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- Natetendo83, on 12/13/2007, -8/+93Activision can suck my balls
- Libal, on 12/13/2007, -1/+60You do realize that Harmonix created Guitar Hero 1 & 2? Harmonix didn't copy Guitar Hero, they innovated on their original product.
- inactive, on 12/13/2007, -3/+55This is one of the reasons why I canceled my order for Guitar Hero 3 and bought Rock Band instead.
- nosnhojm, on 12/13/2007, -2/+43You do know that Harmonix (maker of Rock Band) made Guitar Hero 1 & 2? It was just Guitar Hero 3 that Activision made.
- inactive, on 12/13/2007, -4/+39Activision isn't as fun as tounging another man's balls.....as it used to be.....I'M NOT GAY!!
- sotopheavy, on 12/13/2007, -1/+32Open letter to Harmonix: leak that ***** to the internet post haste!
Open letter to Activision: FU!! - Ultrace, on 12/13/2007, -1/+25This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who played Guitar Hero III. The loading screen itself states that you're not authorized to play GH3 with anything other than the official Red Octane guitar or a standard controller. That tells you everything you need to know about their stance on this. The hypocrisy of it is that if I recall correctly, Red Octane started out as a company making third-party peripherals for games and here they are now in bed with a company who deems to stamp out any of the same behavior. And it's sad that Activision, whose games I played (Kaboom!, River Raid, Pitfall, hell even Barnstorming and Stampede) as a child and who even sent me patches for games because I wrote to them once, has become "that kind" of company.
I'm fortunate enough to have the XB360 version of the Les Paul, but I feel for the PS3 users. Rock Band is such an incredible experience--far beyond anything GH3 could hope to provide--and for me, the LP has always been a great controller. To lose out on that fourth person really hurts when it's something that could be remedied so simply. Three people is great, but four is epic. - Ablerank, on 12/13/2007, -1/+24I will never buy another Guitar Hero game. Activision just ***** themselves in the asses.
- HotBaconSauce, on 12/13/2007, -2/+20Here we go! My console has a bigger penis than yours!
- Zamfir, on 12/13/2007, -14/+29Truspector is a load of crap, unfortunately Digg has to deal with Microsoft's bum buddy.
- missingnoh4x, on 12/13/2007, -0/+14First they decided to put mono sound in the Wii version of a goddamn rhythm game, now this. What the hell is wrong with Activision?
- Mullinsmcd, on 12/13/2007, -2/+16For me its extremely weird to be supporting EA and hating Activision. Either way, I own Rock Band for PS3 and I will not be buying Guitar Hero 3 or any future release until they show some signs of stopping their individualistic business tactics that screw over gamers. I wish we could get the mass media to cover this but I'm afraid that this is too small of a story for them to touch.
- RobertJoseph17, on 12/13/2007, -1/+15Can I be John?
- betterth, on 12/13/2007, -2/+15ARGH I AM TORN. Activision, evil! Blizzard, good! Why must the forces of good and evil unite?!
At any rate, Harmonix is the *****. Their open philosophy is exactly what the music game genre needs to take it's next revolutionary step. Activision isn't interested in growing the genre, expanding and turning it into something amazing, they're interested in a locked down, closed Guitar Hero franchise where once you own the guitars, you can't use them anywhere else and are stuck buying Guitar Hero games or buying totally new peripherals for another brand's games.
Fortunately for Harmonix, they won't let the genre stagnate. Rock Band is only the beginning, IMO. Tycho from Penny-Arcade has it down, if you ask me. Something bigger will grow out of this. - inactive, on 12/13/2007, -5/+18this ***** only has the ps3 section checked in his settings
- bigsteve, on 12/13/2007, -1/+13I'm going to be frank.
- MDKAOD, on 12/13/2007, -3/+13Yahtzee, is that you...oh.....nevermind, no you're not..
- LocalH, on 12/13/2007, -0/+10Activision got everything except the actual game code itself. Rock Band is the direct descendant of GH80s code-wise from what I understand.
Also, Activision didn't "make" GH3, Neversoft did. Activision has owned RedOctane since before GH2 came out. - Deranged, on 12/13/2007, -3/+12No. It's not. Honestly...
