The Guitar Heroes at Red Octane Lock Up Aerosmith With An Exclusive Arrangement, Leaving Harmonix and Rock Band to Dream On

re: The Guitar Heroes at Red Octane Lock Up Aerosmith With An Exclusive Arrangement, Leaving Harmonix and Rock Band to Dream On

logicalnoise — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:16:37 GMT

Guitar Hero may think they have a ace up their sleeve but they can't see the surprise royal flush Harmonix has waiting. Aerosmith hasn't been relavant for decades. The current rumored song list lacks any real meat anyone 30 or younger. Guitar Heros only plus was it's younger more heavy tracklist which kept the youngians amused. There is nothing for those kids in this new Guitar hero title. Meanwhile Harmonix and MTV games ahve been releasing constant quality Download content. Guitar hero's further hints that this title will add support for more instruments further proclaims that Rock Band has the better setup.

Then there's the exodus of fans who were upset over the craptacular battle mode in Guitar hero 3 which was then compounded by Activision stifling controller compatibility on the PS3.

re: The Guitar Heroes at Red Octane Lock Up Aerosmith With An Exclusive Arrangement, Leaving Harmonix and Rock Band to Dream On

supergg2k — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:53:29 GMT

@logicalnoise - You underestimate the appeal of Aerosmith. They have fans that span generations. If you visit Billboard I am sure that their record sales would show that they are very relevant. If anything the success or failure of this title will determine if we see future exclusives.

re: The Guitar Heroes at Red Octane Lock Up Aerosmith With An Exclusive Arrangement, Leaving Harmonix and Rock Band to Dream On

copa — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:06:00 GMT

"(According to MTV's Rhythm Game Track Finder, it's one song: "Train Kept a Rollin'.")"

I'm not so sure about that, N'Gai. For Train Kept a Rollin', Harmonix did a cover of the Aerosmith song, which itself was a cover of another original performance. Kinda complex, but they don't actually need rights from Aerosmith to do this.

The same principle applied in Guitar Hero 2, when they did a cover of Van Halen's cover of the Kink's "You Really Got Me." Van Halen doesn't allow any of their songs to be used in these games, but Harmonix was able to bypass rights approval in this case.

It sounds to me from Activision's statement that Harmonix actually has one or two yet-to-be-released Aerosmith songs lined up for DLC. Maybe they plan to release them when GH:Aerosmith comes out. :)

re: The Guitar Heroes at Red Octane Lock Up Aerosmith With An Exclusive Arrangement, Leaving Harmonix and Rock Band to Dream On

SpaceShot — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:06:40 GMT

It may be time to start boycotting Activision, too. Of course, then I'd have no games left to play. I already avoid any EA game that as a chance of being shut down in a year on XBL.

This exclusive business is really disgusting. But oh well, at least in music there is so much to choose from I won't miss Aerosmith at all when I exclusively play Harmonix games.

re: The Guitar Heroes at Red Octane Lock Up Aerosmith With An Exclusive Arrangement, Leaving Harmonix and Rock Band to Dream On

SBouren — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:17:11 GMT

I don't mean to be snarky, but losing the possibility of Aerosmith songs in Rock Band doesn't seem like any big loss to me. I honestly couldn't care less and if I did care, I'd simply buy GH: Aerosmith, which I won't do. I doubt the loss of one band will have any effect whatsoever on Harmonix's bottom line. It's not as if there aren't thousands of other songs and artists to pursue.