EA chief music executive Steve Schnur has finally set down a timetable for when video game soundtracks will be update-able using downloaded music, and has already confirmed some games.
While games such as "Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero" have update-able soundtracks that continuously expand other video game genres have lacked update-able music, at least officially from the developers.
“You’re going to see it in 2009,” Schnur said. By the time of "Madden '10" gamers can expect “broader-based” EA games to have the ability to “continually recommend” new music that can be downloaded.
It is not known if an EA proprietary music download service will be successful however, as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 already allow users to create custom soundtracks from their own digital collections.
It is also unknown whether users will have to pay for these new songs, but assuming EA keeps on its trend (see: charging users for new weapons in "Battlefield") then a $1 USD or $2 dollar price tag seems likely.
“You’re going to see it in 2009,” Schnur said. By the time of "Madden '10" gamers can expect “broader-based” EA games to have the ability to “continually recommend” new music that can be downloaded.
It is not known if an EA proprietary music download service will be successful however, as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 already allow users to create custom soundtracks from their own digital collections.
It is also unknown whether users will have to pay for these new songs, but assuming EA keeps on its trend (see: charging users for new weapons in "Battlefield") then a $1 USD or $2 dollar price tag seems likely.
