"I love the fact that activision is milking the franchise and pumping out lot of full games a year, because it means more tracks that i can spend my money on at a lower cost than DLC.Its interesting that everybody (and i realize its not everybody, but the kotaku article is just dripping with it, but what do i expect ts kotaku) trashes on activision for milking the cash cow of the franchise for releasing say three games in one year (plus the DS version), when that is probably much less total songs than HMX will release this year for RB2 as DLC and at a much higher unit pricepoint per song. Further I expect that those people making that argument typically are not only not accusing HMX/MTV of milking a cash cow but actually praising them for it as they go on to spend the same amount of money as it would cost to buy all three GH games on roughly half the number of RB2 DLC songs (50 50 85 = 185 songs for ~$180 for GH, and $180 buys you 90 songs at the $2 price point or ~130 songs if you average cost is ~1.50 per track if you are buying significant $1 sogns and bundles that end up at usually $1.65-$1.85 per track) or buying all or nearly all the songs anyways in RB2 and paying double the price those would be if they were arranged as games of 50-85 songs each. It cant of course help that Bobby Kotchik (or whatever his name is) seems to be a triple AAA asshole in the way he comports himself to fans and his competitors, but oh well. Personally i think neither one is milking the cash cow, they are just determining somthing that people might want ot buy via market research/knowledge of the industry, producing it, and then selling it at a price where they can generate enough sales to maximize their profit frm the transaction, ie capitalism in action. Even better that both companies have a slightly different method of delivery so that the consumer can differentiate between them and gravitate to purchasing the model that they like the best if they are strapped for cash and cannot easily follow both. Personally announcements such as this tend to sap further my already low desire to really buy any RB2 DLC for this year, at least until i have some idea of when a RB3 is coming, id rather save up and apply funds towards an actual new game, than towards tracks for a game ive already finished. Excepting that next time they come out with something that is narrowcasted to my precise tastes in goth/industrial (past examples Siouxsie or NIN) im sure ill break down and buy it anyways."
- Barfo
Quoted directly from http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopi ... &start=120

Now i know this is a long post but let me add my bit..

I love that they are giving me so many options. If they're able to put out so many games per year, then great! wouldn't other game companies do the same if they could? Aren't they trying to make money too? Is anyone forcing people to buy these guitar hero games? no. you have a choice. I love both guitar hero and rock band, and i KNOW i am not alone in saying that i would love to go back and play some of the older guitar hero songs on other instruments. Who wouldn't like to go back and sing Freebird? or play Six on drums? How about Play With Me on vocals? omg. yes please! It sounds like it "reeks of an easy cash grab" and yeah, maybe it is. but it also happens to be what a LOT of people have been wanting. they're supplying our demand. Our economy in action.

 

"I love the fact that activision is milking the franchise and pumping out lot of full games a year, because it means more tracks that i can spend my money on at a lower cost than DLC.Its interesting that everybody (and i realize its not everybody, but the kotaku article is just dripping with it, but what do i expect ts kotaku) trashes on activision for milking the cash cow of the franchise for releasing say three games in one year (plus the DS version), when that is probably much less total songs than HMX will release this year for RB2 as DLC and at a much higher unit pricepoint per song. Further I expect that those people making that argument typically are not only not accusing HMX/MTV of milking a cash cow but actually praising them for it as they go on to spend the same amount of money as it would cost to buy all three GH games on roughly half the number of RB2 DLC songs (50 50 85 = 185 songs for ~$180 for GH, and $180 buys you 90 songs at the $2 price point or ~130 songs if you average cost is ~1.50 per track if you are buying significant $1 sogns and bundles that end up at usually $1.65-$1.85 per track) or buying all or nearly all the songs anyways in RB2 and paying double the price those would be if they were arranged as games of 50-85 songs each. It cant of course help that Bobby Kotchik (or whatever his name is) seems to be a triple AAA asshole in the way he comports himself to fans and his competitors, but oh well. Personally i think neither one is milking the cash cow, they are just determining somthing that people might want ot buy via market research/knowledge of the industry, producing it, and then selling it at a price where they can generate enough sales to maximize their profit frm the transaction, ie capitalism in action. Even better that both companies have a slightly different method of delivery so that the consumer can differentiate between them and gravitate to purchasing the model that they like the best if they are strapped for cash and cannot easily follow both. Personally announcements such as this tend to sap further my already low desire to really buy any RB2 DLC for this year, at least until i have some idea of when a RB3 is coming, id rather save up and apply funds towards an actual new game, than towards tracks for a game ive already finished. Excepting that next time they come out with something that is narrowcasted to my precise tastes in goth/industrial (past examples Siouxsie or NIN) im sure ill break down and buy it anyways."
- Barfo
Quoted directly from http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopi ... &start=120

Now i know this is a long post but let me add my bit..

I love that they are giving me so many options. If they're able to put out so many games per year, then great! wouldn't other game companies do the same if they could? Aren't they trying to make money too? Is anyone forcing people to buy these guitar hero games? no. you have a choice. I love both guitar hero and rock band, and i KNOW i am not alone in saying that i would love to go back and play some of the older guitar hero songs on other instruments. Who wouldn't like to go back and sing Freebird? or play Six on drums? How about Play With Me on vocals? omg. yes please! It sounds like it "reeks of an easy cash grab" and yeah, maybe it is. but it also happens to be what a LOT of people have been wanting. they're supplying our demand. Our economy in action.