

A decade from now if no one picks up Saints Row's assets and the license for the songs expire, will the games simply cease to exist or will there be some intermediary process to prevent the games from ending up in digital distribution limbo like Hitman: Contracts? I guess we'll find out in a few years. This will probably happen for any and every game available on digital distributors where the expiration for licensed music wears out and the publisher either has to renew the license or remove the music.įor games like Saints Row 2 or Saints Row: The Third, I'm curious how that's going to play out if THQ goes under? Especially considering that they're not in the most financially stable state at the moment. zip file that you can download from the link. All you need to do is replace your files in C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonGrand Theft Auto Vice CityAudio with the files contained in the. These all come from Steam copy (all copies bought prior to 2012 contain the unedited soundtrack). However, if you think that the RIAA being douche bags started with Hitman: Contracts and ends with GTA: Vice City think again. If anyone needs them, I uploaded my audio files which contain the full soundtrack for Vice City. Nevertheless, at least the game is back up on digital distribution portals.

Of course, for those of you who already bought and paid for the digital version of the game before the license for the songs expired will still have access to the complete soundtrack and all of the songs listed above, including Michael Jackson's “Wanna be Startin' Somethin”, which Sony has gone as far as to have blocked from digital media websites that specifically host GTA: Vice City's iconic soundtrack.
