So... the Gamestop "3 free exclusives" didn't save me a dime

[RolandOfGilead]

Actually, getting the 3 Sgt. Pepper songs would have certainly been better. You'll need to purchase the album to play the medley on the PS360, which requires you to re-buy songs. We were told about the medley when the future album DLC was released, which was before the game was even out. However, with Sgt. Peppers you can buy the rest as singles, therefore saving money.

But it's too late now.

It's still cheaper to buy the whole album for Sgt. Pepper, even if you do get 3 songs free. At least it is for me. I got my 4000 XBox Live points for 40 bucks, so I only paid $13.60 for the whole A. R. album. If you D/L an entire album, you should be able to use the codes to get it for fewer points.

[SiriusLestrange]

It's still cheaper to buy the whole album for Sgt. Pepper, even if you do get 3 songs free. At least it is for me. I got my 4000 XBox Live points for 40 bucks, so I only paid $13.60 for the whole A. R. album. If you D/L an entire album, you should be able to use the codes to get it for fewer points.

Well if you think about it there are 8 songs left on Sgt. Peppers. $2.00 each would be $16.00. Since there is always a discount for the album it might be actually $14.50 -$15.00, somewhere around there. The three free song downloads knock off 3 songs so from 8 songs to buy you go to 5. 5x$2.00 = $10.00. So there you go you save about 4-5 dollars with the three free songs on Sgt. Peppers.

[Arch27]

You could have waited to find out all the information about the DLC before you redeemed the codes............

Thank yourself.

They strong arm you into choosing something immediately. They also threatened that the codes will expire if you don't use them. IIRC they claimed the codes expired at the end of September if you didn't redeem them.

[T-Hybrid]

They strong arm you into choosing something immediately.

Immediately being after you buy the game, and after the DLC schedule for the game was already announced. This thread is just another person not paying attention whining after it bites them in the butt.

It's too bad the world isn't idiot proof.

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PS: I don't believe the words "exclusive" were ever involved with the promotion. Not to mention that the "from upcoming releases" was printed quite clearly on the promotional poster.

Reading: It's not just for smart people.

[Ehfahq]

They strong arm you into choosing something immediately. They also threatened that the codes will expire if you don't use them. IIRC they claimed the codes expired at the end of September if you didn't redeem them.

They strong arm you? Thats funny. Because I havent picked my three free songs. (Hell, I gave it away)

The code expired last month? I could have sworn it says it expires on 12/31/09.
I could be wrong.

And if I am. Screw it.

Its six freak'n dollars.

[Daytrip]

You could have waited to find out all the information about the DLC before you redeemed the codes............

Thank yourself.

this.

Not that Gamestop did everything right, but if you as a customer are that concerned over it you should have waited until you knew the details prior to picking your songs. Have some accountability for your actions.

[AKALink]

Who cares it's only $2.

on a side note $2 can feed two starving children in a 3rd world country for a day. Or one child for two days.

[T-Hybrid]

The code expired last month? I could have sworn it says it expires on 12/31/09.

Like I said earlier:

Reading: It's not just for smart people.

[LuigiHann]

I'm really tired of hearing people bashing the ones who used codes on Abbey Road songs. If the complaints were "Hey, I used my free codes on Abbey Road, but now I have to buy the whole album to get the 16-minute medley track!" then we could all point and laugh at them for not reading the readily-available fine print. But that's not what people are complaining about.

Given the information available in September, a perfectly reasonable and intelligent human being could make the decision that they don't care about playing the 16-minute medley in one go, because they'd only want to play the songs in short chunks anyway. So based on that decision, one might reasonably choose to use some or all of the free codes toward Abbey Road, believing that they could buy the remaining songs they wanted.

These are all reasonable assumptions and decisions, and it's absurd to insult people for them. While some speculated that the more flowing-together parts of the medley would be grouped and sold together, no one anticipated that the "DLC Details" information released in late October would vary so much from the "DLC Announcement" information available in September.

How would the people who used their codes toward Sgt Pepper feel if suddenly "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Reprise / A Day In The Life" was exclusive to the full album purchasers? And then, people mocked you for not paying attention, and for making bad assumptions? I used my codes toward Sgt Pepper with the assumption that I'd be able to buy the remaining songs, but there's no information available that guarantees that I will be able to do so. It's just a reasonable assumption.

I don't think that there's anything Harmonix needs to do, since it was GameStop's thing, but I think they people whose codes have become worthless to them at least deserve the right to feel bummed about it without being mocked for not anticipating events that really couldn't reasonably be anticipated.

[west siide]

^^^^ This.

The information post-release was ambiguous at best.

Clearly, I would have chosen the Sgt. Pepper songs if I KNEW that the only way to get the medley was to purchase the ENTIRE album in a single purchase.

Losing 3 free codes aren't the end of the world - it's disappointing - but to ridicule others for not knowing something that wasn't clear is really a bit silly.

I can understand if it was just a few people had this problem, but MANY people had this problem, so there's no doubt there was enough ambiguity about the situation to cause confusion.