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@<a href="#c2371515">taidan19</a>: Sorry about the late response, but I wished to make a general, objective statement thats applicable to a general group of people. Nowhere have I explicitly expressed disagreement with the pricing structure. I am merely exemplifying the status quo of the market.</p> <p>Chupakun</p>]]></description>
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<i>and now that they have to pony up the dough they forget how expensive it was.</i></p>
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@<a href="#c2376251">z0mbi</a>: You realize the irony of this statement in regards to the massive class-action suit about CD price-fixing, right? People are complaining about it being overpriced...and you use as an example the prices of CDs when they were being overvalued to the point of an enormous lawsuit...</p>
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I think you're kind of proving THEIR point, instead of your own.</p> <p>Dragoonkin</p>]]></description>
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@<a href="#c2376453">Toasticus</a>: Actually Bioshock is next on my purchase list. I'm clearing my incomplete games list to justify my purchasing it :)</p>
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@<a href="#c2376251">z0mbi</a>: "Oh really? Care to tell me what your calculations are? Are you calculating all of the different people dipping into the profits? The music label? The artists cut? His managers cut? Microsoft's cut? Activision/Red Ocatanes cut? Harmonix/MTV/EA's cut? Are you calculating the cost in man hours to create the note charts, bug test them, and certify them?"</p>
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Yeah I am actually. Simple math shows that if they were to make a 3-pack for every song in the main set alone it would cost:</p>
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(30/3) = 10 packs. 10x5 = $50 dollars or the cost of Guitar Hero 1 (or 78.33 if you include the bonus tracks).</p>
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All that for 50 dollars- and they even added 17 additional songs not in the main set! Yet they make a profit on the game at 50 dollars. Who'd a thunk it? And since its downloadable content- they didn't have to create a game. They basically made a song for the game, tested it, and inserted into GH2.</p>
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So are you going to tell me that for the theoretical cost of 5 dollars a pack, which includes the programming of a song which is basically just being re-programmed (possibly re-recorded) inserted into GH2 is justifiable?</p>
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As for bandwidth costs? Yeah they can be expensive, but no where near as expensive as mass production, packaging, storage, and distribution of physical discs- not to mention destruction of overstock and defective discs. Why do you think downloadable horse armor is so profitable?</p>
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As for the CD comparison... that's laughable. Back in the day, cassette tapes with albums cost 8-12 dollars. CD's came out and cost 12-20. This is silly, because from the beginning, the cost to press CD's and burn them has ALWAYS been cheaper then it cost to make a cassette tape and record them.</p>
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The record companies justified it by saying the quality is higher. Heh. Marginally at best. The truth is that they saw an opportunity to charge what they wanted to charge and did so.</p>
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Activision is doing the same thing- charging what they want. They know people will pay, and some did. The rest got angry about it like me and yelled about it on a forum.</p> <p>FrigidAir44</p>]]></description>
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@<a href="#c2377978">Havok154</a>:  Couldn't the same be said about everyone who went out and bought a PS3?</p> <p>dandd</p>]]></description>
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Zombi, this isn't about being poor, this is about getting ripped of- something I know that no one (well except you) rich or poor wants to happen to them. The songs are overpriced, and because some people have no self control- Activision is celebrating the fact that they can set high prices and get away with it.</p>
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This DLC is a joke, I just hope Harmonix/EA doesn't see this and decides to screw us the same way (though I am not holding my breath.)</p> <p>PurpleMonkey</p>]]></description>
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I hate every one of you that has supported this pricing structure. Lack of self control and a large disposable income...yep, that sounds like the society we live in.</p> <p>Darkest Daze</p>]]></description>
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		    <description><![CDATA[<P>The downloadable content packs were 500 Microsoft Points, not $5. 500 Microsoft points are the equivalent of $6.25.</P> <p>PolicePeople</p>]]></description>
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@<a href="#c2374297">FrigidAir44</a>: I understand your point about engendering goodwill from the fanbase and agree on that, but I was looking at it from purely practical terms. Arguably it's not the perspective I should be taking as a gamer, but from the corporate accountant's view, you have to sell more than twice as much if you cut the price in half, even assuming there's no extra fees involved regarding usage of Microsoft's bandwidth. Although the current pricing scheme may be too high for a lot of people, if enough people are buying it anyway then they'll make just as much (if not more) money off it.</p>
