Music Packs, and how they sit inside one library
The purchased layer that lives beside the shipped tracks, and how to tell it apart from the subscription.
Music Packs are individual purchases that add songs to your Just Dance library permanently. In Just Dance: Decades of Hits they merge into the same song list as the 35 shipped tracks, provided the older edition they came from is available on the same console and account. They are not the same as Just Dance+, which is a subscription.
There are three separate layers of music in this game, and the store almost never explains the difference. Getting them straight saves money and disappointment.
Official Ubisoft in-game screenshot.
| Layer | What it is | Ownership | Where it shows up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shipped tracks | The 35 songs built into Decades of Hits | Yours with the game | The main song list, six decades |
| Music Packs | Individually purchased song bundles | Yours permanently | Merged into the same song list |
| Just Dance+ | A streaming subscription catalogue | Rented while active | Appears alongside, but stops when the subscription lapses |
What a Music Pack is
Music Packs are how the series has sold extra songs since the current library era began. You buy a bundle, the songs are added to the library for the console and account that bought them, and they stay there. They are not tied to a subscription and they do not expire.
The important detail for Decades of Hits is that the game treats them as part of your library rather than as a separate menu. A purchased pack's songs appear together with the shipped 35, which is what makes mixed-era playlists possible in the way Ubisoft advertises.
What it takes to see them
The merge is conditional. The songs attach to the library when:
- The older edition the pack belongs to is available on the same console and account.
- The pack was purchased on that account, or the console is set up so the owning account's content is shared.
- The game's own library has finished syncing — a fresh install usually needs to be opened once before everything appears.
If tracks are missing, work through the same list in the install and unlock guide: the cause is almost always account ownership or an unfinished sync, not the pack itself.
Music Packs versus Just Dance+
This is the distinction that costs people money. A Music Pack is a purchase. Just Dance+ is a rental of a much larger catalogue, and it behaves like every other streaming service in games: while your subscription is active, the songs are yours to play; when it lapses, they leave the library. Anything you want to keep forever has to be bought outright.
If you are trying to decide between them, the question is not which has more songs — Just Dance+ does — but whether you want the 2023–2026 material permanently or you are happy to have it while you are paying. That trade-off is walked through on the Just Dance+ page.
Do you need packs for Decades of Hits?
No. The 35 shipped tracks, the five alternates and the whole Adventure Mode campaign are complete without buying anything else. Packs are for extending the library, not for finishing the game.
The Ultimate Edition's trial tokens
The Ultimate Edition of Decades of Hits includes trial tokens and a small number of permanently playable songs, which is a different mechanism again — a limited-time unlock rather than a pack or a subscription. What is inside each edition is listed in full on the editions and buying page.
