AC/DC Go "Live" on Rock Band

For those about to rock, please make your way to Wal-Mart's electronics section.

That's right, for those of you lying awake at night, worrying about whether or not AC/DC or some other band will ever make it to Rock Band or Guitar Hero, the wait is over. The New York Times reports that Wal-Mart has exclusive rights to sell an AC/DC Track Pack for Rock Band. That's right, this isn't downloadable content. It's a physical disc to put in your house, seperate from the rest of the Rock Band world.

So here's the problem. Every other song in the Rock Band sphere is compatible with both games, making Rock Band the best backwards-compatible music game out there. You downloaded an entire album on Rock Band? You can get that and all of your other songs onto Rock Band 2. It's great. Activision never quite grasped that, releasing game after game, never getting the satisfaction of every Guitar Hero song on one disc (yet). No, they came up with Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica on top of their regular run.

And now Rock Band is just doing the same thing. Maybe they got desperate for AC/DC and Wal-Mart wouldn't ease up on the rights, so MTV had to strike a deal. Fair enough, I guess. Still, I hope the thing ends up as an imported download instead of its own game (see also iTunes gift cards). That way, you could still buy it would still be Wal-Mart exclusive but still keep the Rock Band 2 title all-encompassing.