" The game sports dynamic tunes, the music intensifies for example when a hectic or thrilling scene takes place to enhance the shock or surprise factor. It's a more movie-like approach and a custom soundtrack instead of this will degrade the intended design experience." - Mike B
I understand all that and it would be a shame to ignore all the effort composers/musicians put into making music for games like Uncharted. But I'd like to at least have the option to use my own epic classical music for parts of games. Also, what about second play throughs (after I've given their music a try) and online multiplayer segments? Plus sometimes custom soundtracks ad replay value and humor to a game.
" So it may make more sense to put on a CD like I did with the Amiga in the 80s "
How does it make sense in this day in age (20 yrs later) to still have to use my mp3 player and headphones to listen to the music I wanna hear while playing games when theres a perfectly capable, multitasking console in front of me? For 371 USD my 360 does it in every game, but for 532 USD, my PS3 only does it in a handful of games (most of which I don't care for)??? I really hope Sony makes it mandatory for devs to include it in every game, or at least comes up with some kind of built in audio sourcing solution for ps4.
