Whether it was sponsored or not it was still free for the consumers, so that's beside the point really. And actually no the bikes will be included in the free Davis update for Burnout, the only premium content will be new cars as they want everyone to have the same functionality to prevent there being divides in the online structure of the game whereas the cars are optional additions, and while the plane was just something one of the physics programmers knocked together in a day they still want to add it if they can.
And it isn't actually up to EA if the content is charged for it's up to Viacom/MTV who own Harmonix, EA are just the publishers they don't own Harmonix they have a stake in it and publish the game but the financial stuff is up to Viacom/MTV mostly as my understanding is. I still think it'll probably be a case of using the registration code on the back of the Rock band manual as a redemption code with it being premium content for people who don't own Rock Band.
And yeah I know there are difficulties because of the activision take over and the ownership of the music licenses, but that has no bearing on the fact that Guitar Hero fans WANT the old tracks in the new games does it?
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