Starving Artist

So the new Downloadable content for Guitar Hero II has caused a massive bitch fest across the intertubes.

Ground Zero for that seems to be Major Nelson's Blog. Currently sitting at 923 comments, it is quickly catching up to the number one post ever on that blog. Although I think number one was likely during Xbox live/forums downtime, meaning people had nowhere else to post.

Joystiq's interview with MN about the content also got quite alot of diggs.

Really I think Penny Arcade kind of summed up the anger best.

The ability to extend Guitar Hero with downloadable songs was main reason I made the investment in the next-gen version. Investment is the right word, too: I choked down that ninety dollars with a lot of twisting and full-body spasms. It was like an anaconda swallowing a sheep. But the idea that I'd be able to snag expansions and classic tracks straight over the wire was some comfort.

See the problem is the Xbox 360 version of this game was bought because people were expecting to really enjoy the DLC content. They waited for the 360 version, and many got a new guitar for the 360 because they wanted to be able to get fresh new tracks along with some classics. So while they "won't" buy the music, the investment in time and money they already spent feels like a burn since this feature of the product is priced so unreasonable high.

So while they might not like it, and won't buy it, they still get screwed.