Talk:Just Dance 2017/@comment-27059263-20170126131938/@comment-1465604-20170127062144

Stanley56: Yeah, at this point, maybe it's time to rename Into You Syndrome 'Just Dance 2017 Syndrome'.

Master Hydraffe: I imagine they hadn't even begun thinking about JDU before JD2016, which means that none of the negotiations for song licensing prior to JD2016 included any clauses for streaming, so all rights have to be renegotiated. Furthermore, alternate routines might actually cost extra money as they might count as separate instances of song use. It would explain why we're seeing less alts per year when if they didn't cost anything extra, they'd be an easy way for Ubisoft to add new routines while paying less money.

"Chiwawa" is an in-house production, so it cost them 0 extra dollars in licensing money to create this alt. Plus, they likely have a mutually beneficial deal with Mattel, paying either very little or nothing since Mattel also licensed "Chiwawa" and its art assets for use in the latest Barbie movie. I think this is why this is the first returning song to get an alt: It cost almost nothing.