Only on XBOX, Albeit with Pricing Problems
As expected, today Sega made official the release of a playable Metal Sonic and Death Egg stage as downloadable content for Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing.
The content is only being made available on XBOX360 for the price of 560 points, or $7. The initial release of the content carried a price point of 800 MS points, or $10, leading to initial fan scoffs. That pricing was accidental, according to the Sonic City Blognik, and investigations are underway to rectify the situation for anyone who may have purchased the package under the 800 point pricing.
In addition to the playable character and track, the DLC contains five music tracks. Most of this was already known from last week, when this same pack was mistakenly released to Playstation 3 owners of owners last week, then quickly taken offline. For them, today’s exclusive XBOX 360 release adds insult to injury, as they’ve learned their proper release won’t come for two weeks. When April 22nd hits, PS3 users will again pay a premium over XBOX 360 users, paying $7.99 for the same content. A PS3 premium theme pack will also be available for $2.49.
If you’ve purchased the DLC, you may share your thoughts in our discussion area. You may also download some screenshots and character artwork of Death Egg and Metal Sonic in action, released by Sega Europe, in our gallery below.
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8 bucks for a single track and racer is one of the most insane prices I’ve seen for DLC ever. Would it have been too much effort to make some missions that use this content?
I agree with Eggfang. One racer + one track + five music tracks for $7 does seem a bit steep, but I’ll be getting it anyway.
And they can’t even do DLC for the PC version. Nice.
Someone prove me wrong. Please.
YAaaY metal!!!
I’ll either wait for:
1. All of the DLC to be released before I make my purchases, or
2. A sale on the DLC (similar to the Sonic ’06/Unleashed DLC deals a while back).
Can someone tell me what music tracks were available for Death Egg?
I know 2 of them from videos are Egg Fleet and Sky Deck but what else is on there?
@Xtreme
It was stated on the sonic city blognik. Heres the list:
* Cosmic Fall
* General Offensive
* Never Let It Go
* Egg Fleet
* Space Gadget
For the curious, a list of which games the songs come from.
·Cosmic Fall – Shadow the Hedgehog
·General Offensive – Sonic Adventure 1
·Never Let it Go – Sonic the Fighters
·Egg Fleet – Sonic Heroes
·Space Gadget – Shadow the Hedgehog
Darn. No Final Haunt Music. I’m disappointed.
I’ve brought Metal Sonic and Death Egg track also five music tracks. But I can’t wait to get the next one.
Final Haunt wouldn’t fit too well. A bit slow
I find it weird that they have concept art for Metal but they don’t even have it for all the characters
WHY IS HE DRIVING A CAR?! HE’S A ROBOT!!!
I still don’t get why one of those songs isn’t a Death Egg remix from S3&K. Would that really be so bad?
Well, they’ve already proven the DLC is READY for PSN, so what’s with the delay? Oh, wait…M$ bought it, just like everything else.
I don’t think even $8 is going to be so bad, though…at least not compared to $5 for JUST Forklift Ryo, which used nothing but in-game assets anyway and really shouldn’t be more than $2 at the most. I’ll probably get it when it released. I’m annoyed that isn’t tonight like I was expecting, though. Freaking Microsoft.
Ristar makes a cameo in this new DLC.
He’s found towards the end of a track, waving on the sidelines.
http://tinypic.com/r/k3rn2r/5
ha, cool car for Metal Sonic
lol I`ve just gotten this game today on 360 and I`ve already scored about 16+ achevements ^_^ Plus is Xbox doing achevements now for when you get all of them like on PS3 trophys? Cause it says “Ultimate collection – Earn all other achevements”
Well, anyhoo, time to check the Sonic 4 update
Cool music in the track,
well i miss
.Militant missionary (egg viper from Sonic adventure 1)
.For true Story (Sonic vs Shadow in SA2)
.Boss theme (Sonic rivals 1 and 2) is really cool, besides the game is not so great.
.Eggmanland (Sonic unleashed)
That my list for death egg, or egg fortress
.Wave ocean the intlet (sonic 360) “to beach sonic themed stages”
.The classic green hill/ Emerald hill/ Angel Island /US Palmtree panic theme.
And to the casino theme stage
Casinopolis “in the subway” theme
Casino Night theme
Twinkle park theme
@blueblur: It’s no Microsoft-mandated thing, but developers are always free to program such Achievements if they want (see X-Men: The Official Game for another example). I guess Sumo wanted to, just so the list would be completely identical cross-platform.