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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 11:10AM (Unverified) said

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Damnit... it should be like the AC/DC side game....
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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 1:33PM Odog4ever said

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I pretty sure the negotiation went like this:

Apple Corps: "We want our own stand alone game or we walk."

MTV: "....Yessum!"

Unless Apple Corps suddenly has a change of heart in regards to digital distribution (and decides to drop the whole Beatles catalog on iTunes or Amazon) I'm guessing the idea of "copy songs to the console hard drive" freaks them out.
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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 6:01PM curtis said

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The entire Beatles catalog will be on iTunes.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/beatles-catalog-coming-online-at-long-last/
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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 11:14AM therpham said

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Come on plastic orchestra! I want to play Eleanor Rigby!

No, there's no room for such things! But this is very exciting.
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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 11:20AM worldpattern said

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As long as the RB instruments work with it, that's cool. It'll be nice to mix up the formula a bit. I just hope they can squeeze a few solo project songs out of the deal and get them into Rock Band. I'd love to play Instant Karma!
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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 11:24AM Vcize said

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So basically, they just won't attach the Rock Band name to it so people don't realize they're whoring out the franchise every bit as badly as Activision is GH (this would be what, the 4th game in a little over a year on the same system....hell that's even worse than Activision).
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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 11:35AM (Unverified) said

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Ummm what?

Harmonix has Rock Band 1 and 2, and soon a track pack. Surely you're not counting the track pack as a game. Because otherwise Activision has pumped out, GH1, GH80s, GH2, GH3, GH:Aerosmith, and GH4.

I'm no rocket scientist but I'm pretty sure 6 is more than 3. What console it's on has nothing to do with it, but you felt the need to include that just to spin the numbers a bit and make Harmonix look worse than Activision.
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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 12:11PM Saxonius said

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Technically Harmonix pumped out GH1 and GH2, not Activision, but those were 2+ years ago and therefor can't count in his statement of "a little over a year." On the other hand, you're forgetting the two Nintendo DS Guitar Hero titles so you're still correct.
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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 2:07PM Vcize said

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The only difference between RB: AC/DC and GH: Aerosmith is that you can export the songs off the AC/DC track, which is a neat feature to be sure, but the game works as a standalone disc whether you actually have Rock Band or not.

Well, there's that difference and that you're also paying a lot more per track for the AC/DC one.

What makes GH: Aerosmith a "full game" and RB: AC/DC a "track pack", other than huge amounts of Harmonix fanboyism?

I swear, Harmonix could murder people's first born children and the fathers of those children would make an excuse as to why it's no big deal.
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Posted: Oct 31st 2008 6:35AM (Unverified) said

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I'm with Vcize on this one.
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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 11:40AM (Unverified) said

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... and hell has now officially frozen over.

Poor John Lennon and George Harrison must be turning over in their graves.
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Posted: Nov 1st 2008 12:08PM Gregorysharp said

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And one more thing... I can't wait to get Paul McCartney's Bass... That too is no brainer.
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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 12:57PM (Unverified) said

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While I am very :-| about a separate title I guess you have to make some concessions if it involves getting the Beatles.
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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 1:34PM Vaegrin said

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If the songs can't be imported to the Rock Band series, I am very disappointed. What is the point of playing a game with nothing but a handful of Beatles songs when I can just keep playing the HUNDREDS of songs I have for the Rock Band series?
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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 2:32PM (Unverified) said

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So is this Michael Jackson approved?
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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 7:58PM (Unverified) said

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This sucks. Rock band already ruins great songs.

Now The Beatles?
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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 9:21PM plan99fromouterspace said

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Well for building a game from the ground up, I would trust Harmonix times 10 over the other company. They seem to know what the hell they're doing while Red Octane and Neversoft would probably make a disastrous Beatles game.
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Posted: Oct 31st 2008 5:18AM NOOK360 said

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Haha xD I have friend who still wants to stick with his PS2 and not buy a 360.

He collects EVERYTHING Beatles, so now he has to buy a 360 and i can finally kick his ass in racing games online :D
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Posted: Nov 28th 2008 10:47PM (Unverified) said

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I really am loving the beatles more, I am from Israel better read this beatles article http://vinyl-records-sale.blogspot.com/2008/09/paul-mccartney-in-israel-beatles-gig.html
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