We aren't talking about using 360's guitar hero guitars on ps3... we're talking about using an expensive PS3 controller... on the PS3. I'm no PS3 owner for a lot of reasons, money being the biggest. I don't think its fair if you have guitar hero 3 and rockband and can't let your friend come over and play bass using the PS3 guitar (even if it is branded red octane) if he so chooses. - dmthomas, on 12/13/2007, -0/+9This example is entirely invalid. The correct example would be... If I had an HD-DVD player and the manufacturer MADE it compatible with Blu-Ray and then the Blu-Ray association blocked that functionality.
- HolyChimp, on 12/13/2007, -4/+12You forgot /sarcasm
- dhVyse, on 12/13/2007, -3/+10Wow. Just wow. I mean, I have rockband on 360 so I don't have to worry, but that is some shady ***** right there. ***** you activition. Joining the ranks of crappy unfriendly-with-end-users companies like EA.
- recoilfx, on 12/13/2007, -1/+8guitar hero is not an innovation, please check on konami's guitar freaks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GuitarFreaks
its just that guitar hero's song selection is geared towards the american market - Deranged, on 12/13/2007, -1/+8But if someone buys their guitar for use on another game... who the hell cares, they made money! They would be helping themselves...
- knowitman, on 12/13/2007, -0/+7Actually Activision bought the rights to make Guitar Hero from the company that originally made Guitar Hero, the company who now makes Rock Band. Know your facts.
- bluebirdgm, on 12/13/2007, -1/+8Had the patch been allowed to go through, that would've boosted sales of the PS3 GH3 from Rock Band owners who needed the extra guitar, which isn't available any other way. Without the patch, those RB owners are now left waiting for Harmonix's standalone guitar. How is this a good business decision for Activision?
Harmonix's next move ought to be to release the standalone guitar now and make people happy. - GamingTrend, on 12/13/2007, -0/+6Some of us are enjoying the 'retarded drum part'. Damned guitarists, always trying to keep us percussionists down....
- signal15, on 12/13/2007, -0/+6They are also retarded. Once this patch was released, I was going to buy GHIII so I could use the guitar for a secondary Rock Band guitar. Now, I'm just going to wait for rock band guitars to come out. All this is doing is hurting their sales.
- ConcernedCitizn, on 12/13/2007, -0/+6This is dumb on activisions part... You cant buy an extra guitar for rock band yet(2nd quarter of next year)... people want to buy an extra guitar to use for rockband. So why not fill the need. Activision could be selling tons of copies of GH3 by allowing rock band to use the GH3 guitar.. instead they are being dumb and disallowing it.... Not smart at all...
Im also sorry to say that rock band is a much more fun product than GH3... I own both, and seriously prefer the rock band.. As do all the friends I have who come over regularly to play rock band... We do set up gh3 on a secondary tv to allow newbies to practice before they play rockband, but rockband is the game everyone wants to play.... So this second paragraph points out an even larger reason Activision needs to allow Rock Band to use GH3 guitar... Activision needs to get people hooked on their product, and if it fills a void, then people are going to be much more likely to buy their product, and possibly later versions of it as well...
Now all they are doing is pissing people off so that they want to wait for 2nd quarter of next year to buy more stuff from harmonix(rock band). I sent an email to activision support.. maybe if enough people complain they will allow it, or at least come out with a good explanation of why they wont allow it... - nicktheawesome, on 12/13/2007, -2/+8Vuala? Voila? Are you a retarded person?
- betterth, on 12/13/2007, -3/+9Nah, my guess is that Activision doesn't want to help a competitor. More people will be willing to look at Harmonix's games, current and future if they don't have to buy new accessories. Activision doesn't want to see the cost of entry lowered for their competitors, so they're blocking Harmonix from supporting the Guitar Hero accessories.
It's just like DRM or anything else, artificially locking down consumers for the sake of profits. - doshindude, on 12/13/2007, -1/+7Choke on your greed, Activision, choke on it.
- 33PercentGod, on 12/13/2007, -0/+6I think he means innovated on Guitar Hero by creating Rock Band.
