Unofficial "We Refuse to Spend $3 On One Song" Thread

[lotr rocks 0]

i support this thread, I won't be buying anything for $3 unless its an amazing song

[Lord_Mhoram]

I tend to agree, although there are some songs I'd pay 3 bucks for.

If it is a song I know, and love (like Idol's Dancing with Myself) I'll spring the extra buck. However....

I like Blondie, but I Atomic is a "meh" song to me. Smashing Pumkins are a band I don't mind but not a huge fan of. Those songs that I would have happily bought at 2 bucks, I won't bother to get at 3.

For the most part, I tend to look at DLC the way I do going shopping at a second hand or thrift store - I'm not looking for a particular thing, I'm looking for something that strikes my interest that I am willing to try out. Over half of the DLC I have are by bands I barely know, or never heard of - or songs I don't have a strong attachment to from bands I do know. Few DLC are "going to look to buy this particular song" category - Rush, Queen and a few others for me.

The 3 Dollar price tag moves anything priced that way out of casual interest purchase and solidly into the "Must have this song" purchase category. So if EMI stays with this pricing model, a fair number of songs that I would have purchased are going to sit in the store unpurchased.

[Thom1234]

Yeah, it should be:

Unsigned Band 1-6 minutes: $1
Unsigned Band 7+ minutes: $2
Signed Band 1-6 minutes: $2

In my eyes, no length under 10 minutes could possibly justify charging 3$. I wouldn't even pay $3 for Led Zep, and, while many say they would, I'm sure they wouldn't if the situation actually became reality.

EDIT: Also, this thread isn't "I won't spend $3 on a song unless I really like it." It's "I won't spend $3 on any song." I REALLY love Atomic, but I'm never spending 240MSP on it.

[Markleford]

Remember that RBN authors, through the XNA system, can change their prices on a quarterly or semi-annual basis.

I imagine that they'll be dropping to 160 MSP at first opportunity.

- m

[T-Hybrid]

What a hypocrite. First you dictate that all "obscure" bands shouldn't be allowed to charge more than $1, and now somebody charges $3 and you open this whiny, self-important ego-stroking fest to insult them.

And serioulsy, WTF is this?

However, it is being sold for 240MSP/$3, in a blatant effort by a dying label in a decaying industry to make a quick buck off of us, at the same time insulting the intelligence of every single one of us who they expect to play their game.

How dare you act like you speak for these forums. Sorry, but the last thing I want any member of Blondie, their label, or the people that worked on the songs to see is someone spouting garbage like this.

As a show of integrity and solidarity, I have created this thread to express our intense dissatisfaction with this extortion, and to show that we will not entertain the fantasies of money-grabbing record labels who are panicking because nobody's buying their product anymore.

I don't agree with a single thing you've said, but I'll be danged if I won't post in here so that hopefully anybody involved with bringing songs from classic artists doesn't get the wrong impression that you and those who think like you are the voice of this forum.

But seriously, if you're goal is to piss off bands considering using the RBN...feel free to continue posting. If you're lucky, maybe you'll be able to successfully kill it for all of us.

[badhack0x13]

I would pay $3 for a 10-minute song made of intricate, complex charts and constantly shifting time signatures.

But there's NO way in hades I will pay $3 for a regular length song - not unless Harmonix has made $3 the new standard for DLC. Will not, shall not happen.

(And I really wanted Blondie too! I'll give you $2 for it, if you ever change your minds!!)

[Masem]

Has someone contacted Jake-EMI (the author, IIRC) about this price? At least let them know there's some upset people over that.

[broncosfan06]

so i hate to be "that guy" but i gotta

i cant access my 360 right now does anyone have a linky for proof? Atomic isnt showing as approved online yet nor is it in the RBN music section on this site yet nor can i find it on the xbox website yet

EDIT: never mind ..... found it ..... hmmm well not getting that now

[T-Hybrid]

Has someone contacted Jake-EMI (the author, IIRC) about this price? At least let them know there's some upset people over that.

There's always going to be people upset over the price. Just look at the thread I linked earlier where (once again) Thom decided that he was allowed to dictate who could and couldn't charge what price.

When RB was first announced, HMX made it clear that songs could range from Free to $3. Well, here you go...a $3 song.

You don't want the song, fine. Don't buy it. But we don't need BS threads like this filled with phony outrage and crying about "extortion". There's a way to go about things. This thread and its tone are not that way.

[Casto21]

I'm interested to see what EMI does with its other songs. It could be they are setting one song to 3 bucks to be able to compare its sales to a similar song set to $2, which is a completely valid business experiment. RBN is still a fairly unknown entity and they might just be putting out feelers. Or maybe they will try $3 for all songs, time will tell.

But for now I will hold off on setting everything on fire and screaming.