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Guitar Hero II song packs expensive: We are part of the problem photo

The Guitar Hero II 360 song packs went live today -- three songs per pack, each pack is 500 points. That's like, six dollars and change for three songs. In some cases, songs you might not even want.

Pack 1: Bark at the Moon, Hey You, Ace of Spades
Pack 2: Killer Queen, Take it Off, Frankenstein
Pack 3: Higher Ground, Infected, Stellar

These are all tracks from the original Guitar Hero; while it should be noted that the songs do contain Guitar Hero II style co-op tracks (bass or rhythm guitar are playable), it's of little consolation. You can buy the original PS2 game for $40 new and even cheaper used; to build that same song library (including bonus tunes) using this pricing, it would cost close to $100.

I can't even fathom how much ecstacy was being snorted when the decision makers behind this pricing decided consumers would be okay with this great service. If you pay for this s**t, you are a f**king a**hole and you are part of the problem (no offense if you've already been raped this morning). You're sending the message to publishers that this is okay, that you'll bend over and take anything they have to offer.

Vote with your dollars -- go buy a PlayStation 2.


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Lethal Dosage's Avatar
Lethal Dosage at 04/11/2007 10:47
I'm a fucking asshole.

But hey, "Bark At The Moon", "Higher Ground", and "Hey You" play gloriously in HD. :D
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cbebop007 at 04/11/2007 10:48
Call me an asshole then. Never owned Guitar Hero for PS2...and I want these songs. And they know it, and they know I'll pay that ridiculous amount for it.
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BluDesign at 04/11/2007 10:48
Ugh, pack 1 is the only one I'd want, and I don't even like Bark at the Moon that much...

Take it Off and Stellar SUCK so much that I wouldn't bother with the other two at all, despite good supporting tracks.

If they're going to bundle a shitty song in every pack, I'll be skipping a lot of these, I guess...

I wonder if they're going to be taking submissions for original songs. I'm in the middle of writing a song called "Horse Armor" right now. It's bad ass...
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World Famous at 04/11/2007 10:48
DO NOT PAY FOR THIS! What the hell people?
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 04/11/2007 10:53
DO NOT PAY FOR THE FUCKING PACKS ASSHOLES!!!! (sorry I agree with Nick)

But judging from the response hopefully something will get done...

The interweb needs to man up on this Micro nickel and dime bull. WTF?!
SpiderChrist's Avatar
SpiderChrist at 04/11/2007 10:53
i for one will defo not pay for any of these songs, even if they were songs i didnt get infuriated by i wouldnt spend 500 points on em. wtfm$?
brian it is's Avatar
brian it is at 04/11/2007 10:55
I hope those who buy these songs gets raped again.. in both holes..
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jerrt at 04/11/2007 10:56
seriously, if you buy these packs you are letting someone rape you, and possibly rape a family member. that is ridiculous. lucky for me i've got guitar hero 1, and i don't have friends. [:

oh and for hd.... my ps2 looks great on my 55" sxrd tv. shiny doesn't always make hd.
jimstyle's Avatar
jimstyle at 04/11/2007 11:00
It's a drag that charging this much for a little extra content is a reality; in addition, it's even more depressing that there are enough people willing to pay the price that, in all likelihood, the situation won't change.
digiwalsh's Avatar
digiwalsh at 04/11/2007 11:01
D O

N O T

B U Y

T H I S

S H I T E
SgtBilbo's Avatar
SgtBilbo at 04/11/2007 11:04
Dammit...I was hoping they'd release individual songs at a reasonable cost...the only songs on that list I want is Bark at the Moon and Frankenstein. Beyond that, I could give a rats ass. They shall never get points from me...NEVAH!!!
Toneman's Avatar
Toneman at 04/11/2007 11:08
Well I was excited for the song packs until the announced the price. Fuck that.
BlindsideDork's Avatar
BlindsideDork at 04/11/2007 11:11
Well sucks to be a 360 owner (not a PS2) and lover of Guitar Hero....first Guitar Hero 3 coming out in the fall (completely making the idea of downloadable content stupid, cause wouldn't the idea of downloading replace buying a new game?) and now over priced, bend over and make you their b!%@# type of microtransactions...oh you got to love it!
Roryzilla's Avatar
Roryzilla at 04/11/2007 11:16
Yep. F U C K T H A T.


Dear Microsoft,
This Christmas, I'd like my virginity back,
as you have raped me on numerous occasions.
DJDuffy 's Avatar
DJDuffy at 04/11/2007 11:28
Yea, I'd get the first song pack...but 500 points is mental! No way M$! I didn't drop the soap, so stop trying to fuck me!
heroclixer87's Avatar
heroclixer87 at 04/11/2007 11:31
I don't own a PS2, but even then, there is NO way in hell I'd pay for this. Maybe if the packs had twice as many songs. But three songs for 500 points. MS = Fail.
witthaus's Avatar
witthaus at 04/11/2007 11:33
bummer city! my money > crappy donna's track
some_dude's Avatar
some_dude at 04/11/2007 11:36
While I agree that these pack should be discounted at least 50%, is it really cheaper to go buy a PS2, guitar, and GH1 for someone that has a 360 only? I don't think so...