- rhesuspieces00, on 12/13/2007, -0/+6thats not an accurate comparison. suppose you bought a sony camera that is bundled with an SD card. AFTER buying the camera, sony announces that you can only use sony-brand SD cards with the camera, and the sony SD card can't be used with anything but sony products. The sony SD card is functionally identical to any other SD card, except it costs 50% more than other SD cards, and compatibility with non-sony devices has been disabled.
And yes, you can sue for that. - dmthomas, on 12/13/2007, -0/+6The format made the example not valid.
But let me set you straight on something...
Sony is 1 of 9 companies responsible for Blu-ray. Sony doesn't own Blu-Ray.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_Associat ... - Cerebral, on 12/13/2007, -0/+6That's what I was thinking. Why do they have to "officially" release it through SONY? Can't the PS3 surf the internet? Can't the PS3 take a memory card or two? Just release the "unoffical" patch and vuala. Not only that but I'll bet that now that this news has hit the community will have their own "patch" soon enough.
- dmthomas, on 12/13/2007, -2/+7You obviously can't read more than a headline. Try reading the article. Harmonix made the patch Activision c0ckblocked it.
- rgaino, on 12/13/2007, -1/+6YOU
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FAGS! - NikoK, on 12/13/2007, -1/+6This is what happen when big companies take over small company projects....big companies tend not to care about the community as much as the small ones imo....
Comparison in this case... RoXoR Games vs Konami (In the Groove VS DDR) - betterth, on 12/13/2007, -4/+9Riiight.
So I suppose DRM is a good thing too, right? it's just business. We can't use our iTunes music on Zunes because I mean, it's just business right?
Artifically limiting consumers because you want to drive a higher profit for yourself is wrong. Activision is doing nothing but imposing a "HRM" a hardware rights management scheme setup to support their own system, just like Apple does with the iPod. It's wrong when anyone does it. - Cerebral, on 12/13/2007, -0/+5No it just needs the proper spin like: Activision is a group of Iranian terrorists.
- Qumahlin, on 12/14/2007, -0/+4I don't understand why everyone is digging trueinspector down. His comment is correct. This issue does not effect 360 owners....
- betterth, on 12/13/2007, -0/+4EA distributes Rock Band and support Harmonix's position (or at least doesn't interfere) for open guitar standards between all music games. Strange, no?
- Deranged, on 12/13/2007, -0/+4... gj, that link doesn't work.
- samfishercell, on 12/13/2007, -2/+6Activision - takes 2-3 of the same IPs and drives them in to the ground.
Blizzard - takes 2-3 of the same IPs and drives them in to the ground...except the games are pretty good....except they take about 15 years a piece to make.
Blizzard isn't exactly the shining angel eveyone makes them out to be. I'd love to see them be original AND put out more than one game a decade. - dmthomas, on 12/13/2007, -0/+4Yea except everyone did complain.. and Sony licensed the MagicGate technology so that 3rd parties could make MemorySticks and now the prices are much more reasonable.
Takfam, you have like 50% of the data you need to form a good argument on anything technology related. I suggest you read up. - Typhoon2009, on 12/13/2007, -1/+5Don't worry, I heard MS is shipping your 360 back from Red Light Mercy Hospital tomorrow.
- Malhavoc, on 12/13/2007, -0/+4You do realize EA is the ones distributing the game, right? From what I hear the experience with getting replacement instruments through them is very user-friendly
- dmthomas, on 12/13/2007, -1/+5Alright, get your facts straight. Activision didn't make Guitar Hero 3. Neversoft did. EA didn't make Rock Band. Harmonix did. Publishers and Developers are two different things. OH and wait..
Harmonix also made Guitar Hero 1 and 2... and then sold the rights. Activision didn't do all this work you claim. Neither did anyone expect Activision to make their guitar work with another game.
We're angry because Activision is blocking the patch that Harmonix wants to release for THEIR game. You can't own the rights to another developer's patches. Sony needs to step up and let them release the patch for THEIR game. - Mullinsmcd, on 12/13/2007, -0/+4heh yeah with the obligatory question mark
"Activision working with Iran on WMD?" -
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