DJ Hero DLC priced (and it ain't cheap!)

Console Monster writes: "DJ Hero is out on Friday and the first set of DLC has being announced by Activison. From day one, you'll be able to buy the Extended Mix Pack 1 which includes remixes/songs from 'All of Me' by 50 Cent with Mary J. Blige vs. 'Radio Ga Ga' by Queen."

[mrv321]

This is why I am never buying a Activision game new. Only buying MW2 seocnd and that's it. Might even trade in all my activision games.

Seriously the game is pretty new and like the MW2 maps they are simply holding pack content so they can charge for it later.

[coolcole93]

F*ck Activision.

[mrv321]

Truer words have never been spoken.

[M_Prime]

well it is a large scale release. the discs you are buying weren't printed yesterday you know that right? so the new DLC is probably stuff they were working on after they started to print the discs. They don't take breaks, they just work, they know they gatta get cracking on the DLC so they can keep their jobs.

So be mad all you want but all you are doing is looking like an 8 year old child, its business and its gonna be an awsome game, they use the guitar too so you can play with a friend. The DLC is just a good sign, i mean i wouldn't wanna wait months before something was available.

though TONY HAWK RIDE.. that one i am sketch about, i know i will want to play DJ HERO 2 but i can only play so many TONY games. I mean after THPS2 i was done and i mean i got 100% with everyone including kid Tony and Spiderman lol..

[Foliage]

DLC is often planned during the GDD phase of a game. They didn't just decide to release this, and don't be surprised if it was created alongside the content in the game.

[Ravage27]

they are never going to get a single cent from me

[Carl1412]

Holy hell, as if paying for the plastic peripheral in the first place wasn't enough of a rip off.

F*ck off Kottick.

[Baka-akaB]

@M_Prime

No offense but with that kind of naive and fairy tale like thinking , activision is safe for the next 15 years ....

They themselves no longer hide and proudly mention dlcs for all of their other games like 4-6 month before they get released ... yet for a music related game , the one with usually tons of dlc they didnt plan it and didnt have time to fit it on a disc ? Yeah right ...

Lately devs dont even bother hiding they withdraw and hold back content they've obviously already done , so they could sell it alongside the "full game"

[AKNAA]

"They don't take breaks, they just work, they know they gatta get cracking on the DLC so they can keep their jobs. "

yeah, Oookay... Makes me wonder how the past developers of last gen kept their jobs considering that there was NO DLC back then...Hmmm...

[Time Lord]

He looks like right old tool now!

[mrv321]

But you see the PS3 is too expencive. £300 with a game(old price) compared to his

20. GH games, Tony Hawk Ride and now this which'll cost about £300 altogether, now out of those two which does the following

Plays custom music
Plays Movies
Plays other games
Has it's own community(PSN)
Built in browser
Blu-ray player
Streaming abilities

EDIT: I was being sarcastic about the PRICE. Bought my PS3 for £425 and worth every penny.

[sunil]

As long as increase in price flows into his pockets, he is fine.

[crazy25000]

if you really want the game, buy it used...never pay for their DLC crap!

[creatchee]

Consider the (accepted) model of $2.00 a song for a music game download such as in Rock Band or Guitar Hero. The costs of it include licensing, royalities, etc.

Now double it, because each "song" in DJ Hero is actually 2 songs in one, each with their own artists and record companies to reimburse for their usage.

That's why the price is high for DJ Hero DLC. Stop whining about Activision screwing us - it's just simple business...

[N4Gmodsaredouches]

have jumped the shark imo.

[Baka-akaB]

music games arent the problem . It's activision

[Pwee]

Bast*ards, could of just included it in the game.

Greed!!!

[siliticx]

His mixes were not ready for the game early enough as his new album just came out.

[Omega Zues]

Terrible!

[kaveti6616]

I really dislike Guitar Hero, Rock Band, and DJ Hero. If you like music, don't fall into this illusion. Play real instruments.

[Baka-akaB]

No offense but that's quite a stupid statement .

It's a game period . One doesnt get told to go grab a US football helmet and get bruises if you like the sport instead of having fun with a game .

Nor would anyone send you into a wall with a ferrari if you like cars .

Nor would it be insighful to tell a kid to study an instrument for years so he could have 5 min of fun on an impossible to play song .

If you know people who actually believes they are pro guitarist with those games , or can be lead dancers because of DDR , b*tchslap them , not the games .

[kaveti6616]

Are you one of those people who also like that EA keeps releasing a new Madden/NBA LIVE/FIFA game every year without improvement? Can't you see that the Guitar Hero series, the Rock Band series, and the DJ Hero game are all just yearly cash cows without any reputable contributions to the gaming industry. Also, saying "no offense, but that's a stupid statement" is a pretty inane thing to say. You must already be aware that when one human being calls another human being's opinion stupid, he's going to offend him. Saying, "no offense" doesn't negate the offense.

