Activision considering DLC subscriptions for Guitar Hero World Tour
Thursday, September 18th, 2008 at 12:49am by Jake
More talk of possible ways to milk every penny out of Guitar Hero owners was discussed at a recent Activision-Blizzard analyst event. One such idea is a subscription service for the upcoming entry in the Guitar Hero franchise.
Looking even further out, we’re exploring new models, like an annual pass subscription where players can subscribe and get a certain number of songs downloadable each month.
-Activision Publishing CEO, Mike Griffith
Now before everyone throws up their hands in disgust…think about it. Purchasing a simple annual pass to download a large batch of content is not a bad idea at all especially when you compare it to RockBand’s DLC system (If the Wii version had DLC anyway). I could only see this becoming successful if they actually follow through with planned weekly music releases.
September 18th, 2008 at 3:57 am
From now on, I will only refer to Activision-Blizzard as “Blizzavision”.
As for the subscription idea, I have a feeling that if they did this the amount of songs would still equal what you’d normally pay for them. If they offered the sub at a discount they’d be screwing the people that want to download more than X songs per month.
September 18th, 2008 at 4:56 am
Why should we get songs that we may not care about? Like if they released … ugh …. Metallica pack; I wouldn’t want anymore Metallica in my game; if anything I would like to DELETE some music from the game like from said group. ;/
September 18th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
@Atlantis1982:
I don’t think you are getting the correct idea of a subscription service that BA is pondering.
You get a subscription service that allows you to download 5 songs a month – of your choice – for a flat fee.
You pick what you want, and you ignore the crap you don’t want.
But neko does bring up a good point, and that’s for the addicted gamers that want to download every song possible to their multiple 2GB SD cards and then just rock the night away – offering a 5-song-a-month package at a discount compared to the individual purchase of 5 songs wouldn’t make much sense.
Jake – that pic is awesomez.
September 18th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
I think this could be good if you are the kind of person who has to get EVERY song, but what happens years down the line when you want to play a song again? Do you lose everything when the subscription is up? If it’s something where you just get all the songs for a lower cost, but you get to KEEP everything, awesome, otherwise no deal.
September 19th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
all i know is that kid is awesome!