Muse DLC. Period.

[Dragonclaw]

To me, that reads like a thinly veiled way of saying:

"Muse aren't a popular band that is widely known by name alone, so we're not going to work on licensing them, even though there are people who really want to play their music in our game."


I think I'm just going to leave the forums behind me...

Really? Really? Personally I think saying that the band is just outside the top 10 most requested bands is a FAR cry from a thinly veiled dismissal...with thousands of bands out there, being in the top 50 even is pretty damn solid. Top 20 is probably some pretty solid company as well....U2, Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Rolling Stones...Sounds more to ME like they know it's widely requested and may be working on it, but we all know how it was / is...they MAY be working on it, Muse MAY be wanting too much $$$$, There MAY be some in the pipeline being worked on right now, they MAY even be under contract with someone else and we just haven't heard. They don't fill us in on the details for their licensing because they CAN'T, it's too easy to have something fall through and then they end up with more forum rage.

I'm a regular in that other juggernaut thread, the hair metal crowd...who was also a joke on these forums for a while, and with a huge thread, lots of posters and a solid poll it took us until recently to actually get more for DLC than just Motley Crue...and that's for an entire genre rather than just a single band. We usually got 1 disk song and that was it until we saw Bon Jovi and Poison recently, and hopefully there will be more. I have no doubt we'd have Muse by now if there wasn't some hold up and I'm pretty sure any hold ups are at least checked regularly to see if anything changed for the better.

[GNFfhqwhgads]

To me, that reads like a thinly veiled way of saying:

"Muse aren't a popular band that is widely known by name alone, so we're not going to work on licensing them, even though there are people who really want to play their music in our game."

That would be a possibility if the only bands we've had are the ones requested more than Muse. Unfortunately, I doubt Spoon, The Vines, and Hautewerk were more requested than Muse, so now you're basically TRYING to come up with ways to make it seem like Harmonix are personally out to get every Muse fan, even though Muse has more songs in the game than nearly every other band, and have a shorter stretch of no more appearances than a few, as well.

[xizorkatarn]

This is officially the most depressing corner of the internet of all time.

[Plutarch]

One thing I don't get about this thread is that everyone is so convinced that Harmonix is making a decision not to license more Muse songs just because they don't like the band or are sick of people asking or something like that.

You guys don't think HMX would love to bask in the screams of joy that would come with a Muse pack? (There would also be b*tching about whatever songs were missing or didn't have pro-guitar, but that's pretty much every week about everything) There's no DOWNSIDE to releasing more Muse, so I highly doubt HMX is opting not to. It's got to be some kind of hurdle coming from either Muse themselves or, more likely imo, their representation. Has anyone tried going to a Muse concert and holding up a big poster that says "MOAR MUSE DLC FOR ROCK BAND!" I wonder if they would react...

Like somebody said a few pages back, I think the best chance is whenever Muse releases another studio album. Then they will want some promotion and without Guitar Hero, Rock Band is it when it comes to music games (though they could try Rocksmith lololololol). But it seems REALLY counter-productive to look at every week's DLC and get all discouraged. I'm just about positive it's not going to show up out of the blue. I suspect any Muse DLC will be preceded by some kind of press release or fanfare...they'll want to milk the enthusiasm for all its worth.

[RHCPfan96]

Like somebody said a few pages back, I think the best chance is whenever Muse releases another studio album. Then they will want some promotion and without Guitar Hero, Rock Band is it when it comes to music games (though they could try Rocksmith lololololol). But it seems REALLY counter-productive to look at every week's DLC and get all discouraged. I'm just about positive it's not going to show up out of the blue. I suspect any Muse DLC will be preceded by some kind of press release or fanfare...they'll want to milk the enthusiasm for all its worth.

Good point.

[TheKrazyKatzzz]

Well, the other big chance will be when/if Rock Band 4 comes out, depending on the nature of Harmonix's European release, that would be the other crunch time to get more Muse.

[tone217]

One thing I don't get about this thread is that everyone is so convinced that Harmonix is making a decision not to license more Muse songs just because they don't like the band or are sick of people asking or something like that.

You guys don't think HMX would love to bask in the screams of joy that would come with a Muse pack? (There would also be b*tching about whatever songs were missing or didn't have pro-guitar, but that's pretty much every week about everything) There's no DOWNSIDE to releasing more Muse, so I highly doubt HMX is opting not to. It's got to be some kind of hurdle coming from either Muse themselves or, more likely imo, their representation. Has anyone tried going to a Muse concert and holding up a big poster that says "MOAR MUSE DLC FOR ROCK BAND!" I wonder if they would react...

Like somebody said a few pages back, I think the best chance is whenever Muse releases another studio album. Then they will want some promotion and without Guitar Hero, Rock Band is it when it comes to music games (though they could try Rocksmith lololololol). But it seems REALLY counter-productive to look at every week's DLC and get all discouraged. I'm just about positive it's not going to show up out of the blue. I suspect any Muse DLC will be preceded by some kind of press release or fanfare...they'll want to milk the enthusiasm for all its worth.

Totally agree with everything you say. I think the reason Jon Drake etc get so arsey about the whole thing is that there is absolutely nothing they can do and (for whatever reason) their lips have to remain sealed. Unfortunately, it doesn't do Harmonix any favours for the pitchfork-wielding Muse massive....

[AshtrayHeart]

One thing I don't get about this thread is that everyone is so convinced that Harmonix is making a decision not to license more Muse songs just because they don't like the band or are sick of people asking or something like that.

You guys don't think HMX would love to bask in the screams of joy that would come with a Muse pack? (There would also be b*tching about whatever songs were missing or didn't have pro-guitar, but that's pretty much every week about everything) There's no DOWNSIDE to releasing more Muse, so I highly doubt HMX is opting not to. It's got to be some kind of hurdle coming from either Muse themselves or, more likely imo, their representation. Has anyone tried going to a Muse concert and holding up a big poster that says "MOAR MUSE DLC FOR ROCK BAND!" I wonder if they would react...

Like somebody said a few pages back, I think the best chance is whenever Muse releases another studio album. Then they will want some promotion and without Guitar Hero, Rock Band is it when it comes to music games (though they could try Rocksmith lololololol). But it seems REALLY counter-productive to look at every week's DLC and get all discouraged. I'm just about positive it's not going to show up out of the blue. I suspect any Muse DLC will be preceded by some kind of press release or fanfare...they'll want to milk the enthusiasm for all its worth.

I heard it's an annoying (and highly expensive) obstacle to license their tracks at this point. It's not impossible, they're just having trouble licensing the songs.

[GNFfhqwhgads]

I heard it's an annoying (and highly expensive) obstacle to license their tracks at this point. It's not impossible, they're just having trouble licensing the songs.

That was never stated by anyone with any knowledge of the licensing.

[ZombieJeebus]

So.....um.....this thing here....

http://www.gamingexcellence.com/xbox...20110729.shtml

says that Rocksmith is getting Muse song.

The song list looks impressive, with over 50 songs ranging from Muse, The White Stripes, Rolling Stones, Nirvana, and Tom Petty. There are even some newer songs available from groups including White Denim and Red Fang.

On the bright side, I guess Muse is available to be licensed outside GH games, if there was ever a question of that.