Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Rock Band DLC

So far, Rock Band has been out for a total of 9 weeks. Every single week, Harmonix has released at least 3 songs worth of downloadable content (or DLC). The range of bands has been pretty incredible:

30 Seconds to Mars
All-American Rejects
Black Crowes
Black Sabbath
Blink 182
Buzzcocks
Creedence Clearwater Revival
David Bowie
Foreigner
Iron Maiden
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Metallica
Queens of the Stone Age
Radiohead
Rush
Stone Temple Pilots
Sweet
The Clash
The Hives
The Knack
The Monkees
The Police
The Pretenders
The Ramones
The Runaways
The Sounds
T-Rex
Weezer
Wolfmother

And yet, there are still people complaining that the DLC "sucks," or doesn't have enough rock/metal/punk/classic/pop/emo/nu-rock/grunge/flavor-of-the-week. Either that, or they like the bands but wish other songs had been chosen, so therefore the DLC "sucks." In tandem with that, they take issue with paying, at most, $1.99 per track, even though a single song on iTunes costs a buck, and all you can do is passively listen to it.

Personally, I think 2 bucks is a steal for some of these songs, and I've discovered quite a bit of music I otherwise never would have been exposed to. But then again, if you're a pimple-faced 16 year-old who only listens to growling death metal, those bands don't interest you, and you can't afford 2 bucks a song on your McDonald's paycheck after buying all that Clearasil.

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