Odd as it may sound, there's new Guitar Hero II (yes, GHII) content on the Marketplace today and we guess we're going indie. The GHII "Indie Label Pack" features three songs for 500 Microsoft points including "State of Massachusetts" by Dropkick Murphys, "You Should Be Ashamed of Myself" by The Bled and "Memories of the Grove" by Maylene & The Sons of Disaster. Again, this is new content for GHII and not GHIII which makes our head quirk to the side a bit, but we guess that's some hardcore product support. Or maybe the powers that be just want to milk us for every last dime we have. That has to be it, those dirty milkers![Thanks, Joe]
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11-30-2007 @ 11:29AM
zlionsfan said...
DLC for GH II? Great! They're finally working on more songs from GH I ...
... what? Oh. Well, maybe next time.
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11-30-2007 @ 11:38AM
dunnypop said...
man........ why couldn't they just make this for GH 3?
the bled. yay. a little too late though. it's all about Rock Band now.
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11-30-2007 @ 11:50AM
itsburnsie said...
Bwah ha ha!
That picture is classic.
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11-30-2007 @ 12:12PM
DemonGSides said...
The Dropkick Murphy's almost make it worth that, though "Shipping Off to Boston" would've made it a must buy.
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11-30-2007 @ 9:37PM
Ryan said...
Indeed. When I saw Dropkick Murphy's I got all excited momentarily. "I'm Shipping up to Boston" would have made for an A-W-E-S-O-M-E GH song.
11-30-2007 @ 12:22PM
burgerbat said...
You can milk a cat, too. You can milk anything with nipples.
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11-30-2007 @ 12:32PM
Tony said...
To me, the better question is why can't all of these songs work in GHIII as well? They're both from Activision and I'm sure it would have been possible.
I mean, I guess you could claim "more money" from one angle... but then on the other side, there's a LOT of people with GHIII that likely don't have II. It opens up their potential sales so much that it'd make up for it.
I don't get this stuff. It's starting to really bother me. Rock Band is going to have so much DLC clearly, but what happens if RB2 hits the 360? Nothing I ever bought would work?
I'm just worried about the seemingly inevitable day when I'm going to be asked to buy songs from GHII for GHIII that I've already downloaded. GHI at least had the excuse of not being on the 360.
I don't know why interviews with these companies never bring this concept up.
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11-30-2007 @ 12:47PM
burgerbat said...
Word. I've wondered this too. I don't see why I can't have all my DLC from GHII work in GHIII. I mean, I BOUGHT it. For example, if I buy a new iPod, all the MP3s I purchased on iTunes will play on it. I know there's a difference in the service, it's a video game, yadayada, but the basic concept is the same.
And, Tony, you bring up a good point that it could open the door for a little more sales for DLC in GHIII, when they've already been outdone by Rock Band in terms of amount of content released. I would think that Harmonix probably plans to include past RB DLC in any future RBs. They seem to have a better understanding of their market's desires...Phase was an example of this, using your own music as the game...plus, with all that "RB is a 'platform'" speak, they better...
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11-30-2007 @ 12:53PM
James said...
Burgerbat, apparently "the XBL consumer" has nipples -- see your earlier comment.
11-30-2007 @ 1:01PM
burgerbat said...
Yeah, my nipples are actually really tender from all the milking done by MS.
11-30-2007 @ 12:57PM
dunnypop said...
I think Harmonix said that Rock Band is going to be the ultimate game... I don't see them releasing Rock Band 2 anytime soon. They pretty much have a solid game. I can see a Rock Band special edition (with the DLC included on the disc).
on a side note, I'm sure GH 4 will be out shortly... with added bosses and more weapons for boss battles (sarcasm).
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11-30-2007 @ 1:12PM
AnOffday said...
Why ignore a game just because a sequel is out?
To the people whining: go out and buy 2 if you want these songs.
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11-30-2007 @ 1:18PM
burgerbat said...
I think you're missing the point. Alot of people own GHII already, bought a bunch of content, and think that Activision should make their DLC accessible across all GH iterations. What is so fundamentally different in songs from GHII that makes it so they can't work in GHIII? BTW, all the songs in this pack are shit, so don't think I'm upset because I can't listen to "The Bled", whoever the fuck they are.
11-30-2007 @ 4:09PM
Joe said...
Yeah, I get credit for this one! Hells yes!
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11-30-2007 @ 6:38PM
quesadia said...
come on if your gonna get bands not many have heard of pull some European death metal and not this stuff
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12-03-2007 @ 6:15PM
Jay said...
Or maybe some of us haven't bought GHIII and but still want to play some new songs...
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