More Money, Less Rocking

So, Guitar Hero III is still releasing more downloadable songs. It's quite sad that more people don't have the cash to upgrade to Rock Band so they can have four parts to play in each song, rather than two. Especially since they're more expensive on GH3. Five hundred Microsoft points will buy you a GH3 3-pack of songs. 3-packs on Rock Band = 440 points. Even individual songs for Rock Band mostly cost 160 points (three ala carte songs = 480 points), some are even listed for 80 points.

So is having "Peace of Mind" by Boston or Journey's "Any Way You Want It" worth it ("Juke Box Hero" is already available for Rock Band)? Not to have to sit there and watch Freaky McBigMouth sing it without me, or the animatronic drummer spaz-play yet another song.

If they want to continue overcharging for lesser content, they should begin including extras with the songs: New costumes, new arenas, maybe even new characters (or bring back Pandora, perhaps? She's already designed, just give her some new clothes.).

Convince your friends and neighbors to plunk down the cash for Rock Band, and leave the price-gouging Guitar Hero series behind. The only time they'll realize people won't pay for over-priced merchandise, is when people stop paying for over-priced merchandise.

GH3 quickie

I just played a couple hours of Guitar Hero 3, making it through the co-op medium career on the PS2. A couple notes:

I'm quite disappointed in the removal of the over-the-top Star Power animations. The characters I used seemed to barely acknowledge the star power activation.

I also expected the Japanese Pop Star to be more animated.

I thought you had to string together 30 notes to be a x4 streak, but I notice when the counter pops up (after x4 activates) it often starts at 27.
(edit: apparently it pops up at 25, before you hit x4... it was just going so fast in co-op it seemed to start at 27. Either way, it's an unnecessary distraction.)

Is it only my PS2 that takes FOREVER to save? If not, turn off autosave!!!

And my friends have confirmed what I noticed in the demo: the lead singer's face is the scariest thing in video game history.

More later. I'll probably pick up the game for the 360.