On another Rock Band note
Dec. 14th, 2009 11:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kilroyThere are by my count 937 songs that we have available for play on RB2 at Casa Rock, and 72 that we do not: as of last week, 92.9% of all content has been purchased. Most songs goes to Foo Fighters at 25, or 2.5% of all available songs.
Some notes on those numbers, however. Available includes about 20 songs that we all collectively hate, but bought because they a) came on a disc with songs we did want (Visions) or b) were early enough in the DLC process that we were literally buying everything (Thrasher). Since we're on PS3, there's no way to delete them short of redownloading every single thing on a fresh box... a process that would probably take literally a week at this point and at least three people. Unavailable includes quite a few tracks that we will eventually get as DLC but are currently only available on discs that would involve redundant purchasing (I'm looking at you, Country Pack).
We've been growing gradually pickier as the process continues, but we still buy way more than we deny. Generally things that don't get bought are stuff that none of our core members is going to enjoy (Lamb of God) or things that one person likes but more people hate (Ministry). We've only just started not purchasing mediocre songs (Just Kait), but I expect those ranks to swell gradually next year.
I wish that we had access to the RBN tools, as there's going to be a LOT of interesting stuff out there, but we already have a bedrock-solid base to work from. The game's fully matured now, and any additional content we want to add is just gravy.
Some notes on those numbers, however. Available includes about 20 songs that we all collectively hate, but bought because they a) came on a disc with songs we did want (Visions) or b) were early enough in the DLC process that we were literally buying everything (Thrasher). Since we're on PS3, there's no way to delete them short of redownloading every single thing on a fresh box... a process that would probably take literally a week at this point and at least three people. Unavailable includes quite a few tracks that we will eventually get as DLC but are currently only available on discs that would involve redundant purchasing (I'm looking at you, Country Pack).
We've been growing gradually pickier as the process continues, but we still buy way more than we deny. Generally things that don't get bought are stuff that none of our core members is going to enjoy (Lamb of God) or things that one person likes but more people hate (Ministry). We've only just started not purchasing mediocre songs (Just Kait), but I expect those ranks to swell gradually next year.
I wish that we had access to the RBN tools, as there's going to be a LOT of interesting stuff out there, but we already have a bedrock-solid base to work from. The game's fully matured now, and any additional content we want to add is just gravy.