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They are criminals....500 points!!

Are they f--king kidding?? If anyone buys any of these your a f--king idiot in plain English....

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No one should buy these packs at that price. Whoever decided the pricing structure on this is either greedy, idiotic or both. I make plenty of purchases on XBL and have very much enjoyed GH2, but this is just too extreme.

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Bleh. 500 for five songs would have been a more reasonable price.

Of course it will still sell. Horse Armor sold, MS and Bethesda have noted this, so there are a number of people out there who just don't give a damn what they pay.

Me, I'm holding out for original content.

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I really wanted these packs, but $2 a song is crazy! I might as well just buy a used ps2 and a used guitar hero 1 game /w controller, and it will probably come out to $100.

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I will never purchase additional tracks at that price.

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500 points! for 3 songs!! suddenly, 2400 for a 30+ hour expansion isnt seeming all that steep...

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500 MS pts.

What Horse S**T. I played both GH 1 and 2 on the PS2. Both are great games with great songs, but in no way are either worth this kind of rape. I say F**K YOU to both Micro$oft and RedOctane for this robbery.

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I'm starting to wonder how much of this is really the developers fault. Pricing seems too high almost straight across the board for most developers.

Where did 'microtransactions' go? You know, paying pennies to gain content. I recall reading things in almost that exact working. Pennies for content. Last I checked I have yet to really see that.

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+1 to ignoring DLC until the prices are reasonable.

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I agree w/ the first poster. 500 points is way over priced. And all 47 songs for nearly $100?!?! Youve got to be kidding me. So, you buy a game for 60 bux now a days, and to fully enjoy it get the full potential of it, you need to continuously empty your wallet.
From stupid Gamer Pics/Themes, to cheesy (but sometimes fun) Arcade games, to newer maps (like GoW which the creating company Epic wanted to be free) to this none sense w/ guitar hero. Companies like MS continue to 'rape' its loyal costumers.
I know there will be stupid people (or people with plenty of money to throw away) that will purchase all this, but I hope the majority do not. Gradually and strongly send a message that we are not all as dumb as they think we are.The greed in this country is enough to make you sick.

The entertainment value of a game that costs 60 bux and then 50 a year to play online (not including price of the internet) should last much longer without having to purchase extra or new content.

DO NOT PAY FOR THIS CRAP. THE MORE WHO DONT GIVE IN THE BIGGER THE MESSAGE THAT IS SENT. REFUSE TO GET MILKED FOR EVERY DAMN DIME AND NICKEL!

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That is freaking insane! I guess holding onto the PS2 version was definately a good idea. 500 points for 3 songs is possibly the stupidest thing to happen to Market Place as of yet.

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That price is f'ing STUPID.

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ive been deeply disappointed by red octanes pricing scheme.

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I remember watching a video interview with one of the developers and he was saying that they wanted the songs to be no more than 1 dollar each. I don't know where that went, but this is pretty crappy. I might buy them anyway since I did get 1600 free points from Circuit City when I bought the game, but I haven't decided yet. I like to think that if I hold out buying them that it will "send a message" to MS and Co. but realistically I know it won't.

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i got the free 1600 points card at Circuit City when i got my copy of GHII, but i'm still wavering on getting these packs right away. still, chances are that the price will either hold as is for each pack, or that once the outcry becomes large enough, MS will drop the price a little and refund to some extent those that paid the original price.

in that vein, i'll probably pick them up after work. heh.

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This is insane. I love Guitar Hero, I never played the first one so I was eager so spend $.99 (The same price Microsoft charges per song on URGE) or even $1.20 per song. But at just about $2.00 per song it becomes way too expensive to justify the purchase. Vote with your wallet, and your keyboard. Don't buy the songs and send Microsoft a (friendly) email letting them know you won't purchase their overpriced songs.

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I could kind of understand if this was original content, but all these saongs ARE FROM GH1 SO STOP RIPPING US OFF YOU BUNCH OF DAMN GREEDY PIRATES.wHAT THE HELL, WE SHOULD JUST CHANGE THE NAME OF THE CBLM to Exploit The Consumer!

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I forgot to mention this -

Why the hell werent these songs and more already put into the game anyways?! They shouldve put as many songs into the game as they could fit. But of course we all know they did it on purpose so they could make more money.
You should be able to chose the songs individually as well for a buck or less. End of story

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then again, everyone on the planet remotely interested in GHII had a preconceived notion of what the value and cost of a downloadable track should be, which had nothing to do with market reality and MS pricing policies, so naturally, people are pissed. they're pissed because of an unsubstantiated preconception.

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They've really taken the "micro" out of microtransactions.

Normally I don't find myself personally insulted by a price. But this feels a bit like when I was in Mexico and I'd inquire about the price of something and they'd say "for you senor, only 1000 pesos" In other words, "you look like a sucker who would pay 3 times what it's worth"

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