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Posted on 22 September 11 at 18:07 |
Pre-ordering the game may net you a free transfer
The title says it all really. The fact that players can import all of the tracks from Dance Central into Dance Central 2 had been known for a while, but Microsoft has now confirmed that doing this will cost you 400 MSP. This shouldn't come as too much of a surprise bearing in mind that Harmonix's other big-name franchise, Rock Band, carried a similar transfer fee.
Transferring the original songs will also transfer the original routines with them. Whereas Dance Central 2 will allow players to turn off the Freestyle sections of the songs shipping on the disc, this will not be an option for the tracks imported across from the first game. This is because the Freestyle section was mandatory in the first game and there is no alternative choreography available to replace the Freestyle sections of these songs.
There is a silver lining in the cloud for those players who will be pre-ordering the game though. Select retailers are offering either the Song Import code, or 400MSP, for free as a pre-order bonus. If the retailer offered the Song Import as a pre-order bonus, players will first have to enter the unique 16 digit code that is printed on the back of the manual in the first Dance Central. Then players will have to enter the code on the digital receipt that they will have received. Instructions will follow to start importing the tracks.
If the retailer offered 400 MSP instead, the 25 digit code will have to be redeemed as normal. Once the code has been entered from the Dance Central manual, players will then be able to use the 400 MSP to buy the Track Import feature. Just bear in mind that you will need 200-250 MB of free storage space for the import to take place.
Only the US pre-order bonuses have been confirmed so far. GameStop will offer the free Song Import when the game is pre-ordered for $49.99. Amazon will be offering 400 MSP instead when the game is also pre-ordered for $49.99. Microsoft has confirmed that Best Buy and the Microsoft Store will also offer one of these pre-order bonuses.
Credit goes to Hustlinonradio for this story |
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Posted on 22 September 11 at 18:14 |
| lol (i haven't anything else to say) |
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Posted on 22 September 11 at 18:15 |
| I don't mind paying a small fee considering it's from a different game, but I love that preorders can get a free import. I only wish they did that with Rock Band games, but at least they realized to do it now! |
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Posted on 22 September 11 at 18:17 |
damn hustlinonradio has suggested a majority of the latest stories up hey newshounds you better pick it up or your going to be replaced lol
OT: I have dance central 1 so unless there is an achievement specifically tied to the songs from the 1st game i think ill just buy it from whoever is offering the 400 pts and use them for something else |
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Posted on 22 September 11 at 18:19, Edited on 22 September 11 at 18:19 by alklein92201 |
ljp0390 said:damn hustlinonradio has suggested a majority of the latest stories up hey newshounds you better pick it up or your going to be replaced lol
OT: I have dance central 1 so unless there is an achievement specifically tied to the songs from the 1st game i think ill just buy it from whoever is offering the 400 pts and use them for something elseI doubt they'll do that, Harmonix is good. Aren't devs not supposed to put achievements in that require another game? Even ones that require a save file from another game have always accepted demo saves from what I've seen. Plus, that would just be a dick move! |
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Posted on 22 September 11 at 18:24 |
alklein92201 said:ljp0390 said:damn hustlinonradio has suggested a majority of the latest stories up hey newshounds you better pick it up or your going to be replaced lol
OT: I have dance central 1 so unless there is an achievement specifically tied to the songs from the 1st game i think ill just buy it from whoever is offering the 400 pts and use them for something elseI doubt they'll do that, Harmonix is good. Aren't devs not supposed to put achievements in that require another game? Even ones that require a save file from another game have always accepted demo saves from what I've seen. Plus, that would just be a dick move!Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts has an achievement worth 0gs that requires you to get return a stop and swop crate to mumbos workshop. How do you do that? By unlocking it in the arcade version of Banjo kazooie. It's sucks but there are achievements like that |
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Posted on 22 September 11 at 19:24 |
ljp0390 said:damn hustlinonradio has suggested a majority of the latest stories up hey newshounds you better pick it up or your going to be replaced lolWhile I appreciate that this was meant as a joke, I'm going to counter it anyway. The majority of the community suggestions are already on our list when they come in. However, our policy is that we credit the suggestions made well before the article gets through approval and hits the front page, even if we had already found the headline without any help.
We are volunteers and we are short-staffed at the moment. We're doing our best. |
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Posted on 22 September 11 at 19:36 |
| This pretty much seals my decision on Pre-ordering it :) |
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Posted on 22 September 11 at 20:16 |
| Reasonable price. |
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Posted on 22 September 11 at 20:41 |
PunkyLiar said:ljp0390 said:damn hustlinonradio has suggested a majority of the latest stories up hey newshounds you better pick it up or your going to be replaced lolWhile I appreciate that this was meant as a joke, I'm going to counter it anyway. The majority of the community suggestions are already on our list when they come in. However, our policy is that we credit the suggestions made well before the article gets through approval and hits the front page, even if we had already found the headline without any help.