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Still, you are right about treatment of the fanbase. Were I in charge of it, I wouldn't have set the DLC so high myself either. If fan treatment is important to you then I hope you either own or plan on buying Bioshock, since Levine &amp; Co have done lots of great things for the fans, like making the artbook and soundtrack available for free.</p> <p>Toasticus</p>]]></description>
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Dang-thought it said multiplatform. I need downloadable songs on the Wii!</p> <p>TheLordRandom</p>]]></description>
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		    <description><![CDATA[<P>@<A href="http://kotaku.com/gaming/downloadable-content/guitar-hero-ii-dlc-goes-multi+platinum-298583.php#c2371834">ev1l_er1c</A>: very well put, sir</P>
<P>as for Dusty Welch (and the rest of the bastards at RedOctane, for that matter), i believe you meant to say "it has become a very lucrative revenue stream <B>for us here at RedOctane</B>".</P>
<P>you greedy bastards are the reason i sold my copies of GH1&amp;2 for PS2 and dl'ed the isos for them both along with the 80's edition and will only pirate any GH game in the future.</P>
<P>as long as MTV/EA doesn't pull this DLC-extortion bullshit with Rock Band, <B>i will happily buy the $200 bundle</B> on day one with my hard-earned money.</P> <p><a href="http://www.timdando.com/">AgainstOne</a></p>]]></description>
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@<a href="#c2375893">FrigidAir44</a>: "Any consumer with a calculator and 3rd grade education can see that these downloadables are a rip off."</p>
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Oh really? Care to tell me what your calculations are? Are you calculating all of the different people dipping into the profits? The music label? The artists cut? His managers cut? Microsoft's cut? Activision/Red Ocatanes cut? Harmonix/MTV/EA's cut? Are you calculating the cost in man hours to create the note charts, bug test them, and certify them?</p>
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You ask me, any consumer with a calculator can see that there are a lot of factors and a lot of work involved in bringing us these tracks, and that all parties involved are making pennies on the dollar. </p>
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Back when I bought CD's, I'd be paying $18-$20 for a CD with 9-12 songs on it. I fail to see how these downloadables are 'rip-offs' in any way, and think that the people claiming that they are are only doing so because they haven't been paying for music for the past 10 years because they're pirates, and now that they have to pony up the dough they forget how expensive it was.</p> <p><a href="http://sketchblaargh.blogspot.com/">z0mbi</a></p>]]></description>
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@<a href="#c2375597">z0mbi</a>: I do have a job- a nice one at that. I'd bet a lot of people here do too.</p>
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Just because we have money doesn't mean we are going to be fools and waste it overpriced nonsense. Any consumer with a calculator and 3rd grade education can see that these downloadables are a rip off.</p>
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@<a href="#c2374934">KaneRobot</a>: Agreed.</p> <p>FrigidAir44</p>]]></description>
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		    <description><![CDATA[<P>To be fair. the price wasnt really unreasonable for the MCR pack. No matter how you feel about the band. It was entirely new content for the game, not just some quickly ported stuff that was already in GH1. That was most peoples reason to balk at the pricetag originaly.</P> <p>Murrytmds</p>]]></description>
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I like how this drives poor people crazy with rage. Get a job, ya bums.</p> <p><a href="http://sketchblaargh.blogspot.com/">z0mbi</a></p>]]></description>
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		    <description><![CDATA[<P>I like how the doofuses with no self-control say "it's not that expensive, stop complaining."</P>
<P>People like you - whoever you are - are the reason we're falling down a slippery slope of marketplace pricing now. If gamers had any balls (or sense of value, for that matter) this shit would have been stopped right out of the gate when the horse armor came out. But nope, you guys wanted to pay 5 bucks for 3 songs and jumped at the chance to pick up overpriced, "buy this to have the full game" Lumines content. From all the gamers who are not fucking retarded: thanks a lot.</P>
<P>A fool and his money are soon parted, so at least I can take solace in the fact that many of you won't be able to support this crap much longer. Maybe then they'll price stuff a little more reasonable - and if you think that they'll just "stop completely" if people don't buy it now, you're nuts. They make money by charging as much as possible, not selling at the bare minimum price it has to be to turn a profit.</P> <p>KaneRobot</p>]]></description>
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Wow! $6.25 you guys that cheap....I've seen people spend more at McDonalds on the Dollar menu...Yes its overpriced but what isnt these days</p> <p>ExMcCloud</p>]]></description>