Don't get me wrong, this is an ass rape, but if you have no interest in anything PS2, I really don't think that option is cheaper. Besides, what kind of tool would buy every song pack released? (GH fanboy maybe?).

It would be best it they released the songs individually for 75 points each. If my math is correct (what retard came up with 1 point = 1.25 cents?), that even undercuts iTunes by a nickle. But you can't really load a GH track to your iPod, so....meh.
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dv8withn8 at 04/11/2007 11:37
What's with all The Donna's bashing. Chicks that rock, well rock. So what if it's a little poppy.

Anywho, I'm almost tempted to buy pack 3 because I'm THAT big of a Bad Religion fan. But then, I'm not buying it for the same reason. Oh the paradoxes punk rock weaves within me!
SmokeyB's Avatar
SmokeyB at 04/11/2007 11:39
Fuck that! The most I would pay is $10 for ALL the original tracks. That's it... that's all. Fuck them, they are not getting a penny from me for this bullshit!
908peruvian's Avatar
908peruvian at 04/11/2007 11:41
i was going to get this game but wow.
that IS rape.

how are do these prices compare to those of
DDRxbox vs DDR x360??

are we forced to pay AGAIN for old songs too?
galagabug 's Avatar
galagabug at 04/11/2007 11:42
curious. what would be fair pricing in your eyes?

would these prices still piss you off if they we're 3 entirely new songs in each pack (not from GH1)?
KyleGamgee's Avatar
KyleGamgee at 04/11/2007 11:43
Actually, this means that buying Guitar Hero III would be CHEAPER than buying its tracks in individual packs.

Brandon Undead's Avatar
Brandon Undead at 04/11/2007 11:45
AGREED!
GuitarAtomik's Avatar
GuitarAtomik at 04/11/2007 11:46
I own both GH1 and GH2 for PS2 and was still seriously planning buying it again for 360. Then they said it wouldn't have Live co-op. I said to myself "That sucks but at least it'll have downloadable songs.".

Now this.

I WOULD have bought some old GH1 songs for around 100ms points each (despite the fact that I already technically own them on PS2) just for consolidation sake but at that price? Fuck no. And if that's what I'm to expect for NEW songs then just forgot it. I'm seriously not buying it on 360 because of this.
KyleGamgee's Avatar
KyleGamgee at 04/11/2007 11:50
Additionally, I think The Donnas are pretty cool.
PetiePalo's Avatar
PetiePalo at 04/11/2007 11:57
You know this basically made up my mind to NOT get GH for 360. I'm happy with the ps2 version. Rip off bastards
BluDesign's Avatar
BluDesign at 04/11/2007 12:09
The Donnas may look hot, but they are not cool. At least to anyone that purposely missed the OC.

Hole WAS cool, Breeders are okay, Janis Joplin and Jefferson Airplane are alright, but the Donnas are not cool.

kittie is cooler.

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Snaileb at 04/11/2007 12:09
ZeeJayTL's Avatar
ZeeJayTL at 04/11/2007 12:12
here come the petitions......


*shrug*

I got pack 1..only because I had the extra points.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar
GuitarAtomik at 04/11/2007 12:14
Man, Kittie blows through bassists like no other band on earth.
SourceDecay's Avatar
SourceDecay at 04/11/2007 12:20
was planning on getting the 360 gh2 for the downloadables.

now i'm definitely not.

fuck. that.

i'll stick with my ps2 versions, thanks. my guitar is broken in already, anyhow.

rapists.
driph's Avatar
driph at 04/11/2007 12:24
Wow, this is gonna have an effect on whether I even buy the game or not. While I'm not a huge fan of the pressed setlist, I enjoyed the gameplay and was looking forward to what would be offered in future songpacks. But not at those prices.

Hell, DDR Universe, doing pretty such the same thing to the songs workwise, sells em for a much more reasonable 100pts per song.
BlindsideDork's Avatar
BlindsideDork at 04/11/2007 12:25
hooray Micro$0ft!
LostCrichton's Avatar
LostCrichton at 04/11/2007 12:39
If you buy those Song Packs then the terrorists have already won....DON"T BUY THEM!!!!!
shadow300z's Avatar
shadow300z at 04/11/2007 12:40
This is just one of many examples of the complete rip-off that is the live marketplace. While I guess movies are probably decently priced, it seems like downloadable game content is all at least double what I would be willing to pay.

Especially in this case where a lot of people already own guitar hero 1, the price to play the stuff you already own again is killer.
HighVoltage's Avatar
HighVoltage at 04/11/2007 12:45
A lot of people on the Guitar Hero forums are pretty pissed too, as we all should be. There's one post that has a petition on it saying we won't buy the packs they have at that price. I'm not sure if online petitions actually work or not, but it's something.

http://www.petitiononline.com/GHIIDLC/petition.html
digiwalsh's Avatar
digiwalsh at 04/11/2007 12:50
I know not many of us informed folk will buy these packs, but I fear that enjough Joe Publics will.

