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Re:Rock Band. Guitar Hero. Why They Are Doomed. by warp on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @01:16PM (#787593)
I think you heavily underestimate the skill and creativity involved in creating a note-chart which is fun to play.

1. may be solvable, but you'll end up with something vastly different from the note-charts we have today. A bit like the difference between randomly generated dungeons in Nethack (or Pokemon Mystery Dungeon :) and a regular RPG.

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Re:Rock Band. Guitar Hero. Why They Are Doomed. by jdrock on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @02:39PM (#787766)
Not underestimating at all. But it seems like it could be solved. Maybe a hybrid auto/manual tweaking approach is the answer? Or perhaps users could requests songs be converted by the creative team and/or pay for individual tracks? I'm not interested in buying song-packs, but I'd pay $1 for any given song.
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