New Beat Saber songs with the price increase?

DigitalWorldsVR

So Beat Saber recently went up to $0.07 for the new DLC songs, but I don't see the new songs in the game. Is there something I must do to enable them?

thevrclub

There's a new music pack coming June 10th so they're probably preparing to update every platform for that... and hopefully they don't forget the arcade build this time!

DigitalWorldsVR

thevrclub

I hope so. If we're getting charged more to account for things we don't even get access to, that sucks big time. I mean yeah, I love Beat Saber and it's one of my most played games personally, but one of the main reasons I pushed it so much here at my arcade was it's appealing price. Now I have a lot of really great titles like Furious Seas and such that are still at $0.06 that I'll be encouraging people to check out.

thevrclub

DigitalWorldsVR

Agreed! The most played games at my arcade are the ones I recommend to my customers since most of them don't know what to try. So I never suggest they play the expensive ones, those game are only there if they want them, and I put all the flat-rate or lifetime licensed games front and centre in the springboard launcher (with only a few exceptions like Beat Saber... for now)

gameovr

Do we have any official word from Beat Saber on this? I havent offered this game for months because I won't pay for an inferior product, and yeah the whole point of the price increase was to offer the extra songs.... So where does that leave us? We are now 2 major updates behind the consumer version.

KatePlayItVR

Hey All,

Just seen this tweet from Beat Saber. It says all platforms. Springboard, do you have an update for us on this?

gameovr

KatePlayItVR

They havent even released the last one to us even though they've upped the price, so yeah I think we need some answers on this.

DigitalWorldsVR

Yeah, it's getting to be pretty ridiculous at this point. We've been paying more for 10 days now and heard nothing from them. Yes, they're making a killing in the consumer market, but they've got to making a killing from us. Just my arcade alone is generating $100s each month for them and I'm a pretty small arcade so I imagine others are easily making them over $1000 each month... every month. Their standard customers pay $30 once and then they're done.

thevrclub

FYI asked them on Facebook and got this reply: “Unfortunately, the answer is currently it is not available for arcades. The reason is technical not financial, as I would like to be clear about that. We need to not only solve for how DLC can be an add-on or if we can include the ID or other DLC pack songs in the original offering, as it requires certain coding to make either work. It is something the team and our partners need to work on together and it is taking time.

Regarding the pricing, it did not go up other than it is now the same for all per minute platforms. We consider it a fair pricing for the content in this new medium. Should the pricing evolve we will always do our best to maintain value for the offering and look at the market as we make changes. But for now, the per-minute pricing is uniform across all arcades.

The team is currently at E3 and upon their return to Prague we will discuss next steps in making the packs available and the status of all stakeholders in the process. We absolutely know ID will be a great thing to bring to arcades. Thank you as always for your patience.”

gameovr

thevrclub

Wow... so am I the only one who was very strongly given the impression that the rate change was tied to getting the DLC songs that we have been being promised since March? Now we are 2 Music packs behind the consumer version and paying a higher rate for nothing. I was holding out hope, but after this... why on earth would I ever give these guys another cent of our money? Why on earth would I pay that price for a version of the game with about HALF the songs anybody else can get at home? Why would anobody come into our arcade and pay a premium price for a stripped down version of a 1 year old game that anybody can play on pretty much any headset at home now?

How many customers would come to a movie theatre and pay full price to watch a movie that is over a year old with half the footage cut from it? Does that sound like a winning business model to anyone? Everything that Beat Saber has done since day 1 is pretty much the exact opposite of what any developer should do to support the LBE space.

Also, their excuse is total BS, just so we are clear. They added the bonus songs on no problem, and the other dlcs are added in the EXACT same way. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion on this, but I see it as a shameless cash grab and a slap to the face to all the arcades that have helped support and promote Beat Saber and expose hundreds of thousands of people around the world to their game. I'm done with those clowns. There are other fantastic devs out there that are much more deserving of our money and actually work with us to create BETTER versions of their game that help us succeed.

DigitalWorldsVR

Yeah, the reason given is pretty lame. We got Vol 2 and the Extras volume just fine, including the April Fools song, Crab Dance, which was done by Monstercat, who did the whole first DLC volume. It is very unfortunate that they haven't made this a higher priority for such a great mutual benefit that arcades can have with such a great game.

VR-Parasoxe

Hello , i’m also surprised and pist off , my competitor can propose Beat Saber with the sound pack of Star Wars ??? where we have nothing new ?
not sure he’s following the licencing mode for arcade room , but whatever , we need to have updated content !

HunterLaneSBVR

VR-Parasoxe

Hey there! Beat Saber does not have any Star Wars songs in it.

Your competitor is using a modded version of Beat Saber to do this which is NOT the arcade version. Using the non-arcade version/modding Beat Saber goes against licensing agreements.

Also, with the recent acquisition of Beat Games, I have a feeling that any updates to the arcade mode will need to go through the Facebook team!