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i quite like this idea. i guess it can save some microsoft points in mid year, although its only for a certain amount of songs, after that subscriptions gone, you'd have to buy tracks with ms points.
either way, i like this idea

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This sounds like an awesome idea but I think a Rhapsody-like service (Option) would be even better.

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horrible idea, especially if they are as slack releasing songs as they have been.. and the crap they put out.. what if no one likes the songs put out in the month, they are screwed out of a month

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This is a good idea in theory, but the "certain amount of songs per month" part worries me. What if nothing comes out in the span or four weeks that you like? Will your credited songs roll over to the next month, or do you just have to eat the cost?

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exactly, it is a bad idea. I buy a lot of Rock Band DLC, but I only buy the songs I like. I have probably bought a fifth of the available songs (It is actually a lot) but there are times when I buy everything in one week's release, and other times where I might go a month without getting anything.

Unless it allowed me to get everything, it would mean that on weeks where everything is good I couldn't get it all, and on weeks where nothing is good I would feel like I have to get something.

The reason that the Zune service and Rhapsody work is that they have thousands (millions?) of songs available at any one time, and you can pick a certain number of them to download each month. It wouldn't work if they had 100 songs, and released 6 new ones a month and allowed you to pick three of those each month.

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I dont like the idea at all due to how lax they have been with DLC in the past.
Adding in Subscription fees... very MMO like. Whats next being able to level up.
Having the current format where you buy the tracks you want and ignore the rest works best imo.

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I say they should first work on bringing my 40 or so songs of dlc from gh3 to world tour first.

There really great songs and I don't wanna let them go.

As far as the subscription goes, I'm sure it would only be an option if anything along side still being able to buy things as you see fit.

I wanna know if GHwt's dlc will try to seel at a price that is the same as RB or cheaper, or will they stay with the 500ms points for 3 tracks deal?

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I think activision needs to take a good look at itself for a second. They're dangerously close to over saturating the market. That 300 % more guitar hero line by 2010 from activision is kinda scary.
At some point people are will get sick of this I assure you. I would say they should really think about not releasing 2-3 guitar heros a year to something like 1 guitar hero every 2- 3 years.

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It's always a bad idea to rent your content. I'll stick with Rock Band and avoid the money vacuum that GH is trying to become.

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I think this would be a bad move. I have purchased well over 100 songs in Rock Band and plan to purchase many more as songs I like are released. But I have not spent a dime in the GH series because I can not get passed the thought that my investment is lost once they move on which happens very quickly.

I find myself looking at the history here and the facts that Activision/GH has not been able to provide a steady stream of DLC at any point in time. So with a track record like this, why would anyone but score whores purchase something like this when there is no guarantee in music availability or quality. Half of the stuff they have released contains one or two songs packaged with blah...

So in response, no, I would not waist my time or money on something like this. I buy what I like and only what I like. Prove to me that they can provide good music on a consistant basis and my response could be different.

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we all know activision is greedy, with the way GH3 songs are so overpriced. i doubt subscribing will bring the cost per song down much. and even though they've promised to increase their DLC, they've made similar promises in the past, and never come through. let me see some regular, good, DLC releases, then i'll think about this subscription thing.

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