We are volunteers and we are short-staffed at the moment. We're doing our best.Hey sorry if I might have offended you I promise you that was not my intentions I love the news in this site I normally get all my info from you guys anyway all of you do a fantastic job it was just an attempt at humor....sorry im not funny  lol |
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Posted on 22 September 11 at 20:44 |
| Glad I already had it preordered. Can't wait for this game! |
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Posted on 22 September 11 at 21:38 |
| should have made the service free.. |
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Posted on 22 September 11 at 23:52 |
ljp0390 said:alklein92201 said:ljp0390 said:damn hustlinonradio has suggested a majority of the latest stories up hey newshounds you better pick it up or your going to be replaced lol
OT: I have dance central 1 so unless there is an achievement specifically tied to the songs from the 1st game i think ill just buy it from whoever is offering the 400 pts and use them for something elseI doubt they'll do that, Harmonix is good. Aren't devs not supposed to put achievements in that require another game? Even ones that require a save file from another game have always accepted demo saves from what I've seen. Plus, that would just be a dick move!Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts has an achievement worth 0gs that requires you to get return a stop and swop crate to mumbos workshop. How do you do that? By unlocking it in the arcade version of Banjo kazooie. It's sucks but there are achievements like thatAh yes I forgot about that one. That's actually how I found out they had the original for XBLA, and bought it instantly because it was so awesome! Feel bad for those extreme completionists who even need 0g achievements, and realized how much they hate Banjo Kazooie AFTER starting N&B |
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Posted on 23 September 11 at 02:45 |
| They have to re-license the songs, which costs money. I think five dollars is a highly reasonable price. They don't have to do the export at all, I'd be happy. I think spending 20 or so dollars to add another.. at least 200 songs to my Rock Band 3 library is a great deal and you don't have to change the discs, and you can play them on the new engines. |
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Posted on 23 September 11 at 12:34 |
| Great price for the transfer feature as others may know from previous music titles |
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Posted on 23 September 11 at 13:13 |
ljp0390 said:PunkyLiar said:ljp0390 said:damn hustlinonradio has suggested a majority of the latest stories up hey newshounds you better pick it up or your going to be replaced lolWhile I appreciate that this was meant as a joke, I'm going to counter it anyway. The majority of the community suggestions are already on our list when they come in. However, our policy is that we credit the suggestions made well before the article gets through approval and hits the front page, even if we had already found the headline without any help.
We are volunteers and we are short-staffed at the moment. We're doing our best.Hey sorry if I might have offended you I promise you that was not my intentions I love the news in this site I normally get all my info from you guys anyway all of you do a fantastic job it was just an attempt at humor....sorry im not funny lolDon't worry about it - I just thought I'd get that out there before other people started coming to a similar non-joking conclusion. |
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Posted on 25 September 11 at 01:34 |
| Such a money grab. Shouldn't companies be rewarding gamers for purchasing their previous games not charging them more for the content they already "own"? |
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Posted on 25 September 11 at 02:50 |
| airjedi said:Such a money grab. Shouldn't companies be rewarding gamers for purchasing their previous games not charging them more for the content they already "own"?You own the license to use it with Dance Central, not Dance Central 2. I don't know the ins and outs of it, but I wouldn't be surprised if Harmonix had to pay extra license fees for people to use those songs in number 2, and that that's why they charge for it. |
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Posted on 25 September 11 at 15:49 |
| alklein92201 said:airjedi said:Such a money grab. Shouldn't companies be rewarding gamers for purchasing their previous games not charging them more for the content they already "own"?You own the license to use it with Dance Central, not Dance Central 2. I don't know the ins and outs of it, but I wouldn't be surprised if Harmonix had to pay extra license fees for people to use those songs in number 2, and that that's why they charge for it.That makes sense but I wouldnt waste money on this if i wanted to play songs from dance central 1 i will simply play dance central 1 as far as i understand there will be no difference if you play dance central 1 songs in the 1st or 2nd game |
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Posted on 25 September 11 at 15:59 |
| ljp0390 said:alklein92201 said:airjedi said:Such a money grab. Shouldn't companies be rewarding gamers for purchasing their previous games not charging them more for the content they already "own"?You own the license to use it with Dance Central, not Dance Central 2. I don't know the ins and outs of it, but I wouldn't be surprised if Harmonix had to pay extra license fees for people to use those songs in number 2, and that that's why they charge for it.That makes sense but I wouldnt waste money on this if i wanted to play songs from dance central 1 i will simply play dance central 1 as far as i understand there will be no difference if you play dance central 1 songs in the 1st or 2nd gameIf it's anything like the Rock Band series, you're right there's no difference. It's more just the convenience that you don't have to keep switching if you want to play certain songs I think. |