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    Wow that is complete bullshit to charge $5 for essentially nothing.

    This shit is going to control the next console war because you know these songs will be tied to the service. So everyone invested into 360 with all their songs is going to buy a 720 or whatever the next version is.
    Sep 04, 2008 10:44am PDT
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    Wow that is complete bullshit to charge $5 for essentially nothing. This shit is going to control the ... : PorkasaurusThis person is cool!

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    • Yeah that makes no sense. This whole micro-transaction business is really getting out of hand. : JohnnyRey
    • what bullshit. : whistletits
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      Well, what would happen is that someone could rent the game and then get all of the songs transferred ins... : mittense
      • Not a bad idea really, $5 + rental gets you RB1 : PorkasaurusThis person is cool!
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      It's because of a licencing issue, the original agreement only allowed for those songs to be present in R... : TorpedoBeetle
      • Ding. : DeathloveThis person is cool!
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        "Nominal fee of $4.99 (400 Microsoft points) required for export of Rock Band 1 soundtrack to compensate : xsoulbrothaxThis person is cool!
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          Honestly, I'm surprised it's so little. About 9 cents a song. : TorpedoBeetle
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            Exactly. We're lucky to have it, I approve that they bothered to go to all the effort. : nodeThis person is cool!
            • and people are still pissed that they did something nice for us, and probably at their own expense, AND w... : xsoulbrothaxThis person is cool!
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          because we already paid for licensing fee when we bought the first one. when I buy a cd, I can play it in : -Panther-This person is cool!
          • That's when you buy a CD. The licence deal for the songs in Rock Band probably only allows for them to be... : TorpedoBeetle
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            So.. when you go buy a completely different CD do you expect those songs from the previous cd to be there... : deltadisco
            • It's more like expecting to be able to copy that CD you bought to your hard drive without having to pay a... : Vincent GraysonThis person is cool!
          • This isn't buying a CD. When they paid to license the tracks in the original Rockband, they probably paid... : FaykThis person is cool!
          • You aren't allowed to play that CD though on the radio, or as part of the soundtrack of a movie you are m... : s2jasonThis person is cool!
    • I think it's awesome that they're making Rock Band songs work in RB2 and $5.00 is a steal. : ThomWThis person is cool!
    • Essentially nothing? It lets you include the older songs without switching disks, they also get to be ... : deltadisco
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      Well you could have to switch out from RB2 to RB1 to play those songs, so I would be inclined to say toug... : oddroot
      • agreed...it's not like your rb1 disks will be unusable : Bumpmapped
    • You're essentially getting all of the RB1 songs as DLC for the price of a normal DLC pack. How is that b... : ch4ot1c0n3
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      Doesn't seem too crazy. $5 for the convenience of having all songs in one place. I'd rather pay $5 than $... : Sturm08
      • it costs $25 to transfer a character in wow? why : anal justice
    • You honestly think Harmonix wants to charge people 5 bucks? They already said they want to do it for free... : PhunkThis person is cool!
    • Yea I hate paying like no money for something that should cost $60...dam them. : SlingBlaze
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      Pork do you troll EVERY front page story or just some of them? : sammylThis person is cool!
      • every one that you read :D : jackomackThis person is cool!
    • I can't tell if this is serious, but LOL either way... : Begawkiness
    • You're right, it is essentially nothing, so you don't need to buy it. : thecrayThis person is cool!
    • it could have been horse armor : loganThis person is cool!
    • its basically 5 dollars so you dont have to change discs : dantasticThis person is cool!
    • If it's nothing then you wouldn't want to use it anyway, right? The rest of us will enjoy the meager c... : fingerThis person is cool!
    • I'm surprised it's so cheap. I think the complete opposite for you, you're getting a great convenience a... : DinKThis person is cool!