10:47 AM on 04.11.2007
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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 $100.
I can't even fathom how much ecstacy was being snorted when the decision makers behind this pricing decided consumers would be okay with this great service. If you pay for this s**t, you are a f**king a**hole and you are part of the problem (no offense if you've already been raped this morning). You're sending the message to publishers that this is okay, that you'll bend over and take anything they have to offer.
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I'm a fucking asshole.
But hey, "Bark At The Moon", "Higher Ground", and "Hey You" play gloriously in HD. :D
Call me an asshole then. Never owned Guitar Hero for PS2...and I want these songs. And they know it, and they know I'll pay that ridiculous amount for it.
Ugh, pack 1 is the only one I'd want, and I don't even like Bark at the Moon that much...
Take it Off and Stellar SUCK so much that I wouldn't bother with the other two at all, despite good supporting tracks.
If they're going to bundle a shitty song in every pack, I'll be skipping a lot of these, I guess...
I wonder if they're going to be taking submissions for original songs. I'm in the middle of writing a song called "Horse Armor" right now. It's bad ass...
DO NOT PAY FOR THIS! What the hell people?
DO NOT PAY FOR THE FUCKING PACKS ASSHOLES!!!! (sorry I agree with Nick)
But judging from the response hopefully something will get done...
The interweb needs to man up on this Micro nickel and dime bull. WTF?!
i for one will defo not pay for any of these songs, even if they were songs i didnt get infuriated by i wouldnt spend 500 points on em. wtfm$?
I hope those who buy these songs gets raped again.. in both holes..
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.
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.
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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!!!
Well I was excited for the song packs until the announced the price. Fuck that.
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!
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.
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!
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.
bummer city! my money > crappy donna's track
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.
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!
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!
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?
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)?
Actually, this means that buying Guitar Hero III would be CHEAPER than buying its tracks in individual packs.
AGREED!
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.
Additionally, I think The Donnas are pretty cool.
You know this basically made up my mind to NOT get GH for 360. I'm happy with the ps2 version. Rip off bastards
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.
here come the petitions......
*shrug*
I got pack 1..only because I had the extra points.
Man, Kittie blows through bassists like no other band on earth.
ya know whats funny about this story, is that i just brought the same thing up ( not about guitar hero but other games and microtransactions ) on the xbox forum calling major nelson out on it and i have yet to get any response other then a bunch of sycophantic 360 fan boys telling me what an asshole i am for bringing it up.
i brought up the whole epic wanted to give us map packs and microsuck made it so we had to pay and i got blasted for stating the truth and how it was going to lead to more and mroe shit like that happening if someone didnt say something about it.
and the fanboys continued to blast away telling me to go buy a ps3 or a wii cause they didnt want to play against a pussy like me no xbox360.
microsuck is nickel and dime-in the fuck out of everyone and nobody seems to care.
so here we are today with guitar hero and the supremely overpriced tunes packs to illustrate further my initial point that they are gouging us up the butt hole with shit like this.
WAKE THE FUCK UP AMERICA , BE THE SQUEAKY WHEEL AND FUCKING SAY SOMETHING AND BE HEARD.
Start a forum and complain like spoiled little fucking brats until they change the policy cause its MS that sets the price for the shit on marketplace so dont let them tell you its the devs cause thats a load of shit.
Its greedy fucking microsoft filling up the coffers.
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.
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.
hooray Micro$0ft!
If you buy those Song Packs then the terrorists have already won....DON"T BUY THEM!!!!!
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.
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
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?
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.
DO NOT SUPPORT THIS CRAP!!!
DO NOT BUY THIS!!!
ARRRRGGGG!!!
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.
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!
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.
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?
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.
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.
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
@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.
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.
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