E3 07: Rock Band to Feature Hundreds of Songs, New Downloads Every Week

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• Yeah. Could this game sound any better? : Nick Breckon
• well, i mean this is capitalism at its finest.... they took an existing product and improved on it to giv... : Antilles_Prime
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  i just hope they dont charge too much for this : jonin
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    exactly. it's awesome news. perked my ears, i want to geek-rock out, but i dont want to become a poor... : greydog
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      Well on the upside they got to sit back and watch the GH2 DLC backlash, so presumably they learned some s... : Schnapple
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        I'd put money on albums costing as much as a full album does on itunes. I don't have anything against tha... : Serpico74
        • nm, twice as much as on itunes! : Serpico74
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    Apparently $19.99 per album :(. : Hatta
    • Whoa. : milksop
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      Fuck that's a rip off. :( : DOOManiac
      • How so? It's about twice the iTunes price, sure, but you're also getting whatever programming work is inv... : Vincent Grayson
      • It does require some effort to make up the fret boards for the song. then there's the QA to make sure it... : Prozium
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        oh, the olden days when people paid actual money for music. i regularly bought cds for $25 back in the da... : milksop
        • That'd be a great feature. Not only are you buying it to play, you're buying it to listen elsewhere as we... : DOOManiac
    • wtf that is cheap as hell you spend $15 on an album after tax anyways and don't get to play it on a vi... : sketchuout
    • You got a source for that? : Carnivac
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      That's about right, considering it's 4 parts plus they seem to be lip syncing the models to the lyrics. : FushigiDenki
      • see, fe, http://www.annosoft.com/ : milksop
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      I think my main problem with the pricing is that it seems like it will always be way more than the averag... : Speedy8
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        They have to break down and track the guitar, bass, drum, and vocal tracks, plus lipsync the models and a : Serpico74
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          Seriously. Did anyone watch the "behind the scenes" videos in GH? It takes a lot of doing. They have t... : Freon
          • I don't know if they're going to cover all of these songs. I get the feeling that they're going to unrave... : edgewise
          • I imagine most of this stuff is going to be based on original master tracks, not covers, but the other si... : Chris Remo
• That's the first thing I thought, but then after a few minutes I was wondering.. what's the odds they're ... : milksop

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  I'm keeping the faith. Trent seems like he'd be all over this shit as a general idea. : milksop
  • Hey, maybe Harmonix can just download the multitracks off nin.com and use that to drop a track or two in.... : milksop
• interesting question, I don't think Trent would be opposed to it so my guess is that execs didn't think t... : kydaimon
• Wish would be fucking awesome. : silent prophet
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  cause for a party game, as much as I like NiN, a lot of their songs are sorta ...downers? lol.. : Antilles_Prime
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    A lot of Pretty Hate Machine would actually be really fun! : Serpico74
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      or Closer : kydaimon
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        I wonder if the lyrics track would make you sing "beep you like an animal"? Anyhoo, I really hope not.... : milksop
        • It'd be sweet if it played a clean version based on parental settings, and the raw if you'd entered the p... : Merconium
      • The guitar part for most NiN songs would suck, especially closer. : batkiwi
• No keyboard. : Freon

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• Tom Sawyer is all that matters. : prfectjon
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  I like metallica, but that song is so fucking boring to play, and even listen to these days. I hope to g... : broly1718
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    Yeah, i don't understand why they would pick that song. It's a good song, but I can think of a ton of oth... : Speedy8
    • blackened... enough said :-) : atreus

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• well, considering this is a party type game, and some people love karoke, i think it will be a hit. : Antilles_Prime
• If you have somebody with low enough inhibitions, it can be a lot of fun. That might be the one aspect o... : SinistarX

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• I think the driving force here will be Mtv. They've found a nice way to distribute a whole bunch of musi... : SinistarX

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  Song compatible with Rock Band 2 = no more sales of Rock Band 1 = no more sport cars for the developers = : GodZilly
  • ... What? I think what famine was getting at is the idea that DLC for Rock Band 1 would work with Rock... : SinistarX

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• GH3 is being made by a different company and publisher (Neversoft+Activision). They'll do great selling i... : Serpico74
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  If the guitars are compatible I will get GH3 as well. : crummynz
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    Same here, unless a good chunk of the GH3 songs are also in Rock Band. And with "hundreds", that may well... : DOOManiac
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      That is the only reason I would pass on GH3. Otherwise I'm getting both. : Serpico74
      • Ditto. IMO, the bigger question is why buy any other guitar? The Rock Band ones have the most features bu... : node

