Speaking at a panel at music industry conference MIDEM this morning in Cannes, France, MTV Games senior VP Paul DeGooyer mused a bit about how artists can more fully embrace music games. Music Ally reports this tantalizing quote:
“We would love to see a world where in your premium bundle for the next Muse album, you’re able to also receive that album on your console of choice, and be able to play it.”
OK, it’s certainly not a revolutionary concept; in fact, it ties into something fans of music games have been saying for awhile: that it sure would be awfully nice to be able to get the same music both in-game and out for the same price. And it’s already happened once, with a Target-exclusive special edition of Pearl Jam’s Backspacer. But it’s nice to hear the suits talking about trying to make this sort of thing more common.
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Whilst I like the idea in theory, I barely listen to the CDs I’ve got now, and with my urge to own every RB download under the sun I can see it getting painfully expensive in the long run…
Please, oh please, oh please let there be something behind the name dropping of Muse.
While in the same vein but more relating to artist oriented games, I think releasing an album all as its own playable Rock Band (or Guitar Hero if you prefer) disc would be something. They’ve done it simply before with AC/DC Live, but not exactly in the same scale I’m thinking. Instead of just shipping a Rock Band disc with a custom setlist, give it a bit of the Beatles/Green Day treatment. Put the band in the game, and maybe design one custom stadium or club suited to them. And of course have the option to pop the songs over into the main Rock Band games. This idea all came together while thinking, “If they released Them Crooked Vultures as its own little Rock Band game with just that album, maybe with Josh, John, Dave, and Alain as playable character models, and some crazy visualizations paired with some or all the songs, I would sure as hell buy it.” Then again, this specific dream isn’t so bright anymore as they’ve already released one song of theirs on the RB Music Store. But hey, it may be an option for others to utilize in the future.