Baby, You're a Rich Man Too
The $16.99 price stands for the "full album" download of Abbey Road. If I'm reading this press release right, only "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", "Oh! Darling" and "Because" will be available for individual purchase on PS3/360, making all the medley elements (and "Her Majesty") exclusive to the album pack. Meanwhile, Wii owners can buy all the tracks individually (the answer to my earlier question about "Her Majesty" is $1), but do not have the option of buying a full album pack (and would pay $2.50 more if they want all the tracks) or of playing the medley uninterrupted.
Yeah, I'm still going to get it, dammit.
Looking to the future, I doubt I'll get the full Sgt. Pepper pack. The remainder doesn't seem very Rock Band-friendly. Only "A Day in the Life" screams must-buy to me and that's mostly for vocals as there's almost nothing for the guitar to do (I expect a lot of piano mapping there). Rubber Soul looks more promising with four gotta-haves ("Norwegian Wood", "You Won't See Me", "Nowhere Man" and "In My Life"), but I'm not sure I need every track. I hope how Abbey Road is being sold isn't the start of a trend of "album-exclusive" tracks.
Yeah, I'm still going to get it, dammit.
Looking to the future, I doubt I'll get the full Sgt. Pepper pack. The remainder doesn't seem very Rock Band-friendly. Only "A Day in the Life" screams must-buy to me and that's mostly for vocals as there's almost nothing for the guitar to do (I expect a lot of piano mapping there). Rubber Soul looks more promising with four gotta-haves ("Norwegian Wood", "You Won't See Me", "Nowhere Man" and "In My Life"), but I'm not sure I need every track. I hope how Abbey Road is being sold isn't the start of a trend of "album-exclusive" tracks.