HOLY CRAP!!!---Rock Band

[Kane Knight]

Originally Posted by darkpower Uhh...so does everything else they've put out. So, suddenly, licensing is this huge issue? But I won't argue about it that much. Seems I get called a retard about anything anymore. Seems now you guys tried to find something to do it this time.

Licensing has always been a huge issue. There's no "suddenly" here, and nobody called you a retard.

In reality, do you honestly think that the games would be exactly as they are now if the designers had completely free reign? We'd see Zepplin and Floyd and the Beatles (Rock Band, if not GH) and probably a bunch of others. Those are just the easiest examples. Some artists are easier to work with in terms of licensing than others. Then there's the issues of masters or rerecording with a studio band. Some artists want too much, even when they don't lend their original masters, which makes it not worth it for them.

Others are easier to work with. For example, you could sum up most people's interest in Sting in three songs, yet they keep putting him up on Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Think it's because he's synonymous with guitar legends? Yeah, they chose Syncronicty II over Stairway, and licensing has JUST become a problem.

[darkpower]

Originally Posted by Kane Knight Licensing has always been a huge issue. There's no "suddenly" here, and nobody called you a retard. In reality, do you honestly think that the games would be exactly as they are now if the designers had completely free reign? We'd see Zepplin and Floyd and the Beatles (Rock Band, if not GH) and probably a bunch of others. Those are just the easiest examples. Some artists are easier to work with in terms of licensing than others. Then there's the issues of masters or rerecording with a studio band. Some artists want too much, even when they don't lend their original masters, which makes it not worth it for them. Others are easier to work with. For example, you could sum up most people's interest in Sting in three songs, yet they keep putting him up on Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Think it's because he's synonymous with guitar legends? Yeah, they chose Syncronicty II over Stairway, and licensing has JUST become a problem.

You made a good point, though.

But if they could get Metallica (which was all about that whole Napster bullshit), then they could get the Crue (which was against Metallica's stance all throughout).

I guess I'm saying that it shouldn't be too hard to get the band that is more liberal about that sort of thing if you can get the more conservative band. In other words, it's just an excuse to me.