Harmonix, makers of The Beatles: Rock Band, has announced the pricing for the downloadable albums/songs that will be made available after the game's release. I am a bit shocked by the pricing; let's just say people are going to be paying premium prices for premium music. The album to be released will be Abbey Road in October and it will cost a cool $16.98 to download the whole album, or $1.99 per song. Considering that 5 Abbey Road songs come with the game itself, that is really pretty pricey. And unfortunately, there is a hook: only by purchasing the complete Abbey Road album will you be able to play the side 2 medley ("You Never Give Me Your Money," "Sun King," "Mean Mr. Mustard," "Polythene Pam," "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window," "Golden Slumbers," "Carry That Weight" and "The End") as a whole. That sucks.
It appears as though the following DLC albums, Sgt. Pepper's in November and Rubber Soul in December, will also carry the $16.98 pricing. That really is a bit much. It's the first news that I consider negative about the game. Still, I will be all in. But the more casual fans will probably be thinking long and hard about paying that much for DLC. This could be a bad move by Harmonix.
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