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@<a href="#c2374028">Toasticus</a>: You missed my point. They would have more downloads, and the admiration of their fans if they went with a cheaper pricing scheme.</p>
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Fans of the game where supposed to enjoy new content, not scoff at the price of recycled content.</p>
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What they did was alienate a lot of fans who now won't pay for a single song. They also alienated a lot of potential investors as well... 650,000 downloads between 5 song packs isn't much when you think about it- especially with an IP like Guitar Hero where downloadable content could basically continue forever because fans go crazy for new songs.<br>
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@<a href="#c2373772">FrigidAir44</a>: I doubt they would have more than 2 million downloads (you did say <i>millions</i>) seeing as that would be a bit more than triple the number of downloads they already have. Don't forget that regardless of cost, DLC downloads have two major limiting factors:</p>
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1) number of people who own the game<br>
2) number of people who have broadband internet</p>
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Considering those limitations, and the 650,000 figure, I'd say they did pretty well for themselves.</p> <p>Toasticus</p>]]></description>
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I'm boycotting Guitar Hero III altogether. I refuse to support these greedy bastards.</p> <p>qbix</p>]]></description>
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Activision would have their downloads in the millions if the price was closer to a buck a song- and the admiration of the fans.</p>
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Now they have 650,000 downloads from players who probably feel a lil' robbed... a group that will never download any songs, and another camp that are packing up and leaving for holy land that is 'Rock Band.'</p> <p>FrigidAir44</p>]]></description>
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Seriously, though...I am an iTunes user, so I'm used to paying .99c for a song. Adding onto that the fact that I can play said song in Guitar Hero over and over again, and it becomes a solid deal for me.</p> <p><a href="http://sketchblaargh.blogspot.com/">z0mbi</a></p>]]></description>
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@<a href="#c2371415">Chupakun</a>: "It sort of depends. Anyone who is willing to pay dearer prices for the purproses of altruism is either quite rich or not a financially prudent person."</p>
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I am niether rich, nor financially prudent :D</p> <p><a href="http://sketchblaargh.blogspot.com/">z0mbi</a></p>]]></description>
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@<a href="#c2372349">RuneX21</a>: The global system is nice, and I have to admit I hadn't really considered that, but MS could very easily have put in code that would display the conversion to your local currency next to the point value. It stands to reason that online purchases are all about convenience; multiplying a number by 1.25 in your head is not convenient.</p> <p>Toasticus</p>]]></description>
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Does anyone know of a way to use GH1 PS2 controllers  on the XBOX 360?</p> <p>noelix</p>]]></description>
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<P>I think people complain just to complain. They want it all, but don't want to pay for anything. Before the DLC pricing was announced everyone was saying "I'm cool with $1 per song" or "Hopefully it's on par with iTunes". The songs came out at about $2 per song, a measly buck more, and the sh*t hit the fan and online boycotts ensued (like those ever work) Ne who it's just funny to watch everyone get worked up over DLC.</P> <p>DeadPlasmaCell</p>]]></description>
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		    <description><![CDATA[<P>@<A href="http://kotaku.com/gaming/downloadable-content/guitar-hero-ii-dlc-goes-multi+platinum-298583.php#c2372329">lestat730</A>:</P>
<P>I remember some people saying BlockBuster rents out GH w/ controller.. I Could be wrong though.</P> <p>DeadPlasmaCell</p>]]></description>
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		    <description><![CDATA[<P>@<A href="http://kotaku.com/gaming/downloadable-content/guitar-hero-ii-dlc-goes-multi+platinum-298583.php#c2371699">Toasticus</A>: I for one love the point system, and oddly enough, because it makes things easier. </P>
<P>You see, the point system is an artifically created currency that spreads across all regions the console is available in. The value of the points remains the same regardless of currency you purchase them with and are valid no matter where you buy them. So when I bought my points when I lived in the US, I was able to use them when I got to japan. </P>
<P>In addition, it keeps everything fair in regards to pricing globally. Basically, MS was trying to simplify a system so that all regions would be under a single system, something that is nice for those of us who cross regions.(ofcourse, another reason would be cost management on thier side, but that will take far too long to go over.)</P>
