Talk:Just Dance 2017/@comment-4565097-20161125110403/@comment-1465604-20161125143837

@Rafaemidio: No Korean artist owns their own songs, their record labels do. The same is true for most Western artists, but in Korea, almost no artists own the rights to their own songs. Ubisoft would be negotiating with 2NE1's record label(s).

@Master Hydraffe: The reason why Brazil "got" 3 songs in this game is because Just Dance is huge in Brazil. It's why they get 2 bites at the World Cup apple, the same way France does. The game sells really well over there and any Just Dance event are also well-attended by hyped fans, who then Tweet and Facebook about it, giving Ubisoft a lot of good press.

How big is the fanbase in Korea? Probably not that big. Korea's all about "hardcore" videogames and while there most assuredly are people playing Just Dance over there, there probably aren't that many that Ubisoft would bother paying huge sums of money to license Korean songs. Besides, the 3 Brazil songs that we did get in the game probably didn't cost Ubisoft that much. One was from a less-than-super-star, one was commissioned specifically by Ubisoft and one was a Ubisoft original.

It's all about cost. KPOP songs cost tons of money. Just not worth it for Ubisoft.