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All of the DLC for Beatles: Rock Band being delisted May 5th
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Juke Joint Jezebel
Member
Got all the DLC songs as soon as they came out. Abby Road Medley is amazing to play through!
chrominance
Member
Bought these last week after double-checking that the MIDI Pro Adapter works with Beatles. At some point my drumset will be making a return appearance to the living room, I guess!
Strangely enough it works with RB2 as well. Was surprised when I read that in the MIDIPro's manual.
NYCmetsfan
Banned
looks like its already gone from playstation
Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
Whoa, sure is. Sorry folks, I tried to bump-warn yesterday, and 5th was the announced date. Didn't mean to tease y'all.
dreamcastmaster
Banned
Thanks for the bump, Ive missed this.
Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
Well, at least you have the option.
My dream for Pink Floyd: Rock Band, on the other hand, seems impossible.
Banjotanooki
Member
They worked on a concept idea for it so you never know....
Sucks that you have to buy the full album to get a bunch of Abbey Road's songs. A lot I could have lived without, but I had to have Polythene Pam and that's not listed individually.
And then with Rubber Soul, I actually did end up wanting everything but had bought several songs individually before, so it would have cost more to buy the full album option after that.
I'll probably kick myself for not buying a couple more things off Sgt. Pepper, but I'm feeling fleeced enough. Guh. Damn you and your amazing songs, Beatles.
(Still super bummed we never got Old Brown Shoe as DLC)
And then with Rubber Soul, I actually did end up wanting everything but had bought several songs individually before, so it would have cost more to buy the full album option after that.
I'll probably kick myself for not buying a couple more things off Sgt. Pepper, but I'm feeling fleeced enough. Guh. Damn you and your amazing songs, Beatles.
(Still super bummed we never got Old Brown Shoe as DLC)
Dr. Black Jack
Member
Still up on XBL, just bought Abbey Road to complete the set. Thanks for the heads up!
yep
HUELEN10
Member
dreamcastmaster
Banned
Super glad I grabbed the 3 albums on XBL just over an hour ago and didn't wait. I'd have missed these as they were on my mental list of waiting for a discount.
Thank you for making and bumping this thread.
Can't say I expected to kick off this month by purchasing a whole boatload of DLC for a game I haven't played in years, on a console I didn't have hooked up, but hey, gotta do what I gotta do.
Music licenses are such an unbelievable bummer. This game is a treasure and it deserves to be fully preserved forever.
Can't say I expected to kick off this month by purchasing a whole boatload of DLC for a game I haven't played in years, on a console I didn't have hooked up, but hey, gotta do what I gotta do.
Music licenses are such an unbelievable bummer. This game is a treasure and it deserves to be fully preserved forever.
peaceiscloser
Member
Beatles: Rock Band was amazing back in 2009, fed right into the remaster hype of the time. Have good memories losing my voice singing some of the tracks in it lol
That reminds me, i didn't own a USB Microphone for the game at the time, so I had to buy a bundle with the Naked Brothers Band game for something like 8 bucks lmao
That reminds me, i didn't own a USB Microphone for the game at the time, so I had to buy a bundle with the Naked Brothers Band game for something like 8 bucks lmao
Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
This is the only one that got the truly epic treatment. The Green Day one was pretty slim on theme, custom UI, etc.
Maybe the fact that Rock Band 4 underwhelmed a bit will bring them back to this. I think it turns out that the effort it would take to license and craft a Floyd or Zeppelin game would have been better spent than all that effort letting people access their existing DLC.
Just an opinion, though. The reason I'm in this thread is I don't like DLC disappearing, so I still applaud what Harmonix did with RB4... it just seems like the market didn't respond.
dreamcastmaster
Banned
While I'm not a Beatles fan, this game presented their catalogue to me in a format I enjoyed so that I understood why the Beatles are held in such high regard. It might no be preserved forever officially but my HD now is another potential source of preservation for the future. It's 2016, how many 360s are out there functioning with a full set of Beatles DLC on it?
Yep this is what killed it for me. Once I experienced pro drums where I no longer had to guess which ones were meant for cymbals like I used to do in RB2 with my cymbals, I couldn't go back to no cymbal charting. (Though now there are ways around that as far as getting Beatles.)
thenewjeva
Member
Question: I purchased all the DLC before the deadline today, however, I am not currently near my Xbox 360 at the point so I won't be able to download the songs until next week. When these songs are removed, will you no longer be able to download them or will I be able to access them through my download history?
You will be able to redownload them. It's only new purchases that are going away.
Green Yoshi
Member
Thanks for the reminder. Bought "All you need is love".
Too bad "Hey Jude" and "Let it be" were never part of The Beatles: Rock Band although they are very popular.
Too bad "Hey Jude" and "Let it be" were never part of The Beatles: Rock Band although they are very popular.
chrominance
Member
Harmonix did a PAX East panel a few years ago where they talked about licensing a lot, and the takeaway was that RB: Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin never happened because of significant licensing hurdles, not due to lack of effort. As stated upthread, there was a proof of concept for RB: Pink Floyd, and Harmonix knew for years that a Led Zeppelin game would sell gangbusters and tried to secure the licensing to make it happen. And all that was with Viacom and MTV behind them, not to mention EA's coffers. Remember, too, that Apple Corp. is not exactly known for being generous with the Beatles rights, especially in the digital realm. If Harmonix could make a Beatles game but not a Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin game, what does that tell you about those bands and their publishers?
With the band game market much smaller than it once was and Harmonix no longer able to draw on the same resources and connections it once had, trying to make a Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin game would certainly be impossible now, assuming it was ever possible in the first place.
There was also a rumor that U2 wanted a full band game but Harmonix thought it wasn't a good idea to persue those anymore after Green Day.
And then we got two U2 disc songs with RB4.
Same with Pearl Jam's Ten having harmonies in Rock Band 3, a supposed left over from a cancelled Rock Band: Pearl Jam. IIRC it's the only RB1/2 era content in Rock Band 3 that has harmonies patched in.
(Not counting Country Track Pack 2 - even though it was compatible with RB1/2, it was released after RB3, so they had time to include the harmony metadata in the export file)
And then we got two U2 disc songs with RB4.
Same with Pearl Jam's Ten having harmonies in Rock Band 3, a supposed left over from a cancelled Rock Band: Pearl Jam. IIRC it's the only RB1/2 era content in Rock Band 3 that has harmonies patched in.
(Not counting Country Track Pack 2 - even though it was compatible with RB1/2, it was released after RB3, so they had time to include the harmony metadata in the export file)
As it happens, I'd forgotten about this, and just checked right now (May 6th as far as my local calendar is concerned) and was still able to make the purchases. It looks like it's at least going down to the wire (is it past midnight in the westernmost parts of the US yet?)
(Then again, maybe the EU store is slower at removing?)
dreamcastmaster
Banned
Its the 6th everywhere now.