The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution
09-19-12, 07:11 AM
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Yes, it is. Also, it's way easier to get promotional codes from MS than it is from Sony. Also, filesharing puts a big dent in HMX's profits on the PS3 side.
09-19-12, 07:16 AM
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^Sony has cut down on filesharing quite a bit. You can only share DLC between 2 PS3's now instead of five.
09-19-12, 08:25 AM
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I've purchased quite a few sale songs. There are probably 20-30 songs that I would have otherwise passed on at $2.
09-19-12, 09:34 PM
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09-19-12, 10:22 PM
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Having said all that, they did finally get it updated, so now it works. Time to see if the rest (White Stripes, Phoenix, etc.) updated too!
09-20-12, 06:01 AM
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Quite sure. I'm looking at Queen Pack 01 listed under the "SALE!" heading in the Music Store, accessed through Rock Band Blitz. The item page says it's 640 points, but then the price would change when you went to check out.
Having said all that, they did finally get it updated, so now it works. Time to see if the rest (White Stripes, Phoenix, etc.) updated too!
Having said all that, they did finally get it updated, so now it works. Time to see if the rest (White Stripes, Phoenix, etc.) updated too!
Originally Posted by HMXMisterGame
More info from our Music Producers:
Apparently people are being charged the correct amount, despite the fact that the purchase dialog has the old prices. We're in contact with Microsoft and are working on the issue. It appears that the change is simply taking much longer than anticipated. About half the items are showing correctly.
We are trying to speed things up, but worst case if we can't figure out a quicker fix things will work themselves out over the next 24 hours or so.
Apparently people are being charged the correct amount, despite the fact that the purchase dialog has the old prices. We're in contact with Microsoft and are working on the issue. It appears that the change is simply taking much longer than anticipated. About half the items are showing correctly.
We are trying to speed things up, but worst case if we can't figure out a quicker fix things will work themselves out over the next 24 hours or so.
09-20-12, 12:13 PM
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I swear the Xbox infrastructure must be like Jenga. All it's going to take is one problem and the whole thing would fall apart.
09-20-12, 12:27 PM
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So are the Community Challenges a failure in general or is Harmonix just over-zealous in their expectations?
Boston is 20% done but 50% of the time has passed. I'm sure the release of Borderlands 2 hasn't helped nor the massive DLC sale, but this is, I think, the third consecutive failure.
I think it would be way easier if you could play a setlist of songs and had the grouping options of RB3. Beating a dead horse, but after the album challenges (BSSM, Moving Pictures) and now, since Boston is essentially an album challenge, it would be so much more enjoyable to sort that way and play it straight through in the proper order.
Boston is 20% done but 50% of the time has passed. I'm sure the release of Borderlands 2 hasn't helped nor the massive DLC sale, but this is, I think, the third consecutive failure.
I think it would be way easier if you could play a setlist of songs and had the grouping options of RB3. Beating a dead horse, but after the album challenges (BSSM, Moving Pictures) and now, since Boston is essentially an album challenge, it would be so much more enjoyable to sort that way and play it straight through in the proper order.
09-20-12, 01:09 PM
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Weren't there Jimi Hendrix packs available? Are they not on sale, or do I have to buy every song individually?
09-20-12, 01:25 PM
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There's also an Experience Hendrix pack consisting of some Electric Ladyland tracks and a few others, but it's RB3 DLC so it's not on sale.
09-20-12, 04:06 PM
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I'll probably pick up that second Green Day Pack and Liztomania by Phoenix (I just bought their other song to play on Blitz a couple of weeks ago).
I had no idea before this sale that Simon & Garfunkel tracks were on Rock Band. As much as I loved that group growing up, I'm not sure their material would be much fun to play on Rock Band...
Do we know for sure this sale lasts longer than a Week? I'm pretty sure that's what someone said here, but Sony is listing these sales as one-week only.
09-21-12, 08:53 AM
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Actually, this is kind of gross when you think about it. I guess it's okay for people that like Green Day but couldn't be bothered to buy the full release, even on its deepest of deep discounts. The fact that it's just an extraction of those songs is sort of offensive. At least update them for RB3.
It's worth noting that none of those songs are from Dookie, American Idiot, or 21st Century Breakdown.
It's worth noting that none of those songs are from Dookie, American Idiot, or 21st Century Breakdown.
DLC Week of 9/25 - Green Day 5 Pack! "Oh Love" Plus 4 GDRB Classics as DLC!
Hey gang,
On September 25th, multi-platinum selling and Grammy Award winning group Green Day will release ¡Uno! , the first of the ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! studio album trilogy. On that same day “Oh Love,” the first single from ¡Uno! – the band’s ninth studio album – will be available on the Rock Band Music Store!
Fans can also pick up four other Green Day hits which were previously only available as part of Green Day Rock Band: “Brain Stew/Jaded,” “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life),” “Warning,” and “Minority”.
These four songs, along with “Oh Love,” will be available as part of “Green Day Pack 03” or can be purchased individually from the Rock Band Music Store!
Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation®3 system (September 25th, 2012):
• Green Day – “Brain Stew/Jaded”
• Green Day – “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)”
• Green Day – “Warning”
• Green Day – “Minority”
• Green Day – “Oh Love” O
Hey gang,
On September 25th, multi-platinum selling and Grammy Award winning group Green Day will release ¡Uno! , the first of the ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! studio album trilogy. On that same day “Oh Love,” the first single from ¡Uno! – the band’s ninth studio album – will be available on the Rock Band Music Store!
Fans can also pick up four other Green Day hits which were previously only available as part of Green Day Rock Band: “Brain Stew/Jaded,” “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life),” “Warning,” and “Minority”.
These four songs, along with “Oh Love,” will be available as part of “Green Day Pack 03” or can be purchased individually from the Rock Band Music Store!
Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation®3 system (September 25th, 2012):
• Green Day – “Brain Stew/Jaded”
• Green Day – “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)”
• Green Day – “Warning”
• Green Day – “Minority”
• Green Day – “Oh Love” O
09-21-12, 09:03 AM
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On the bright side, at least I won't need to spend any additional money those weeks.
09-21-12, 09:07 AM
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Yeah and ironically people will spend more to get them this way instead of finding a cheap copy and doing the export.
I sure hope there's some talk of doing this for Beatles, though. It would be so nice to finally have that stuff in the single library.
I sure hope there's some talk of doing this for Beatles, though. It would be so nice to finally have that stuff in the single library.
09-21-12, 09:17 AM
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Agreed. I would love to be able to export all the Beatles songs off the disc and the DLC albums that I bought to be playable in RB3/Blitz.
09-21-12, 10:28 AM
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I rarely play TB:RB and I would play those tracks (all disc songs plus all DLC) 10x more if I could play them in RB3 but I've accepted that it'll never happen
09-21-12, 10:42 AM
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Green Day was already cleared for export, they're just giving you another way to get it. Beatles has always been restricted from the other titles and I don't see this changing any time soon.
I rarely play TB:RB and I would play those tracks (all disc songs plus all DLC) 10x more if I could play them in RB3 but I've accepted that it'll never happen
I rarely play TB:RB and I would play those tracks (all disc songs plus all DLC) 10x more if I could play them in RB3 but I've accepted that it'll never happen
I've got Green day exported from the disc when it first came out.
09-21-12, 10:47 AM
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Exactly, just because they haven't been cleared for export doesn't mean they won't be cleared for export. Adding keys and some pro modes would be awesome.
Eventually they'll go back to Apple and the Shareholders and say there's more money to be made by doing that. I know I'd pay all over again.
I totally understand not wanting those avatars being used to sing System of a Down songs (like Activision got in trouble with with Guitar Hero), but there's not wrong with generic avatars singing Beatles songs.
Paul, Wings, John, and Dhani have made the leap, it's not unreasonable to keep hope alive.
Eventually they'll go back to Apple and the Shareholders and say there's more money to be made by doing that. I know I'd pay all over again.
I totally understand not wanting those avatars being used to sing System of a Down songs (like Activision got in trouble with with Guitar Hero), but there's not wrong with generic avatars singing Beatles songs.
Paul, Wings, John, and Dhani have made the leap, it's not unreasonable to keep hope alive.
09-21-12, 04:13 PM
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I'm not at all offended by the latest Green Day pack. I have the Green Day game, I've exported the songs, end of story. If HMX feels there's money to be made (at the most cynical) or fan service to be cultivated (at the most innocent) so be it. Why get all bent out of shape over this? The RB forums act like HMX decided to just make every piece of DLC not compatible with every RB game and Blitz. Talk about spoiled babies.
It doesn't impact me except that there's four less songs for me to buy this week. But I do get to pick up the latest GD song (which just happens to be a big old current hit as I type this.) And I'll get it for free because of a certain Blitz giveaway. Nothing wrong with that.
Hopefully, next week we'll get some awesome 80s or something else I'll like. But if not, I still have Blitz, RB3, Madden, Borderlands 2, etc. Basically, I'm good. No problem here.
It doesn't impact me except that there's four less songs for me to buy this week. But I do get to pick up the latest GD song (which just happens to be a big old current hit as I type this.) And I'll get it for free because of a certain Blitz giveaway. Nothing wrong with that.
Hopefully, next week we'll get some awesome 80s or something else I'll like. But if not, I still have Blitz, RB3, Madden, Borderlands 2, etc. Basically, I'm good. No problem here.
09-21-12, 04:21 PM
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I think it's a lose-lose position. Either they do what they did and it's essentially a wasted week for the users or they update them with RB3 functionality then people with GD:RB cry foul.
It's just kind of baffling, though not necessarily unprecedented after the country retail disc, for example, eventually coming out as DLC.
It's just kind of baffling, though not necessarily unprecedented after the country retail disc, for example, eventually coming out as DLC.