<P>Anyways, as for the GH2 downloads, its really as simple as any other download, dont get them if you dont want them. I found the one pack I bought to be well worth the money I spent. Who is anyone else to tell you what you find to be worthy of spending money on?</P> <p>RuneX21</p>]]></description>
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Wow there is a lot of bitterness here! Personally I haven't had the chance to play any of the guitar hero games. I keep meaning to but I was put off by the price of GHII for Xbox360 (I never had a PS2.) By the time I started to consider it they were talking about GHIII and now Rockband so I'll probably just keep waiting. I wish I could find a place that would let me rent the game and the controller though so I could at least see if I'm into it. </p>
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If the songs that come with games like these get old and boring after a short while and if that leads to having to purchase new tracks just to continue enjoying the game..thats kind of a turn off. Especially since the game will no doubt only come with a handful of songs that I really love and then a whole lot of stuff I dislike.</p> <p>lestat730</p>]]></description>
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		    <description><![CDATA[<P>@<A href="http://kotaku.com/gaming/downloadable-content/guitar-hero-ii-dlc-goes-multi+platinum-298583.php#c2371971">MonkeyBiz</A>: Yeah, but it also spreads the idea of My Chemical Romance.</P> <p>cdammers</p>]]></description>
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		    <description><![CDATA[<P>I never played the old content so i was pretty content with my purchases. In the end it is really the consumers choice on what they want to spend thier money on.</P> <p>zombiefrank</p>]]></description>
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@<a href="#c2371911">Kuraudo</a>: Like I said, don't let my words encroach on your "fun." You decided you were going to buy it, and I can't change that. </p> <p>ev1l_er1c</p>]]></description>
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<P>I'm holding out however! Nevar will I pay that much for GH2 DLC.</P>
<P>Half the price and we'll talk.<BR></P></BR> <p>Rask</p>]]></description>
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I stuck to my guns on this one.  I still haven't purchased any of the GH2 song packs.</p>
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...though I probably would've brought the My Chemical Romance pack if it had had "Welcome to the Black Parade."  But it didn't.</p> <p><a href="http://www.chaoscore.com/">J. Kyle</a></p>]]></description>
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I bought the My Chemical Romance pack. It's original content that I have no problem purchasing. I hope more people bought it in a bid to spread the idea of NEW content as opposed to rehashing what we have played already.</p> <p>MonkeyBiz</p>]]></description>
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wow this is terrible. that much money on rehashes that they probably did close to no work on, then 3 mcr songs that were mediocre at best.</p>
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I want my two million dollars back</p> <p>sc00t420</p>]]></description>
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@<a href="#c2371834">ev1l_er1c</a>: Calm down :/</p>
<p>
Look, every day as consumers we make decisions about what we want to buy. We weigh up the cost, potential enjoyment, necessity and compare that to what we're willing (not to be confused with want - ideally we want it to cost nothing) to spend on it.</p>
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Buying or not buying something doesn't make us any more or less stupid than the person who does the opposite.</p> <p>Kuraudo</p>]]></description>
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<P>Well played :P</P> <p>DeadPlasmaCell</p>]]></description>
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		    <description><![CDATA[<P>Hah! Take that you "400pts or free" Hippies!</P>
<P>/bored</P> <p>DeadPlasmaCell</p>]]></description>
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The PS3 is a "bargain" and no-one buys it, prompting them to (sortof) drop the price.  The price is still way too high for many to justify.</p>
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These song packs are horribly overpriced, and because they're within impulse buy range, people give in.  Damn you sheeples.  Were you seriously lacking content that badly?</p>
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Helps prove that there are at least a few million people in this region alone that have enough money to buy whatever is offered to them, regardless of it being a good deal.</p> <p>velvet396</p>]]></description>
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		    <description><![CDATA[<P>You know, it's hard to fault any company for putting out questionably priced content when so many people buy it. </P>
<P>I think the only piece of DLC that had a ridiculous price and resulted in an effective backlash/boycott was Horse Armor. Then again, it still costs ~150 MS points, so maybe people are still buying it up.</P> <p>WaltJay</p>]]></description>
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Yeah, cause, you know, it's just sooooooo hard to copy/paste the old Guitar Hero songs, and sell them at a higher price per song than the actual game and then call it "hard work." </p>
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And yes, WE are the greedy bastards who are ripping them out of exactly 1 TON of money by calling them on their BS. </p>