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• Seriously. That would be so huge. : Serpico74
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  Best GH1 song to play. Played it probably 50 times. Only song I can play without visual aid. : pigvomit
  • I had a friend who probably played it a dozen times in a night, no joke. Fucker fell in love with that s... : khaosman
  • that and More Than A Feeling were my faves from GH I. : edgewise
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  Truth! Also needs more SRV, Hendrix, Satriani, Vai, Malmsteen, Metallica, Clapton... I could go on for a ... : Ctrl-Phreak
  • *rises from the dead* SRV!!!! *collapses* : edgewise
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  Needs more Pink Floyd. : Vincent Grayson
  • Oh hell yes. I would love to play the live version of Comfortably Numb that is on The Delicate Sound of T... : Ctrl-Phreak
  • Zepellin pls : khaosman
  • I will probably die from starvation if they release a Floyd album. : DapperDan

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  Who is "they" ? The company making rock band didn't make GH2 : batkiwi
  • "they" is Harmonix, and "they" did make GH2 and are currently making Rock Band. You're thinking of Nevers... : skankcore

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• Give me individual songs. : broly1718
• http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/07/11/guitar-hero-track-pack-4.aspx : batkiwi

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  I cannot wait. I need the full four player setup stat. : DinK
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    I put my money down last week after seeing that leaked video. Can't can't wait. : Serpico74
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      I wish I had the money and enough friends that played to bother. Can I come play yours? lol : Ctrl-Phreak
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        It has online! You won't run out of people to play with. :) : Serpico74
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          Oh, I didn't catch that, lol. It's still more fun to actually stand next to people and rock out though. I... : Ctrl-Phreak
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            Totally. Unfortunately most people I know prefer to stay home and play unless it is a party. Online is a ... : Serpico74
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              This will have to happen. I don't think we have a choice. Whenever and where ever it is, sign me up! : Ctrl-Phreak
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                I will beg Missylu to give me a ride again! : crummynz
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                  I'll totally come pick you up if I have to! : Ctrl-Phreak
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                    WE HAVE TO GET THE BAND BACK TOGETHER : Serpico74
                    • \m/ O_o \m/ : Ctrl-Phreak
      • You'll MAKE friends with this fucking thing. : lookitzpancakes
• I wholeheartedly agree with this post! This game is one of the HUGE reasons I bought an xbox 360. I did... : FormerHPB
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  I keep pressing my credit card against the computer screen and I still can't buy it harmonix let me buy i... : Deathlove
  • hahaha (they only take paypal right now) : milksop
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  If this ends up being true, and they don't drop the ball, then I'm going to wonder how they're ever going... : DOOManiac
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    A sequel would have to be a radical redesign of the game, enough to justify making downloads incompatable... : Serpico74
    • I'd wager that they'll still have in-store song packs that are equivalents of the DLC. Not everybody has ... : DOOManiac

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• it supports 4 player, and yes live support too : Maarten Goldstein
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  Anywhere from 1 to 4 players, either same room or over Live, in any combination. You and your girlfrie... : DOOManiac
  • lol, awesome : pun][sher
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    Wait... Live support too?? Sold motherfuckers.... Sold! : laidback
    • Both Rock Band and GH3 have live support. Though obviously it's a bigger deal w/ Rock Band. : DOOManiac

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• Yup, damn game is going to cost me ~$900 CDN I bet. :( : milksop

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  You can play by yourself and the computer will play the other instruments. : Chris Faylor
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    I might get this over Gh3 then just for the awesome guitar. : gmd
    • damn straight : buzzbat
• people are currently playing with themselves thinking about it anyway... : milksop

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  Anyone knowledge out there of which of those are covers vs. masters? : milksop
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    http://www.gamespot.com/news/6174229.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6174229 : Hatta
    • Damn, nice. I paniced at first thinking bold meant cover (no one wants to hear another fake STP), but loo... : milksop

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• There are fills at certain points during the songs, if you saw the Welcome to the Jungle video, there was... : Deathlove

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  damn, i want this so bad now. too bad i don't have a 360/ps3. does anyone know if the guitairs from the... : SolveChrist
  • The PS2 guitars don't work on the PS3 or the 360, so I'd guess no. : Serpico74
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  Yeah, I love that that is going to be the first full album. I'm glad that they have made it obvious that ... : Ctrl-Phreak
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    totally. look at that list!! It won't be long before "Back In Black" is on there along with Zep II and IV... : edgewise
    • All of Moving Pictures would be so freaking awesome. I could spend a whole day just playing the first sid... : Serpico74
    • I'm not going to hold my breath for any Zep. I can guarantee you they have already tried and they don't s... : Ctrl-Phreak

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  because they are owned by MTV : Maarten Goldstein
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    That's exactly what it comes down to. EA + MTV = a ton of clout. : prfectjon
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      More cash would be the reason I'd think but I can buy that as well. : alias
      • Isn't MTV owned by Viacom, which in turn owns recording studios? Not hard to get their entire catalog onl... : edgewise

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