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Retailers begin to list, price, and date Guitar Hero 80s expansion (PS2)

8:58 AM on 05.04.2007, Nick Chester 19 comments

Retailers begin to list, price, and date Guitar Hero 80s expansion (PS2) photo
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GameStop (among other retailers) has finally listed Guitar Hero II Rocks The 80s Expansion Pack. The game is listed for $39.99 and has a release date of July 18, 2007. 

Like a hurricane prepared to rock you, rumors of this party (and money printing) gold mine have been swirling around for quite some time. While no details have been revealed, one can speculate that the game will contain music from 80s, and not a collection of Norwegian black metal as previously speculated.

We also have to wonder whether or not the plastic guitar Gods will spite all of those who sold their PS2 guitar controllers in order to move on to the greener, high definition pastures of the Xbox 360. The best case scenario would be for Activision to offer one large download containing all of the songs from the 80s expansion. But for gamers eager to rock their mullets and lipstick, this can go a few ways.

If we were to use Bethesda's Elder Scrolls expansion, Shivering Isles, as a template, a download comparable to the retail version of the 80s expansion would cost 3,400 MS points. However, when we look at Activision's Guitar Hero II song pack logic (500 MS points for a 3 song package), it tells a different story.

At $39.99, Xbox 360 users would be purchasing less than 20 songs. I think it works out to something like 19 songs and the opening riff to Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell." How Activision (or Red Octane or Microsoft or whoever wants to take responsibility for the pricing) plans to reconcile this with customers remains to be seen. 

This is all assuming, of course, that 360 rockers don't get completely screwed. Stranger things have happened.


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Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 05/04/2007 09:15
"360 rockers don't get completely screwed"

Too late.
tazarthayoot's Avatar
tazarthayoot at 05/04/2007 09:20
If it even mentions Winger it fails, that's all there is to it.
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ZMTToxics at 05/04/2007 09:36
Im stoked.
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ohgr89 at 05/04/2007 09:44
YEAH MAN! $6 3 packs through xbl! i can't fucking wait.

... I'm so glad I pawned that shit back onto wal-mart.
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GuitarAtomik at 05/04/2007 12:21
I would be excited for this if I wasn't convinced it's going to consist of 80-90% hair metal.
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Sienar at 05/04/2007 12:26
I want Black Flag, the Dead Kennedys and Minor Threat

And some New Wave for balance
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rockbeatspaper at 05/04/2007 14:10
I'm hoping for "Cult of Personality" by Living Colour and "Epic" by Faith No More.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 05/04/2007 15:02
@ rockbeatspaper:

I like the way you think.
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rockbeatspaper at 05/04/2007 15:31
Thank ya, I like the way those songs rock and heck, I think they're made for GH and GH fans not too much into music would have fun with those song.
rockbeatspaper's Avatar
rockbeatspaper at 05/04/2007 15:31
and they're technically 80's material. Oh and please no "Material Girl"
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Nick Chester at 05/04/2007 17:56
Faith No More's "Epic" isn't guitar-y enough. In fact, none of Jim Martin's guitar work screams for the GH treatment.
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djomg at 05/04/2007 20:35
so it looks like about 20 songs??
My wife is drooling, literally, over my shoulder right now.
I think she wan— YEEEAAAAHOOOOOO!!!!!

ok, I have my computer back.
She's more excited than I am.
She slaughters me @ GH.

btw: please let there be no Slaughter.
I-I don't think I could take it.
Nick Chester's Avatar
Nick Chester at 05/04/2007 23:40
djomg:

You misread what I was saying. No announcements have been made regarding the expansion's content. We have no idea how many tracks the disc will contain.

I suggested that if it were released over Xbox Live for the 360, for $39.99 you would get only 19 songs based on the current cost of GHII song packs
Fizzleyak-O's Avatar
Fizzleyak-O at 05/05/2007 00:49
If they can coax Prince into letting them use a song, I'd be first in line for this.
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Ninjajuice66 at 05/06/2007 16:10
Flaming Telepaths by BLue Oyster Cult
djomg's Avatar
djomg at 05/07/2007 23:33
Nicky-B,

yeah, I know you were just using the xbox live ext. packs price as a comment on how everybody who buys them is getting bung-ripped.
But the question is: is it going be a full game, or just a glorified expansion?
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