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We also apparently hate this game more than the people buying the DLC packs because the only way to judge how much "fun" someone is having in a game is by how much they're willing to pay for old songs.</p>
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Now granted, there is a truly new DLC in the My Chemical Romance pack but, come on. My Chemical Romance.</p>
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That's fine. Make the ACTUAL majority out to be the bad people, and go ahead and keep buying those rehashed packs. You've decided long ago that you were going to buy that ONE song that you can only get in a pack of THREE, essentially paying $6.25 for a song that, need I remind you, only exists on your hard drive on the 360 that you can only access with ONE game.</p>
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Let my words not encroach on your "fun" with the game, for I understand how hard it is to justify your "fun" to others. For example, I find "fun" in taking candy from children. You can imagine how the media vilifies me for that.</p> <p>ev1l_er1c</p>]]></description>
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Is Activision not entitled to the sweat of their brow?  NOOOO says Kotaku, it belongs to the poor.  NOOOO says the music industry, it belongs to us.  NOOOO says pirates - it belongs to everybody.</P> <p>Dreamwriter</p>]]></description>
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@<a href="#c2371666">tk.</a>: <br>
And yet we have no idea what the licensing deals for any of these tracks are either.</p>
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You do make a good point though.  But if we want to compare it to what's already out there, I don't see why people don't just go out and buy GH1. Some of the prices for XBLA games are attrocious if you go and compare them to other classic game compilations out there, many of which offer more accurate versions of the original games.  Doesn't stop people from choosing them on Xbox Live for whatever reason.  </p>
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If anything, I fail to understand why people are gobbling up what are some of the worst tracks in GH1.</p> <p>taidan19</p>]]></description>
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@<a href="#c2371576">SAKY</a>: I don't think you're giving people enough credit. It's rare that people have a large supply of MS points sitting in their account waiting to be spent. Whenever they want to buy something they have to manually add the points, giving them a dollar figure to actually work with.</p>
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In most cases I think it even works the other way. People can't buy a 400 point map pack without buying 500 points so they see the map pack as costing whatever those 500 points cost rather than the 400.</p> <p>Kuraudo</p>]]></description>
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@<a href="#c2371576">SAKY</a>: Agreed. The point scheme is a pretty underhanded move. Not too long ago  a publisher got the conversion rate reversed in a press release and reported the dollar cost of their DLC at about 2/3rds what it actually was. I think the people who bother to, or even know to, multiply the MSP cost by 1.25 to get the actual cost are very much in the minority.</p> <p>Toasticus</p>]]></description>
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I said it before and i'll say it again, if people don't agree with the prices then don't pay for them. But obviously people would rather just be two faced, moan about it then go ahead and pay for it. </p> <p>Walker</p>]]></description>
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@<a href="#c2371515">taidan19</a>: The argument is that, at that price, the 47 playable songs from GH1 would end up costing over $90 altogether.  That seems like a rip-off, augmented by the fact that their packaging/manufacturing/shipping costs are reduced.</p> <p><a href="http://tkincher.com">tk.</a></p>]]></description>
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there are not 3 packs on the marketplace, there are at least 4</p> <p>Sniperman</p>]]></description>
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		    <description><![CDATA[<P>@<A href="http://kotaku.com/gaming/downloadable-content/guitar-hero-ii-dlc-goes-multi+platinum-298583.php#c2371404">Toasticus</A>: I wonder if the number DLC sales would go down if they used a real money value on marketplace content. I would wager that most people have no concept of how much this shit costs because they simply haven't done the math. Customers look at a piece of content and see XXX points not XXX dollars.</P> <p><a href="http://www.altcntrlgmr.com">SAKY</a></p>]]></description>
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Of course $5 in itself is not much. For me it's more of the principle of it. I do think they were slightly overpriced (this was not brand new content) but the packaging of 3 together wasn't best for consumers. Give us the option to pick which songs we want individually. Until then stay strong....resist the urge....lol.</p> <p>Wokisan</p>]]></description>
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@<a href="#c2371415">Chupakun</a>: And I fail to see how this is a very bad deal.  Gamers love breaking things down by price, so here we go.</p>
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iTunes - 99 cents for a DRM'ed music track that someone just had to upload to a server</p>
