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MTV Games and Harmonix announced this morning that the first full album for The Beatles: Rock Band will be Abbey Road. It will be available for Xbox 360 and Wii on October 20 and PlayStation 3 on October 22. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band will be available in November and Rubber Soul in December
The game disc already comes with “Come Together,” “Something,” “Octopus’s Garden,” “I Want You (She’s So Heavy),” “Here Comes The Sun” and “The End” so that leaves the following tracks:
- Maxwell's Silver Hammer
- Oh! Darling
- Because
- A B-side 16 minute medley, containing: "You Never Give Me Your Money”Sun King”/ “Mean Mr. Mustard," Polythene Pam”/ “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window,” "Golden Slumbers”/ “Carry That Weight”/ “The End” and "Her Majesty”
The individual tracks will cost the standard Rock Band price of $1.99. But, interestingly, the medley can't be purchased separately. It must be bought as part of the whole album which will cost $16.99. That seems to roughly work out to $1.99 a song, depending on your definition of the word "song."
Which brings me to the idea of value: Is 17 bucks too much to pay for half a Beatles album? To me, a Beatles fan, it's not... but it is expensive enough to make me stop and wonder, for a split second, if I'm being taken advantage of here... what do you think? Is the pricing fair?
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Syzgu
I don't think it's price right, but I'll still be getting. The Beatles are my favorite band though.
keithwink
I have the Wii version and right now it only allows you to download each song individually. I called harmonix support and they couldnt tell me why the full album download is unavailable. I want to download the full album so I can play the medley. Can anyone offer any better support than harmonix?
EQWashu
What sucks on my end is I chose Maxwell's Silver Hammer as one of my 3 free songs, if I knew this was happening, I would've chose another from Sgt. Pepper
ANDREtheGAMER
As a Beatles fan, I too will buy it without hesitation. But man, it's a good thing I got this seasonal job.
Zuul
I think it's absurd that 3 songs plus a medley (all in all to count as at MOST 3 songs) should cost 17 bucks as DLC. It's taking advantage of the fan base that will be buying it regardless. They could sell Maxwell's Silver Hammer by itself for 10 bucks and people would buy it. It's price gouging of a captive market. Of course we've bought the game and have the "choice" of whether we want to buy DLC or not, but it's not even a choice! There were only 45 songs on the disc (46?) and most of us are starving for more. Unfair, overpriced, expensive, and just plain MEAN.
That said, I'll be buying it the second it's available. DAMNIT!!
MrOtter88
The 16 minute medley is totally worth it. My favorite string of songs in rock n roll, and the main reason I wanted this album. Im stoked they linked em together the way they should be.
max1million
well, it sells for the same price as regular rockband tracks, which is approximately $.70 more than itunes, but the beatle songs get entirely new backgrounds and animations, which rockband doesn't have, therefore, it's an awesome price
Notafanboythatiknow
I do not think this songs patch is worth $17; maybe $10 dollars. Abbey Road is a unique albums with very small songs. Playing them as a meddling will be fine, but I do not like the sensation of start getting into a song and then skip to a new one. I will pass on this one and wait for Sgt. Pepper's and Rubber Soul.
Personally, I think Harmonix should released another album (with full, separated songs) first. I love The Beatles: Rock Band and want all the albums to come out as dlc. I understand that Harmonix want to see if people buy the announced dlc in order to release more in the future. I hope this dlc sales, but I am not sure it will. I can't wait for November and December to come around.
Ntendo
Holy overly expensive DLC Batman!
RinceJester
I can see it being worth it if they give new, I will just call it charts, to the old songs that came with the original game. If not I don't think that it is worth it and it is at the point of taking advantage of the customer base.
BertSaxby
It's going to depend on what else the 'album' DLC offers beyond the tracks as to whether it is a rip-off or not.
martyring
I don't think the price is TOO bad. I bought an Abbey Road LP at Best Buy for $15, and I can't even play along on fake instruments with that.
Warrior_Elite11
Must agree with you Stephen, despite the price, I'm still buying. Well worth it to me...
sylvansorrow
Ill be getting it midnight tonight hopefully :-P
BONERJAM
Although I love this game I dont think I'm going to be getting any of the dlc for it.
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