If you break it down, there are 47 tracks in the Guitar Hero 1 release for the PS2, which retails for about $40 currently. That's about .85 cents a track. Each Track Pack is available for 500 Microsoft Points ($6.25) on the Xbox 360, which includes three tracks. That's about $2.08 a track on the Xbox 360. And to put it into perspective, if it keeps at this rate, that means Guitar Hero 1 on the Xbox 360 will cost you $97.76. While future track releases and pricing has yet to be announced, it will surely be judged according to the response on these purchases. Put your MS points where your mouth is, 360 gamers.

Guitar Hero Track Pack 1:
Bark at the Moon - Ozzy Osbourne
Hey You - The Exies
Ace of Spades - Motorhead

Guitar Hero Track Pack 2:
Killer Queen - Queen
Take it Off - The Donnas
Frankenstein - The Edgar Winter Group

Guitar Hero Track Pack 3:
Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Infected -Bad Religon
Stellar - Incubus

UPDATE: A petition has started online here.: "We have signed this petition with our xbox live gamertags, track us and you'll find that we have not and will not purchase additional songs for Guitar Hero II at this price point." Thanks to the readers for letting us know.

UPDATE 2: A posting over at MajorNelson.com from Major himself in response to the pricing: "Remember, these song packs contain *licensed* songs. Licensing songs gets pretty expensive, and complicated when you involve other countries. Anyone who knows a little bit about the music industry and publishing can tell you that it's not a walk in the park to secure content and the proper distribution licenses for songs. I'll pass along the comments.

Just because songs are covers does not really matter. The song publishing is what can *really* be tricky in terms of licensing. Again, as you guys know I will share the feedback with everyone here, so thanks for understanding and thinking about the legalities of it all."

Maybe a disc/retail release would have been better, in that case. So much for the much anticipated downloadable content that was touted before its release.

UPDATE 3: Joystiq conducted an interview with Major Nelson on the Guitar Hero downloadable content pricing. Check it out here.

UPDATE 4: We contacted Red Octane's PR group to get the Red Octane side of the story and pricing. The response we received: "In regards to your questions, w/ Major Nelson’s interview already posted regarding the DLC for Guitar Hero, we don’t have any further comments or other details to add at the moment."

Comments

lol... Written by Guest on 2007-05-03 00:00:00 I think that all of the people that are whining about the prices need to get jobs, or at least ones that don't involve flippin' burgers. Anything under $100 is not that expensive... besides, isn't is also a convenience to not have to switch disks to

microsoft/redoctane employees Written by Guest on 2007-05-18 00:00:00 all the people that posted things like "This is a reasonable price, you need jobs," are probably working to get people to think its reasonable. that or they are spoiled rich litle kids whose dadies bought it for them. the price is totally unreasonable

Written by Guest on 2007-04-16 00:00:00 there should be more ozzy songs damit for it and the misfits

I hate them Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 But they're gonna get my money. They're not gonna charge less b/c of some petition.

Cry more Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 Oh, cry more. You got 10 new songs already and now have the option of getting the GH1 songs with the new GH2 system (easier hammer-ons and pull-offs. PS2/PS3 owners don't get new songs until Fall when Rock Band/GH3 is released or when this '80s editio

Licenced vs. Covers Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 Here is why I am complaining. Lets do the math shall we: We got 60 songs plus 10 extra songs from this game. Lets forget about the 10 extra ones altogether. Typically a game costs 69.99 CDN so lets just go with that price for this purpose and say th

Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 Honestly GH1 is only 25 songs, Besides Get Ready 2 Rokk, the extra songs are not really worth it. I don't see red octane selling The Breaking Wheel for the same price as Ace of Spades. And if you pay for it then is your own fault.  BTW I also love All

Licensed songs Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 According to Major Nelson "Just because songs are covers does not really matter."     That's just crap, it makes all the difference in the world. When you sell covers, you only owe a small "mechanical" royalty to the author. That fee is set by la

I hate to be the bearer of bad news... Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 But they might know what their doing here. YES I think the songs are way high in price. YES I think its BS that they push and push and push for a 360 release mostly for the DLC, and then they end up forkin us for it. But YES I will buy the songs. and

Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 RIDICURUS

gh songs Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 seriously, what the fuck, this is ridiculous

Damn Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 What the hell, I've already bought gh1 and gh2 for PS2 now I went and spent 100 bucks on the xb360 version for the 10 extra songs. I'm gonna hack my damn PS2 so I don't have to screw with these idiots at Red Octane and Micro$oft. Kiss my ass M$oft a

Can we talk about wireless guitars Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 Who cares about a few bucks, lets talk about wireless guitars!

get a job Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 you guys are a bunch of whiners. go get a job. $100 is chump change.

