Its no suprise with so many rhythm games coming out now-a-days that companies would start trying to get exclusive deals with bands so they could be the only ones cash in on their popularity.
The first sign of this is coming for Activision upcoming game Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, it was recently found out that Aerosmith is exclusive to the Guitar Hero Series for an undisclosed length of time.
Tim Riley, Activisions Vice president of music affairs has stated "I can say that we do have the band exclusively, and their catalogue should be exclusive to us beyond the one or two tracks they had licensed out to Rock Band before we made our deal."
So don't expect to hear or see Aerosmtih songs in any other band or music related games for the forseeable future.
I think its interesting that companies are doing this, in a way you have to. It wouldn't be that hard for another company to copy them or for Harmonix to include all the Aerosmith songs in a download pack or in an upcoming game of theirs.
Now I'm wondering what other kinds of exclusive deals with bands exist or may pop up soon.
