The ability to extend Guitar Hero with downloadable songs was main reason I made the investment in the next-gen version. Investment is the right word, too: I choked down that ninety dollars with a lot of twisting and full-body spasms. It was like an anaconda swallowing a sheep. But the idea that I'd be able to snag expansions and classic tracks straight over the wire was some comfort.
The pricing on these new songs is simply a bad call - and knowing that Guitar Hero III is going to hit in a few short months makes me wonder how valuable this stopgap content actually is. Five hundred points (or $6.25, in human money) for a three song pack is the work of a diseased mind. These things should be priced like gumballs, obvious to any person who passes by. Bundle them together. Something. Something that would make me feel like less of an idiot for buying your product again.
I understand that the songs are now 5.1, and that they include the second track for co-operative play - it isn't just the old shit hurled up on the auction block. The pricing is still extortionary, and I've bought my last track.
(CW)TB
April 11, 2007
