Guitar Hero: World Tour Subscriptions? For User-Generated Music?

@DJ_Lae

EA has been doing an admirable job of shaking their corporate meat-spear persona with a taste for consumer buttocks (ignoring the DRM stuff, at least) while Activision seems to think it's a good idea to take their place. Do we really need another company with such a visibly insatiable desire for money?

I realize that the whole point of anything is to make money, but at least charge fees for legitimate things. Contrary to what Kotick is smoking, GHTunes will never be the videogame equivalent of iTunes.

dude, activision and these kids are filled with delusions of grandeur

That kids song was TERRIBLE, and he was completely full of himself.  Also, "Impossible" has two S's.

Translation from Activision..................Holy shit those that stupid GH Tunes is actually popular?!?! Quick guys, go charge money for it so we can milk it for money now, hurry!!!

GH World Tour fails.

Wow, that kid sure is an arrogant little fucker, isn't he?

I did play a pretty cool rendition of a Tetris song off of GHTunes, but other than that everything was pretty crappy. No I would NOT pay a monthly fee for this.

Oh man, we see this happening a lot more often in the past few years haven't we. Let's do some thinking: user created  songs is a good idea as an experiment and to have fun.  And if this Basketball kid's song as number one at the moment, we're in big trouble. All I heard was a fast solo of nothing. On the other hand, if a band does create something really really good, would they be stupid enough to just post it online for other users for a fee that they will see dime one, or would they do the smart thing and try to make some serious money off of it?
This is just a fun little distraction and Activision trying to squeeze more of your hard earned money out of your pockets.
As an old saying goes....."just say no".

Guitar hero = FAIL.   Harmonix is the true music developer, Guitar Hero is just a brand name

Oh yes, Mr. Basketball45, let's check out all your other honors!

Honestly though, I'm not big on Guitar Hero or Rock Band for that matter, but having people pay a subscription fee for user created songs that aren't original or any good should be a crime...punishable by multiple punches to the face.

Hey, Kimbo Slice! We might have work for you!

I can't remember the last time I've seen a comment made by Bobby Kotick that didn't leave me frustrated.  I don't think any of his ideas have ever been about giving their customers more value.  It's pretty much about how much they can exploit their customers for more money.

LOL HOLY CRAP! HAHAHAHAHAHHAA

Where do I have to sign to punch Activision Blizzard's CEO in the face, instead?? I'm more and more thinking about buying Rock Band 2...

What The Fuck.
Bloody Activision and their subscriptions -_-

What's up with that Mario song?! It doesn't follow any kind of logical progression up and down the neck of the guitar! It's like it was made by....well,  by a user instead of a professional. It's creepy!
Edit: Oh. The song is being played Lefty mode. I think that's what confused me. But it doesn't stop the song from sounding horrible and being dumb!

ValiantGoat:
" ...The kid in the second video = epic tool"

I couldn't of put it better.

Anybody else notice that the mario song path had nothing to do with the actual notes...

Wow, RAD SONG MAN. 

@ Tearhead: Can I punch him in the face after you?

There's no way I'm paying a subscription to play that rubbish. Screw that noise.

Activision is doing a WONDERFUL job of making EA look good this year.

Is it wrong that I want to punch that kid in the face?

How many songs are actually on GHTunes right now?  The game's been out not even a week, and some stupid kid is bragging that he supposedly has the top-downloaded song?  WTF?  He never even pops up the guide to prove its actually him...and why does he have to download it if its his?  I really don't see anyone paying for this crap...

The kid drives a hard bargain, better do what he says.

If you have to pay for Battle.net on top of having to pay for Starcraft 2 three times just to get the full campaign, I am not going to buy another Blizzard game, ever.

BAN ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO 'FREE ' CONTENT!!

Wait, was that the whole song.......?

This is so incredibly stupid. I completely agree that the song making stuff on these games are kinda not very good. At all. And the big selling point of this whole thing was that it was a big catalog of songs you could download FOR FREE. Completely defeats the purpose if they start charging for it, and they won't even be paying the people that are giving them the stuff that they are charging for, which would also be bull.

LOL at the kid in the second video!

I didn't think it could get any worse! (Not that Guitar Hero is necessarily a bad game, but this is more ridiculous than Brian Bright.)

 Developers think they can just rip you off and that we'll just bend over and take it. I do not approve. Though, I don't have a current gen console, so I won't be buying this game anyway. I'm just gonna stick with Audiosurf.

Oi, I was going to get Guitar Hero:WT in a couple months, but this is just too much.

Oh Activision! How funny you are. I'll stick with Rock Band.

sweet tunez

Oh, fuck you Guitar Hero.

Guitar What? I think it's called nock rand!

You know you want to pay for all those songs people made just to get an achievement, it's so worth it....

The kid in the second video = epic tool

hahaha that mario song is a piece of shit haha

Yeah I wouldn't pay money for that....awful. 

To answer you question Jeff the answer is a big fat NO!  I would not buy the songs from this douchey kid.

hold on....you pay for the game with this feature built in, then you spend your hard earned time (and we all know time is money!) making a good song.....then you have to pay to be able to download user generated content! and that money doesnt even go to the user?!   we live in a sick world my friends.

Solution...buy Rock Band.

I seriously fucking hate Kotick. He is the worst man in the industry. I am being dead fucking serious here. EVERYTHING he says is about fucking consumers in the ass, and he always says it with such excitement and glee. We're adding more advertising! We're charging you fees! Battlenet is a huge financial opportunity for Activision! Fuck off you repulsive fat ginger.

Bullshit. Someone make some good songs, already!!!! Also, DON'T MAKE US PAY FOR THEM!!!