GameCyte: "We've been a little rough on the upcoming release of AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack, a physical disc which will contain 18 tracks from AC/DC for standalone play and/or export into the main Rock Band game. As excited as we are to play more AC/DC in our rock simulators, we've taken issue with a few of the design decisions. Our main complaint, of course, has been that most any Rock Band player (PS2 players notwithstanding) would be far better served by the opportunity to buy these songs via the Rock Band Music Store, instead of being forced to pay a much higher price for a physical bundle, thus losing the ability to pick and choose which AC/DC hits they'd like to buy. As it turns out, however, we may be unfairly lambasting Harmonix and MTV Games for this decision; forcing players to purchase the songs as a package may be precisely what AC/DC wants.
In an interview only last week, AC/DC's Angus Young spoke at length to Britain's Telegraph about the band's refusal to sell their music through iTunes. Black Ice, AC/DC's forthcoming album, is going on sale in a few weeks (at the same time as the Rock Band Track Pack), but is exclusively available in Wal-Mart - it will not be sold through Apple's digital distribution behemoth. The Telegraph predicts Black Ice to be this year's best-selling album, and while their article focuses on the possible ramifications for iTunes and digital music distribution, a few of the comments from Young point to possibile reasons behind the Track Pack decisions."
