The Beatles: Rock Band DLC to include Sgt. Pepper's, Rubber Soul albums

Guitar Hero has absolutely nothing to do with this argument! Why do you keep bringing it into discussion?

If you really want to talk about it, here it goes:

Guitar Hero is pulling bullshit by overcharging us for games with less content.

Rock Band is pulling bullshit by overcharging us for games with less content.

Happy? Now, please, try to justify why it's ok for RB to rip us off. The answer has nothing to do with Guitar Hero, so don't even mention it.

Agreed.

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I don't think it has "officially," but partway through the NY Times article, the author uses the song as an example of ways the game was built around the Beatles experience rather than reality:

"Quite a few of the more complicated facets of the band’s career have been smoothed over to project what Martin calls a 'fantasy version' of four lads who were always in harmony. You won’t see Eric Clapton playing on 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'..."

So, not confirmed, but it sounds like it will be there. Same with "Something," which was referenced in Boston Globe article on Sunday:

"Olivia Harrison felt that the early storyboards for 'Something,'’ which was originally Indian-themed, didn’t reflect the meaning of George’s song, and encouraged a redesigned dreamscape that connected the curves of a woman and the curves of a guitar."

Of course, that could refer to the version on the Abbey Road DLC. And "A Hard Day's Night" was in the trailer, so the only one I haven't heard anything about is "I'm Looking Through You." Anyone know where that was "confirmed"?

OK, musical taste aside, the Beatles game comes with more tracks from the highlighted artist, and more effort was put into making the game special with regards to the artist. While I didn't mean to imply that the Beatles are a better band than the others in everyone's mind, I was implying that all those songs are hits, while the same cannot be said for every song from the GH band games.

Ultimately, my point was that in my time on Joystiq, I never saw people complain about the price/value of the other band games to the extent that they have about the Beatles, yet the Beatles game seems to offer the most.

And I do think DLC is relevant, because one of the big hype points for GH:Metallica was the availability of Death Magnetic. Therefore, while you're complaining that the DLC should be included on the disc to justify the value, I'm saying the value is there without the DLC option, and the availability of the DLC actually increases the value because you won't burn through all the songs and have nowhere else to go.

And if Aerosmith is your favorite band, you probably agree that that disc was the worst value of all, as many of their legitimate hits were left out (I would've liked to have seen Cryin' or Pink over a lot of what they included).

Here's the difference: I payed $50 for GH1, which had 45 songs, maybe 30 of which I liked. I will gladly pay $60 for RB:B, which will have 45 songs, 45 of which I will like (and I know this even before seeing the other 15 songs that come on the disc). As for GH:A, even if I didn't think Aerosmith was the worst American rock band to ever sell a mind-boggling amount of records in the history of music, it STILL wouldn't be worth even $30 it for me, because it was a), based on the annoying GH3 engine, and b), only had 24 badly-picked Aerosmith songs. Don't even get me started on GH:M, I'm never paying for another Guitar Hero game again. World Tour felt like a beta, no way I'm paying to play on that engine again. Plus, no Trapped Under Ice. Point is, 45 Beatles songs in a Rock Band game are worth $60 for me, and for most people.

If you don't think the game is worth it, don't pay for it, I'm sure at least one of your friends will get it. If none of your friends buy this game, you need new friends.