LOL Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 "could be because 3 songs (12 minutes of entertainment), is 100 points more expensive then most full xbox live arcade games (ninja turtles aracde, geometry wars, other games that ARE hours of entertainment)"    LOL so you play all the songs on GH2 onl

MOTORHEAD!!! Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 Q:God and Lemmy get into a wrestling match. Who wins?    A: Trick question. Lemmy IS God.     I'd pay $6 for ACE OF SPADES by itself.

Well said Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 Yea, this is ridiculous. Red Octane should be smacked for this one. Send them your feedback, www.redoctane.com

Waah Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 Wahh wahh...you know, it's called doing good business. If you love the game that much buy it, otherwise quit whining and play your PS2 version

songs Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 is there any way to share the songs...you know, one person downloads them and transfers them to other 360's via memory card? If so, how?

Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 "Why is everyone whining about this? It's a couple bucks for hours of entertainment."    could be because 3 songs (12 minutes of entertainment), is 100 points more expensive then most full xbox live arcade games (ninja turtles aracde, geometry wars,

nice Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 is it really that big a deal that they are mugging us? no. i love it.

its microsoft. not red octane. Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 If it was up to red octane they would be free. Just like the gears of war maps epic wants to release for free. but microsoft wont let them. microsoft just wants to squeeze every penny out of everyone.

Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 GG Microsoft...

Is everyone broke or what? Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 Why is everyone whining about this? It's a couple bucks for hours of entertainment. You spend more than this going to a 2 hour movie. Everyone should quit complaining and stop being cheap asses.

Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 I'm surprised that people don't think that it's RED OCTANE/ACTIVISION that set the pricing. I mean, come on... they are planning on releasing GH3 later this year. GH2 hasn't even been out for a half a year yet and they are going to release a 3rd o

BS Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 yes, why complain? Just take it up the ass like microsoft wants you to.    Good job defending price gouging. Companies really dont need you guys helping them, but every little bit helps.    The cost wouldnt prevent me from playing the game, but it doe

Get raped Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 If you want to get raped for it, be my guest. Tool.

Where can we bitch? Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 Who, what , or where can we go to complain about the pricing?

Written by Guest on 2007-04-11 00:00:00 I usually never bother with these things, but     SIGNED    Seems like it's gotten over 100 new signatures in the past 10 minutes.

Just hold off a week or so b/4 buying th Written by Guest on 2007-04-12 00:00:00 They are just testing the price points. If we don't buy they'll reevaluate thier pricing scheme.    Horse Armour anyone??

Written by Guest on 2007-04-12 00:00:00 Its really a stupid argument.. Nothing is going to change... Everyone knew this was going to happen and somehow you guys are still shoked... Get over it.. Its only a GAME. If you aren't happy with it then return it.. But quit bitching already.

lord Darcon Written by Guest on 2007-04-16 00:00:00 Ill pay for the content i want and ill leave wahts not worth buying now i would like like i see others do wierless they better have this option for # 3

Written by Guest on 2007-12-01 00:00:00 i just wish you could pay $2 each song instead of being forced to buy them in packs for $6

Written by Guest on 2007-12-10 00:00:00 put the price for 10 bucks

microsoft are schemers and thus why we w Written by Guest on 2008-01-02 00:00:00 personally i think the accessories are overpriced. the DLC is just fine depending on what it is. Me being the Guitar Hero fan, I like playing pretty much any song they throw at me, just cos its a challenge and something new. i think the best way to rele

unknow Written by Guest on 2009-10-24 14:04:44 I want it but there isn´t any guitar hero 1 game in the fcking world

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