Official DLC Discussion for 2/5: Iron Maiden, Queen, Great White, Avenged Sevenfold!

[hmxhenry]

Available on Xbox 360, Wii, and PlayStation®3 system (February 5th, 2013):

• Avenged Sevenfold – “So Far Away” O

• Great White – “Once Bitten Twice Shy” O

• Iron Maiden – “The Wicker Man” O X

• Queen – “Death on Two Legs” O

(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation®3 system February 6th)

Price:

$1.99 USD, £1.19 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points ™, 200 Wii Points™) per song

$0.99 USD (80 Microsoft Points™, 100 Wii Points™), £0.59 UK, €0.79 EU per song for eligible Pro Guitar/Pro Bass upgrade

Tracks marked with “O” feature support for keyboards; tracks marked with “X” will offer Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions for $0.99 per song.

** Dates and Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **

Here are the Xbox 360 Rock Band Network releases that hit Thursday, 1/24/2013:

Glam

Panic the Memory - “Beautiful Killer” (80 MSP)

Metal

I See Stars - “Endless Sky” (160 MSP)
Psychostick - “This is Not a Song, It’s a Sandwich!” (160 MSP)

Pop-Rock

Astra Kelly - “Timebomb” (80 MSP)

Rock

Down June - “More” (80 MSP)
RIBS - “Alarms” (80 MSP)

And here are the PS3 RBN releases scheduled for Tuesday, 2/5/2013 (North America) and 2/6/2013 (Europe):

John Parr - "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" ($1.99), Classic Rock
Brian Kahanek - "Gemini" ($1.99), Blues
Amberian Dawn - "Charnel's Ball" ($1.99), Metal
Dance for the Dying - "Mannequin" ($0.99), Pop-Rock
Kari Kimmel - "Go" ($1.99), Pop/Dance/Electronic

I recognize that there's not a ton of discussion on these Blitz singles weeks, but I still wanted to have the thread 1) for non Blitz owners 2) for Wii users 3) for Pro discussion 4) for RBN discussion and 5) because I crave consistency.

Discuss!

[jeronemitchell]

I think the date is off on the announcement...

EDIT: And some PS3'ers will be very happy to see "Man in Motion" make it to PS3 RBN...

[edfrank_jr]

Henry, £1.19 will now be the standard price for singles on PSN UK instead of £0.99?

And some PS3'ers will be very happy to see "Man in Motion" make it to PS3 RBN...

I'm in.

[hmxhenry]

I think the date is off on the announcement...

EDIT: And some PS3'ers will be very happy to see "Man in Motion" make it to PS3 RBN...

Sorry, I don't know how dates work.

Don't we already have these songs?

FUNNY GUY, FUNNY, FUNNY, FUNNY GUY.

Henry, £1.19 will now be the standard price for singles on PSN UK instead of £0.99?

Correct. Each console controls the final store pricing and they each have their own conversion formula to account for the exchange rate. Sony recently updated those numbers for UK pricing (pounds only) and they have been reflected in the pricing of the last few weeks of DLC.

To my understanding this shouldn't affect any of the back catalog pricing, only content moving forward.

[agentnnc]

Each console controls the final store pricing and they each have their own conversion formula to account for the exchange rate. Sony recently updated those numbers for UK pricing (pounds only) and they have been reflected in the pricing of the last few weeks of DLC.

To my understanding this shouldn't affect any of the back catalog pricing, only content moving forward.

That really is too bad since people will likely still blame you thus tarnishing a near spotless record for Harmonixflame notes nerf is the rest

[hmxhenry]

Just a little heads up, on the main page it lists the bands next week as Avenged Sevenfold, Quiet Riot, Iron Maiden, & Queen.

Now, while I would love more QR, that needs to be changed to Great White.

Good catch! I've passed it along to the Web Team. That should be corrected shortly. Thanks for the heads up.

That really is too bad since people will likely still blame you thus tarnishing a near spotless record for Harmonixflame notes nerf is the rest

It hasn't been an issue so far. Anyone that's noticed has been fairly understanding of the fact that pricing isn't entirely in our control. Beyond that, this update to conversion rates should affect all PS3 DLC released in the UK, it's likely just more noticeable with RB since we're releasing the most content in a variety of price points with the most regularity.

[edfrank_jr]

To my understanding this shouldn't affect any of the back catalog pricing, only content moving forward.

I access the store on wednesday just to buy the Aerosmith pack and only the new songs were by £1.19. Today I access the store to buy some songs from my wishlist and I was surprise that all other singles that were £0.99 are now £1.19!!!
It's too bad because now I'll have to cut some songs from my wishlist and think more before purchase a song.

It's funny that SCEE took several weeks to update all songs on Sale! and 'till now we have some RBN songs missing, but took just a few days to raise the price of all RB3 singles and packs (actually, I didn't checked all).

[Cipher_Peon]

All other 3 songs are incredibly more deserving of the upgrade than The Wicker Man. Whatevs, looking forward to next week!

[Henry_Sardonicus]

All other 3 songs are incredibly more deserving of the upgrade than The Wicker Man. Whatevs, looking forward to next week!

For Once Bitten, sure, but So Far Away was overly boring on legacy guitar, so I imagine it's even worse on real guitar. And Death on Two Legs is too empty.

Anyway, grabbing St. Elmo's Fire and Gemini.

[Cipher_Peon]

For Once Bitten, sure, but So Far Away was overly boring on legacy guitar, so I imagine it's even worse on real guitar. And Death on Two Legs is too empty.

Anyway, grabbing St. Elmo's Fire and Gemini.

Once Bitten Twice Shy is my 2nd most wanted Blitz upgrade and Death on Two Legs is 3rd. And Death On Two Legs isn't really empty, and it doesn't bother me much considering that the actual guitar part is incredibly awesome that I really want to learn and play. So Far Away's riff grew on me and it's mellow and engaging.

The Wicker Man's riff and solo are nice, but I have no desire to actually learn to play it. It just does nothing for me, sorry.