Downloadable content sales for "Rock Band" skyrockets

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The MSRP of the downloadable content will be from 0.99 to 2.99 USD per track (80 to 240 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360 owners) with most selling for 1.99 USD.

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How is it an MSRP? It is not like there is competition where prices are recommended or "suggested" by the publisher or Microsoft. The MSRP is in reality the MANDATORY price.

I enjoy Guitar Hero and Rock Band, but this just goes to show that without competition, music songs would be much more than the .99 we see now.

Reminds me of the scumbag cable companies. Even with satellite and phone companies, the prices are a rip-off. And now they are going to be shooting us back 10 years to the pay by minute or content. That is a monopoly that needs to be broken up.

It would be awesome if I could actually choose which stations I wanted from Comcast. Then I could choose maybe 10 of the good ones and not get ripped off by the overcharges brought on by certain stations like the sports networks.

All I want is choice.

Sounds like they're going to have a serious collection of dlc for rock band, so that's really good. The price, however, is definitely way too much. Everyone's already paid almost $200 US for the game/hardware and now they have to shell out 3 bucks just for a track. Even the dollar per track seems too expensive, considering how it's already too expensive for itunes.

@gallagher
"a-la-carte" cable just isn't gonna happen because they'd have to mark it up to where those 10 stations cost $50/month to maintain ridiculous profit margins. At least that's what I've read about it. As for the cell-phone monopoly, the whole blatant lie of "$200 rebate with contract" on these phones will be busted up eventually. They say a phone costs some kinda $250 bucks so you need that contract to get that rebate, but the SAME PHONE is $50 for the pre-paid with minutes on it and the only difference is they locked it from being able to use monthly rate plans. The government stepped in and busted up the old bell phone company monopoly, and this is no different.
/rant

I'm getting Rock Band. I really like how they update their downloads so often. The price is too much but I'm pretty sure they'll have some deals or something in the future...

Besides, when the PS3 finally gets hacked and stuff(in my case) I'll just get whatever I want for free >:]

2.5 million downloads? Damn, I bet the makers of GH3 are really pissed off with themselves for not making their DLC cheaper and not having as much. Last time I checked they were content with a couple hundred thousand downloads.

They figured that everyone would want their dlc no matter what the price, and didn't budge a inch on the price, and basically told their customers to go fuck themselves.

I'm glad I switched to rockband, much better game, it's 4 games in one, they have much better and cheaper DLC than GH. Sorry GH im telling you to go fuck yourself now.

Rock Band is so much more engaging than GH. And I do love GH. I have both for the PS2, but when I get my 360 this year, I'm getting Rock Band instead of GH. I think the price for the dlc is very reasonable.

i obviously know nothing about dlc "pricing," but that doesn't make $1-3 per track "cheap" or "reasonable" in any way, considering just how expensive the initial purchase is. from comments on this article, it seems gh3 dlc is more expensive, which is plain nuts, but that just means i wouldn't even consider buying dlc.
the thing is, $100 buying you game + hardware minus bonus downloads is far more reasonable than $170 buying you the same thing. rock band may contain more equipment to add different ways to play, but without expanding the library each new play-through with the next instrument would be less and less interesting. meaning it's not like one, two, three different games but more like 1, 1.5, 1.75 different games with the option to buy the other 1.25 parts.
rock band is out of the question for me anyway, since they didn't make a wii version and i'm damn sure not buying some $160 ps2 game.

all that being said...i'd pay out the nose to play that foreigner track on any of these games. =)

Originally posted by snowlock:

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i obviously know nothing about dlc "pricing," but that doesn't make $1-3 per track "cheap" or "reasonable" in any way, considering just how expensive the initial purchase is. from comments on this article, it seems gh3 dlc is more expensive, which is plain nuts, but that just means i wouldn't even consider buying dlc.
the thing is, $100 buying you game + hardware minus bonus downloads is far more reasonable than $170 buying you the same thing. rock band may contain more equipment to add different ways to play, but without expanding the library each new play-through with the next instrument would be less and less interesting. meaning it's not like one, two, three different games but more like 1, 1.5, 1.75 different games with the option to buy the other 1.25 parts.
rock band is out of the question for me anyway, since they didn't make a wii version and i'm damn sure not buying some $160 ps2 game.

all that being said...i'd pay out the nose to play that foreigner track on any of these games. =)

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The cool thing about Rock Band is it's more a social game than GH. So you can play the same somg over and over agin with different people and still enjoy the different outcomes. It's a blast after a few drinks. I could easily drop $10 on some new song content, knowing that it will make a party more interesting. And the game hardware is really a one time investment. It's nice that you can purchase the instruments individually also.

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Originally posted by snowlock:

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i obviously know nothing about dlc "pricing," but that doesn't make $1-3 per track "cheap" or "reasonable" in any way...gh3 dlc is more expensive...rock band is out of the question for me anyway, since they didn't make a wii version...but i'd pay out the nose to play that foreigner track on any of these games. =)

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The cool thing about Rock Band is it's more a social game than GH...I cold easily drop $10 on some new song content, knowing that it will make a party more interesting...It's nice that you can purchase the instruments individually also.

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yeah, i just noticed that you could actually get each instrument, so if you want just buy drums and use the gh controller (360 not ps3 or the other way around?) you can and that's pretty nifty. it would, then, make a lot of sense to give the customer incentive to purchas the entire package by including free dlc, even if only vouchers for a few tracks. guess it's just a fantasy to ever believe these companies would miss an opportunity to milk every dime out of their loyal customers.
it's just a bad move by the publishers to have no wii version, especially because of it being such a social game and the wii being an obvious "group console". the party game thing only sells to certain consumers, because many times they're not nearly as fun (or as worthwhile) without in-person multiplayer. i personally only rent party games, considering how i don't really know a party worth of people willing to gather and play any sort of video games.

New initiative i like this.