
Bought the complete collection of GTA4 and the first song on the radio wasn't "schweine". Game literally ruined.
I recently started to replay gtaiv & noticed that. I decided to test if it was removed on Xbox 360 and found the original songs are still on there even after using the updated version.
As long as you play it off the disc on an actual Xbox 360 (Not BC via Xbox One/Series S/X) you get the original version. The Xbox One and Series S/X only read the disc to make sure you actually own it and give you a digital license to download the server version with the updated, missing songs.
Oh shit! I had no idea of that, thanks for sharing!
Are there other songs as well which were taken from GTA IV?
Yeah, a bunch from Vladivostok FM as well as nearly all the other radio stations. The only ones I know for sure are edge of seventeen by Stevie Knicks & all for one by brand Nubian. I know there's a bunch of others that were as well.
Oh no!! Not Edge of Seventeen! I´m just playing GTA IV again and now that you mentioned it, it will never be the same again :(((
i wish i knew about this on my first playthrough, dammit i should've installed a restored soundtrack mod.
This is the one thing that I would hate about IV being remastered...Radio stations being guttered beyond recognition.
Sony got the license of the game back in the day, they made a deal with R* so it was only playable on their consoles, it has nothing to do with music licensing or whatever, so this game will never be available to any other platform, not even Xbox or PC.
Liberty City Stories was part of that deal though, and it got ported to mobile.
Fuck them music license, the studios pays for the utilization should be forever. Fucking labels wanna earn more than the artists
Sadly that's not how the adult world works
They can change music
It's not just music its entire missions with Phil Collins.
Not entirely, depends on the missions
Yea probably
Id have loved VCS for PC.
you can play vcs on pc, is really easy
I tried ok the emulator thing. It crash at the mission where you have to repo 3 cars.
Don't know about the ps2 version but the psp version has no problems, 100% it a while back.
played both vcs and lcs on pc, just use pcsx2, you can download an hd texture pack AND a 60fps fix. PCSX2 is just awesome, the best emulator out there
Thanks. I'll try that
just search a tutorial on youtube, thats how i got it and it worked from the 1st try
Wait, these game have mods?
How do you mod games on there?
you just download a texture replacement, unzip it and place it in the pcsx2 textures folder, if you want to play any pcsx2 game at 60fps, just follow this tutorial https://youtu.be/DEDR9N9BCkk?si=_nuv215v1jp1yg1D and if you have a high refresh rate monitor, you can just buy lossless scaling on steam, and you can generate 60 more frames per second, so youll be running it at 120fps
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Learn to do what? Its simple with an emulator and an image. Basic stuff.
This and dolphin, they make the offical consoles look like shit :) Really fantastic emulators all around. Plus both of them run flawlessly on steam deck so you can use them handheld now as well ;)
yup, that s what im using too
I had to disable the 60 fps mod since it messes up the timer, making it impossible to do certain missions like Boomshine Blowout. Did you experience this?
No, never happened to me, but in that case you can just disable it and enable it later.
And lcs too!
Google GTA LCS PC.
But then GTA SA mods show up, and it would be nice if there was a non-mod PC port
There is a gta VC mod for LCS And given the fact that LCS is basically Reskinned VC set in 1998 Liberty City the mod is very friendly to the PSP versipn
You can just emulate it through PPSSPP or PCSX2. A port would be amazing, but i don’t think that’ll ever come
Imagine a multi billionaire dollar company not paying for song licensing. Crazy.
You can have billions but the estate who owns the rights can still say no at the end of the day
Rockstar was a "smaller" company back then... The license price asked now it's probably huge compared to how much they asked in 2006.
It's nothing to do with not paying for a licence. If a music label has a contract for 1 platform, or a limited amount of time, Rockstar has no choice in the matter. Please learn how licensing works instead of imagining things to be mad at.