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Guitar Hero track - roughly two dollars for a DRM'ed music track with not one but two notecharts, that someone had to upload to a server.</p>
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Saying "I'm not interested in these songs" is one thing.  Saying "I wish I could buy them individually" is also valid.  But nitpicking about the price breakdown seems so mind bogglingly cheap and picky.  </p> <p>taidan19</p>]]></description>
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@<a href="#c2371246">z0mbi</a>: It sort of depends. Anyone who is willing to pay dearer prices for the purproses of altruism is either quite rich or not a  financially prudent person. Individually, we look to pay the least and in an ideal world, nothing at all. No one cares about the other person's hard work in reality. Everyone wants the best possible deal for themselves.</p> <p>Chupakun</p>]]></description>
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Better get used to this price for DLC, then. I doubt it'll go down after this.</p> <p>Toasticus</p>]]></description>
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		    <description><![CDATA[<P>I've more or less gotten over the package/pricing issue. If they put up songs I wanted to download, I'd probably end up buying them. As it is, the only one that has appealed so far is Ace Of Spades.</P> <p>cdammers</p>]]></description>
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@<a href="#c2371318">taidan19</a>: Exactly. And obviously a lot of people felt the same way or Activision wouldn't be reaping the rewards right now.</p> <p>Kuraudo</p>]]></description>
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I just got this for my birthday yesterday and while I'm slightly tempted to get my "I Wanna Be Sedated" on, I am so staying strong and just saying no to bullshit pricing.  </p> <p>chinesedentist</p>]]></description>
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My roomate bought all of the packs because he has money to burn I guess, but while I wouldn't buy all of them (some of the GH1 tracks I didn't care for), but it wasn't because of the price.  You guys remind me of a college student I knew who said he wouldn't pay more than a buck to watch a new film on the internet even if he could buy it with one click.  </p>
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Its not that expensive if you like the songs. I don't understand this outrage when people then go out and buy a new $60 game that lasts six hours.  Gaming is expensive, and if you actually play the songs a lot its not that big a deal).</p>
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Some of us think the price was reasonable. You cheap bastards, vocal minority apparently, who don't like paying for other peoples hard work can sit 'n' spin.</p> <p><a href="http://sketchblaargh.blogspot.com/">z0mbi</a></p>]]></description>
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@<a href="#c2371147">Galls</a>: Yeah, I'm sure the one I bought last weekend really was the deciding factor, and not the 1.5 million downloads before it.  </p> <p><a href="http://tkincher.com">tk.</a></p>]]></description>
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I bought the DLC and I don't even own Guitar Hero II!</p> <p>Collapse The Control</p>]]></description>
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		    <description><![CDATA[<P>now i wish i hadn't bought the guitar packs on my friend's 360s.</P> <p><a href="http://myspace.com/thebyrus">Captain Nobody</a></p>]]></description>
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@<a href="#c2371057">SAKY</a>: Yeah, I hate people who spend their own hard earned money how they see fit.</p>
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Fucking morons.</p> <p>Kuraudo</p>]]></description>
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		    <description><![CDATA[<P>This is why we can't have nice things</P> <p>Kyle81</p>]]></description>
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I hate you traitors that bought this.  </p>
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You idiots who say "I only bought one because it had a song I really liked."</p>
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Thanks a lot you sheep, you just sent everyone to the slaughter.</p> <p>Galls</p>]]></description>
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Relatedly, GH3 is coming to Mac/PC:  <a href="http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2007/09/11/guitar-hero-coming-to-pc-and-macs-via-aspyr-media">[arstechnica.com]</a></p> <p><a href="http://tkincher.com">tk.</a></p>]]></description>
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		    <description><![CDATA[<P>Fantastic. Now we can look forward to more overpriced content with GHIII. </P>
<P>@<A href="http://kotaku.com/gaming/downloadable-content/guitar-hero-ii-dlc-goes-multi+platinum-298583.php#c2371057">SAKY</A>: </P>
<P>I'm with ya there.</P> <p>Zhabin</p>]]></description>
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I had to buy the Frankenstein pack, but I can't justify any more than that.  Way too expensive.  Release the "80's" pack at a reasonable price, and we'll talk.</p> <p><a href="http://tkincher.com">tk.</a></p>]]></description>
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		    <description><![CDATA[<P>God, I hate stupid people.</P> <p><a href="http://www.altcntrlgmr.com">SAKY</a></p>]]></description>
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