Did you provide any reasonable counter to what I said? Not really. Guitar Hero is everything that is wrong with the gaming industry. Rather than making vast improvements in every iteration, Activision is happy with releasing a product that only has a few minor changes, a few more bands, a few more songs. All of these new features can be downloaded online for a very cheap amount, rather than making the gamers pay full retail price for the same game over and over again.

I'm not bashing people who play Guitar Hero. I understand that it's fun. I played it, it is fun. But it doesn't mean that it's right for the publisher to string fans along like this. And either way, standing in front of a television with a plastic guitar, pretending to play an instrument seems stupid to me. Playing instruments is something that people CAN do in real life with a little practice and without much trouble. Racing F1 exotic sports cars is something that a lot of people cannot do because of lack of money, skills, etc. That is why games like GT5 and Forza 3 have some acknowledged significance. I'll say the same thing about Wii Sports. You don't need to buy a plastic controller shaped like a ping pong racket and pay retail price for a table tennis game. That's ridiculous. Go outside and play table tennis at the community center. Don't stand around playing with fake guitars or spin plastic discs that are pretending to be vinyl.

You're a fan of the game, and I'm not bashing you. I just think it's wrong for people to spend exorbitant amounts of money for freely accessible music, and PRETEND to be musicians.

[Baka-akaB]

Now you're being full of crap .your earlier comment got nothing to do with EA or activision rehashing their stuff . If that was the actual argument , hell i'd happily have agreed with you here and just be done.

No what you said was "If you like music, don't fall into this illusion. Play real instruments. " . Ergo my comment from above .

And proof is you kept going there anyway in the second part of your post .

For starters , no you do not get to be able to play anything right just with some months , or even years of instrument training . There is an obvious need of hardwork , but still a part of talent needed , at least if you ambition to imitate the biggest rock stars and hardest songs from those game . Hell as a music instrument player myself , i find the idea of implying anyone could be Yngwie Malmsteen with just sheer training is a tad offensive , if not silly .

Again you miss the point , no one ask you to pretend you're actually successful in being eddie van halen or Jimmy hendrix ... they only "ask you" to have fun with friends and music you happens to like .

And no those example i gave of "game simulations" are hardly irrelevant and only applicable with life threatening and dangerous sports . Each of those games bring something you can't even enjoy or do in real life PERIOD .

Take a soccer game .. can i take a ball on go on a field ? Yes , and i often actually do , but will i ever be actually able to control my whole soccer team ? Absolutely not . Can i be both the coach , the manager and star player of a team ? Of course not , it's only i games and part of the fun to have access to both menial and strategic tasks .

And no unless you're again not only hardworking , but also actually talented in the field , you absolutely wont perform like a star tennis player , and even less go play at wembley or Roland Garros .

Do yourself a service , dont go assuming people cant differenciate actual sport and games ... tedious training and work , even if it's for a passion , and sheer fun , AKA games . Playing rock band is not pretending to be musician , stop pretending most fans of the game even alluded to that .

You have an issue with the prices and Activision/EA's shenanigan ? Well i do too , but that hardly related to the game's concept itself . After all , dont they try bleeding us sorry with any other kind of games as well ? I dont find the idea of ever increasing peripheral cost interesting at all , nor am i supporting the new music games so far ... again this was never your point in the first post so ..

PS : i loathe Wii sport personally . but because i just find the game badly done .

[-Mezzo-]

F**K Activision, i have signed the Modern Warfare 2 Petition and i think i will start another Boycott, the Boycott would be of the Activision as a whole company.

Activision You Suck,.

[PeptoBismol]

no worries, activision will continue making millions w/o you

[-Mezzo-]

Ohh, I AM Aware Of That

[neonlight45]

It's official Activsion are douches

[Mo0eY]

There's no way I'd give any amount of money to Activision...

Now a 360... that's a fair trade.

[KilZoneGeneralStrife]

Their testing the water with everything..from a higher price point to this.JUST DONT SUPPORT THEM? you'll regret it...

[Neo Nugget]

wow....that's unbelievably expensive.

[Relientk77]

Price fail

[Horny Melon]

You don't need years to be able to DJ. With 30 hours of practice you should be beat matching like it is nothing and mixing with decent proficiency. Scratching would take longer, but you'll almost never do that except around other people that can appreciate it. Cost also isn't a factor.....you can buy cheap dj gear for around what rockband cost.

[FantasyStar]

You don't need DJ Hero. Just buy a nice CD-J from a music store and there you go. Look up some guides and you're well on your way.

[DiffusionE]

Weren't some of you console fanboys pointing fingers and laughing at us a few days ago for boycotting Activision? Well, karma's a b***h ain't it? Heh heh....

[Gobot]

Milk it like there's not tomorrow.

[Rixynator]

DJ Hero cost $199.90 here in Singapore. That's good enough to buy a PSP. :D

[juanvan]

I was going to pick this up, just b/c I use to mix in college - But not with DLC this pricey.. I would rather boycott it for now and hope they fix it in a year..