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Rock Back 2 To Include Every Rock Band 1 Song For Free

July 06, 2008 in News comments 16

Free DLC - it's not too common but when it comes down to the survival of a franchise you have to do what you have to do... And Harmonix could be doing just that with the possibility of the wholesale givaway of all of the first Rock Stars' song list.

The battle of the bands is heating up. If the current batch of rumours are true then Harmonix are not taking the news of Guitar Hero World Tour laying down and will be releasing their entire back catalogue of content as free DLC.
Coltrain via gamerchip.com »
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    Paper Mario Dude Jul 7, 08
    holy *bleep*.
    are they serious?
    now people who paid to buy the FIRST rock band just got screwed over because those who didnt get RB1 basically get it for free...
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      Shadow of Death* Jul 7, 08
      Yeah, not only will they get it for free, but they'll also be paying the same (I assume) for better instruments....

      Basically, the message is the general rule with tech that basically says "Early adopters get screwed"....Now I wish I had waited to get RB2 -_-
  • 0
    Cdemon Jul 7, 08
    Yeah, they didn't get it a year and all before...
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    Gamesta100 Jul 7, 08
    I guess it's a good thing that Aus/Eu haven't got RB.
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    Aussie Legend Jul 7, 08
    That makes no economical sense at all.
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    MusiKon Jul 7, 08
    It sounds more like the set list on the actual disc of the first game will be downloaded from a separate store for free.
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    McClubbin Jul 7, 08
    "Rock Back" ftw! Hmmm, this really makes it hard for me to decide which to buy; RB2 or GH:WT. I already have the GH guitar so I was inclined towards World Tour up until now.
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    Aussie Legend Jul 7, 08
    If your going to buy World Tour I would buy the new guitar anyways and keep the old one for a Bass Guitar.
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    Bandito Jul 7, 08
    don't get rb2 yet, wait a little.
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    reaver11 Jul 7, 08
    Now that is awesome. Now I don't have to switch between discs whenever I wanna play "Enter Sandman" or "Welcome Home". Harmonix rocks!
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    ShinyAbsol Jul 7, 08
    I am very happy about this. I didn't buy the first one so now when I buy this one I will have the first one for free
    I look forward to this.
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    Onvacation Jul 8, 08
    now im not gonna get rockband 2 incase they screw us over with number 3
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    Aussie Legend Jul 8, 08
    Doubtful this will happen with Activision/Neversoft cause this is Guitar Hero's venture into the 'full band world'.

    As much as it would be awesome if they re-did all the songs.
  • 0
    Remanence Jul 9, 08
    Hahaha Im glad I didn't buy the first rock band. They basically screwed all you guys who bought it over.
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      MusiKon Jul 9, 08
      Not really. All the downloadable songs for RB2 will work for RB1. You just can't play the set list on the physical disc obviously.
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    Subtle Demise Jul 18, 08
    Isn't it not free anymore? It's supposed to cost $5 to transfer the songs from the RB disc so they can be played with the updated gameplay of Rock Band 2.

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