What are you talking about? The reason they made this game is to give those older songs full band support. Up until now they've been guitar only since GH didn't add band support until World Tour. Notice how all of these songs come from the first three GH's and Rock the 80's. I would actually say that's a pretty swell thing for them to do, for those that want those earlier games more updated for today.

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And if you don't think Rock Band is commercialized just as much as GH you're crazy ctk. Both franchises are milking it right now but they are both trying to innovate to keep people interested...they understand they can milk it longer if they keep adding incentive for people to come back.

If you wanna pick one or the other based on preference then go for it, but don't base it on the idea that one is more or less commercial than the other. They are both trying to make a buck by providing something consumers want and there is simply nothing wrong with that.

The problem with GH is the fact that the tracks should have been made as DLC, and not milked as yet another disk.

At least with Rock Band, you can merge your songs, and still use one disk for everything.

See I was going to let this go but now with a 2nd person I'm curious why folks feel like every GH related thread is dumping grounds for the anti-GH pro-RB stuff?

You should create another thread to compare the two if you must, but this thread has an entirely different purpose than a comparison of the two. How about we let the topic have its own thread?

Milked? It's cheaper as a disc than it would be to purchase all of those songs individually. I understand that Rock Band can merge your songs, but the series started the same. Guitar Hero has had to evolve, and evolving the older tracks is not an easy task by any means. At least they're offering an affordable way to get a good chunk of the older tracks with all the new instruments supported.

I don't own a single guitar hero game so this will definitely be on my radar.

Unless you have a Wii, then you have to purchase Rock Band: Track Packs to get new songs.

Come on ,your post makes it sound like Activision is naive and innocent and they want to make consumers happy.I mean Activision could give a rat ass about the " Full band support"is just another excuse  to make you buy their game so they can get more cash. Most of the people that buy the guitar hero games are usually the same that has bought the previous installements so there is no real need to make this game.They should rather focus on other ways to make the  future games more innovative.

@Sqrl

I am not saying that one is less or more commercial than the other.In fact prior to this thread  I didn´t know there was going to be a "Beatles" and a "Lego" Rockband.I am just saying that we shouldn´t try to make EA and Activision look like nice guys who only want to satisfy us consumers.

If you check the scores(on IGN) each Guitar Hero game has had a lower score than their predeccesor starting from GHIII 8.9 then GHIV 7.9. I am just saying that I don´t like the direction that franchise is going I feel it is going to  end up like Madden and soon there will be less innovation and it would just be the same game with new songs.I can´t really comment on Rockband since I have not been following the series.This is just my personal opinion and everyone if free to pick any game they want,I am not saying "Don´t buy music games!" or anything like that.

GH Games are burning me out.

Looks like I won't be picking this one up. I've already got GHII/III/WT/Aerosmith, and the GHI and Rock the 80's tracks don't interest me enough. I think I have half of those on RB1/2 anyways.