Only 1 song as preorder bonus?

[KazeS2Tirelli]

Alright guys, I know we're all raging because we can't even download the game yet, but still... Lets talk about something else to pass the time: Lets talk about the bonus track for those who made the prepurchase.
I'm one of those who did it because I really enjoyed playing RS2011, such a great game! And I know that RS2014 will be even better. But lets face it: 59.99 for the preorder. It will get cheaper soon, right? Alright, but the preorder should give us a few bonuses. And it does, right? Cherub Rock as a exclusive bonus song(and I'm pretty sure it will be a normal DLC later) and we SHOULD be able to download and play the game earlier than everyone else, right? Uhm... forget the "earlier than everyone else".

So, am I the only one thinking that Ubisoft should give the preorder buyers something more? (something more besides making us waiting so long for the game to be released)
I personally think they should at least give us the RS2011 song conversion to RS2014 free of charges.
So, what are your opinions?

[cypher.230]

at least the conversions, 50€ is a lot for 1 song, the wait, have to pay for conversion, and the expensive dlc

[Azwethinkweiz]

What you got is good enough. I didnt pre order for smashing pumpkins. I pre ordered because i want the rest of the game. The game is being released on time(the day it said when i pre ordered).

Paying to port songs over is another story. This was atleast indicated as a perk that would come from owning the game, no mention of a charge. The charge should go away.

[KazeS2Tirelli]

Well, I kind of agree, Michio. I really bought in the preorder because I loved Rocksmith 2011, all my friends now it, my familly nows it, but still I think that only 1 song, even though it's such an awesome song, is a weak bonus. I'm not trying to start a riot here, I'm just promoting a healthy discussion.
And, lets face it, paying to port the songs isn't really fair, even though they have to relicense the songs and everything else.

[Azwethinkweiz]

I dont even like smashing Pumpkins. Dont care about a bonus. A bonus now would be, pre order and you get to port your songs for free....and your no getting a physical copy, lets charge 10 bucks less...

I knew what i got when i bought it though so what evs. i sure dont remember them mentioning paying to have RS songs ported over though.....

[Gardentwine]

Perhaps the Preorder could of been 3 day early access, but i really, i got it cause i wanted the song and support the game.

The prices £39.99 is about right for new release.

also didnt need to get Retail copy!

[Digiboy]

I thought the porting was supposed be free. I never once heard them mention a fee in any of the videos where they discussed you could import the rocksmith 2011 into the 2014 version.

[KazeS2Tirelli]

Looks like that all DLCs you bought will be ported for free. But people have been talking about porting the songs that actually came "in-disk" and looks like that those songs will be ported only if you pay a small fee for the whole pack. I don't know much about it, but that doesn't sound fine.

[ZedR]

When will the DLC go on sale so I can buy some?

[KazeS2Tirelli]

sorry, Shoki, I don't know about that. But there are RS2011 DLCs that you can buy. Some people were talking about it in other threads here on Steam and on Ubi's forum, but I haven't read any of those.

[Zoc]

By checking the DLC folder on Steam, I see a file named "rs1compatibilitydlc_p.psarc". Hopefully we won't need to pay for Rocksmith 1 compatibility DLC, since it's already in the folder :)

[KazeS2Tirelli]

I hope too, but I'm affraid that by "compatibilitydlc" they only meant songs that we bought in the past. I'll stop by and tell what I've found out once I'm done downloading it.

[KazeS2Tirelli]

Alright guys, confirmed: You must PAY for the DISC conversion of Rocksmith 1 songs in order to have it on Rocksmith 2 :/

[Vimes]

I would have pre ordered even if they did not offer the free track.

I am sure that preparing each of the DLC titles takes effort on the part of the dev team. Not to mention the royalties costs they need to pay to license the songs. Thus, each DLC package represent actually cost and investment by the developer. If these were easy/cheap to develop I am sure that Ubisoft would release 100's of tracks on release date to maximize thier potential revenue (I know would). This why I never download cracked games or ♥♥♥♥♥ about the costs of new games or DLC. I WANT them to make money... and keep building cool new stuff.

As for 'the wait' ...come on, Peter Jackson is not going to send me any gifts because I have to wait 12 months to see the next installment of The Hobbit

[JohnJosephDrown]

I think I didn't even get my preorder song even tho I preordered it

[Mxxpower]

Originally posted by rabbithound:

I think I didn't even get my preorder song even tho I preordered it

I didn't get mine either, probably because of having to run through U-Pirate....