I am honestly not surprised they are doing this, but I already have Guitar Hero II and III and all of the songs in the original Guitar Hero are fun but I have played it to death, so I have no reason to get this. Cool for everyone that just wants a compilation, but GH: Aerosmith isn't that awesome.

That0s what I call sequel whoring.

Seriously cut it out Activision!

too many music games now..

Shame on you, Activision! This is why I bought ROCK BAND, and not your POS Guitar Hero games. I can keep my entire song collection in RB from one game to the next. You, however, expect me to buy all of your stupid game discs just to have a big song library. Enough is enough! You suck, your game sucks, your peripherals suck, and your stupid overcharted songs suck! Viva La Harmonix!

Recharting these old songs, adding new instruments, and replacing the covers with masters? Sure, sounds great. I'm on board with making those songs playable again.

When old songs come out as Rock Band DLC, everyone gets stoked, but when they're put on a disc by Activision it's milking all of a sudden. I just don't get it.

oh come on. this is a great idea. first of all with the hammer ons and pull offs being improved over the life of the GH series, playing some of the songs from the first guitar hero will be awesome now. i rememeber going back and playing bark at the moon and cowboys from hell and not being able to do so because you can barley hammer. plus the addition of drums and vocals on some of the old classics like hanger 18 and freebird. come on. i dont see how anyone wouldnt think this is great idea. put them on a disk and youll prob play 29.99. put them as DLC and youll be paying about 1.99 a song. which if GH80s or areosmith where any clue the disk will have about 30 songs. do the math. im with ya banana kid.
anybody back me up on this? nick? critialdamage? god? anyone...

HungLaser: The game will be $60, no chance it would be $29.99.

Not in a million years. Activision loves whoring franchises, and they will charge as much as humanly possible for this ridiculous fucking thing.

Bravo on the pic, Hamza, Bravo.
>golf clap<

So this is a pretty smart decision on Activision's part. Provided they pick and choose the songs smartly, this could be a nice package.

I get the "well, you can get more songs for the money thing," but I don't necessary agree that's better for me (or gamers). For one, I enjoy being able to pick and choose my collection. If Activision throws together a greatest hits package, it can't be guaranteed that I'll love all of the songs on the disc. It's possible that some of my money won't be well-spent.

Now considering that they already have a game in place that should theoretically allow downloads of these songs -- Guitar Hero World Tour -- this rubs me the wrong way. Releasing the songs via DLC and also releasing the package seems like a good way to go, but there's no indication they'll do that (and they probably won't).

At the end of the day, I've become accustomed to putting one disc in my console and having the option to choose one of 500 or so songs. This seems archaic to me, and a cheap money grab. But again, it's smart business, and you can't say Activision haven't been smart with business.

they should make all of this available for free if you have the 'older' versions of the game...

I've got every guitar hero ( except Rock The 80's and Aerosmith ), just let me send them a pic with all my crap and then have them send me a 'voucher' to get all the games for free?

I mean, why the hell would I pay for what I already have???

You mean redo the songs from GH1 and 2 with GH 3 and 4 style charting? uhhh. How about no?

Wow, Now They're Going Too Real. They're Doing What Every Single Other Band Does. Create A Greatest Hits. Truely The Best Way To Show Your Out Of Ideas. Bravo, Activison, Bravo!