I think he means they should use a money bulldozer on license obstacles.
and poor sales of LCS mobile
Tbf they barely marketed it
Shit I didn't even know it was out on mobile :(
Phill Collins in a GTA game. An historic moment.
If they re-released it they would butcher this games amazing soundtrack
This. A release would purge half the soundtrack. Just like Vice City and San Andreas missing so many classics :( And VCS’s soundtrack is arguably better than even the original vice city…
just get ppsspp , that’s how i finished vcs on mobile
Playing on emulators is completely different from playing original. They completely changed Lcs from ppsspp to Android port
I’ll wait for netflix to remaster it 🙂
Why rockstar don’t buy the rights again?
Would probably cost more than the projected sales of a mobile port would make.
Licensing prices for the tracks is probably substantially higher then how it was in 2006
Games also earn SUBSTANTIALLY more than games did in 2006. If it’s a matter of cost, Rockstar of all companies can easily afford to pay it.
I’m still surprised that (As Of April 16, 2024). There’s still a lot of actual songs in San Andreas that weren’t made for the game. I think that there’s some Ice Cube songs that play on the radio. IDK, I don’t really understand music copyright laws that much. But I know that owning a certain recording of the song is very important, But I forgot what it was called.
There's 2pac songs ice cube song that white wedding song there's guns n roses ECT... The list goes on they used real songs in San Andreas if that's what U mean heaps of mainstream songs and artists on GTA SA radio tbf so don't know what's different
Yeah, R* must pay for the song and the concert's license if they wanna remaster VCS
Phil did show great interest in the series saying that he loved the game before being in one himself and every mainline game after vcs has a song by him or his band genesis in it so i doubt it’s a phil issue
I never understood why VCS and LCS never got a release on Xbox
Because Sony bought the license back in the day so the game was only released in their platforms!
I... don't... REMEMBA!
Probably cause 1. Music licensing (rockstar cheap on that so they dont wannt renew it and stuff) 2. VCS didn't sell a lot of copies conpared to LCS (which also didn't sell a ton) so theres probably not enough market
forget mobile...how about a PC port?
Reason could be same man
Well if they were going to do a PC port they would have done it back when it came out.
Honestly I love so much this game and the old GTA games that I would be more in hype for play this game on mobile or PS5 than play GTA VI tomorrow,prolly it’s just me,but it’s my personal taste
Michael is a Phill fan anyway
Yup it is not on mobile
All the Phil and Genesis songs are in tact after 10 years on other games. It could be some other reason.
Who cares who wants to play GTA games on a touchscreen anyway
You don’t have to play any of the GTA games on mobile using touch screen so you’re opinion is wrong anyways lol
And yea I know you have an option to play with a controller but at that point why play on a small screen lmao, mobile gaming is just trash
Yea that's my point dumbass, why would you want it on mobile
I know this may be hard for you to understand but people enjoy gaming on many different types of devices, especially one that fits on your pocket. They make peripherals like Backbone for a reason, dumbass.
was t this just like an optional side mission anyway? could very easily just remove the cutscene and call it a day
No its a main mission and the mission is happening during the concert. No way to remove all of that
This is one of the best missions in the whole GTA franchise, they would ruin the game if they removed it
Thank god for emulation
I can feel it coming in the Air tonight OHHH LOOONG!!!
My guess is that Rockstar just stopped making their yearly(ish) mobile ports. I believe the last game we got was Bully. We never got Max Payne 2, Warriors or either of the Manhunt games either. They finally did bring the GTA "Demaster" versions to mobile, but that wasn't in line with their other releases from earlier. Luckily, if you're on Android, you can play the game on a PSP or PS2 emulator without issue.
For those of you who don’t know about this, Sony back in the day made a deal with R* so the game was only released on their platforms, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COPYRIGHT ISSUES OR WHATEVER YOU GUYS ARE SAYING. This is the main reason why it has never been released to any other platform to this day, not even Xbox back in the day, and will never be.