So hear me! If Destructoid really thinks this is as damn shameful as I do. Then please help us fight this. Keep posting articles about it. Start sending emails to the right people that forward the sentiments written here. Why not do something above and beyond an online petition to try and be heard?

ohgr89's Avatar
ohgr89 at 04/11/2007 13:10
Please, if you've bought even one of these packs so far, give me your address. So I can come to your house with a baseball bat. And knock some fucking sense into you.

I fucking hate people. This is disgusting.
World Famous's Avatar
World Famous at 04/11/2007 13:21
DO NOT SUPPORT THIS CRAP!!!

DO NOT BUY THIS!!!

ARRRRGGGG!!!
Knives's Avatar
Knives at 04/11/2007 13:28
I also was really looking forward to downloadable songs, I was expecting like 500-700 points for 1 set (5 songs). This sucks, i won't buy them unless i'm drunkish and have a lot of peer pressure.
LostCrichton's Avatar
LostCrichton at 04/11/2007 13:31
We should send Segata Sanshiro and Chuck Norris in to double team anyone who is considering buying these. Seriously...let's send a global FU to Microsoft and nip this crap in the bud. We want fair pricing!
bigbro2004's Avatar
bigbro2004 at 04/11/2007 13:32
I agree with unstoppablejuggernaut, thought I may not be as insane, haha. You have some solid points, we seriously have to dig in and puch against microsoft as a gaming community.

Whenever you are on Xbox live in Gears of War, Halo, or whatever your game of choice is, bring up these facts. Get more people knowing about this so we can get something done about it. I would say we should try to get EA in on this too, but they would ask MS for money to support them.
Jamesways's Avatar
Jamesways at 04/11/2007 13:36
Wait, so if I already have the 360 version, it'd cheaper for me to plunk down $120 for a ps2 and 40 bucks for the original to play these songs? And that'd be better than paying the 6 bucks?

Ah, I'm just being a dick.

Honetly, I think the pricing is a huge rip, I'm not buying them. I'd think about it if it were 2 bucks a song for previously unreleased songs that I actually liked.

Damn, are they in cahoots with EA or something?

Jordan Grim Devore's Avatar
Jordan Grim Devore at 04/11/2007 13:49
I won't buy any of these yet, but if More Than a Feeling is released, I'm willing to pay 800 MP for that song.
Your Mom's Avatar
Your Mom at 04/11/2007 14:21
Several reasons why I am NOT an asshole despite buying all three packs.

1) It's my goddamn money. Don't tell me what I can or can't buy.
2) iTunes is 99 cents per song. These are $2.08 each. Whether you see it as a mere $1.09 difference or an over 100% markup is a matter of perspective.
2.5) iTunes doesn't give you 4 levels of rock-out-with-your-cock-out play-along-ness.
3) I dig all but one of the songs released today, but there are a lot of songs from GH1 that I wouldn't/won't pay for to play on my 360.
3.5) Also, cocks.
4) With these tracks you get co-op tracks and the ability to raise your career score on the XBL leaderboards.
5) If you don't like it, DON'T BUY IT!!! I will think no less of you.
casualweaponry's Avatar
casualweaponry at 04/11/2007 14:30
The sweet, sweet irony is that I bought my GH2 from Circuit City, and got a 1600 MS point card for free.

So now I have to blow the whole card on these overpriced song packs? I'll pass.

Congrats Guitar Hero, you now have the 2007 version of overpriced horse armor
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 04/11/2007 14:39
@Snaileb: Greatest. Picture. Evar.

@ohgr89: Your comment made me laugh out loud.

As I’ve said before...I’m so glad that I’ve had a PS2 for six and a half years now, and that I was able to buy the games on PS2. Sure, they lacked downloadable content, but they also didn’t ask users to pay through the nose for it. Jesus. Over $2 per song? I certainly hope the PlayStation Store doesn’t charge that much when Guitar Hero III comes out this fall.
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broham at 04/11/2007 14:42
I think it wouldn't be so bad if the three songs were from Zep or ACDC, maybe specific band packs.

But like another poster, I'm also curious. If everyone is going apeshit, what would most of you consider fair? A buck a song?

For me, I'm not really surprised anymore. I mean, a large coffee at Starbucks is 4 bucks, renting a game is 8, gas is around 3 dollars a gallon..etc. The thing is, I get a bit more angry at the gas and coffee thing because those things only last a short while. You own these songs for the life of the console. I don't know.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 04/11/2007 15:14
I would have considered buying these, despite my ownership of GHI, if only for the enhanced co-op/versus options in GHII, but this is too far out of the realm of an impulse buy. The price needs to drop to at least 400 points, preferably 300 points. That's not even the ideal 99 cents per song iTunes model, but it's more reasonable.
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