Wii Fit + Rock Band Wii = Death of "revenue" argument for 360 apologists

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mrstickball said:

bdbdbd said:

 

1. One thing i didn't think of is, that since GH and RB compete with each other, most are going to get a game to play with the guitar they already own, instead of buying an expensive set of new controllers. Besides, sales indicate that PS2 locates in the kids rooms, where there are room for a guitar, but not for a bigger set, while 360 may be located more in the livingrooms. And as i said about dying console, while Erik did put it in a better way, there's no reason for PS2 owners to buy RB, since their set will be left unused after the first game.You can buy the Rock Band CD, and use your current Guitar Hero controllers...Most people do know that. So that point is invalid. Can you prove that a 360 is placed any different in a household than a PS2? Last I checked, according to everyone on these forums, only dumb kids own 360s. And how do we know that Rock Band 2 wouldn't come out on the PS2? EA hasn't said anything, as far as I know.

2. Well, if the audio quality is the same, 5.1 audio file on PS360 would be 2,5 times the size of 2.0 on Wii, and 7.1 file 3,5 times the size. And going to lower quality would decrease the size even more.Ah. That's what I was trying to figure out :)  I guess the next question is to know, and ensure what kind of Audio quality went into Rock Band on 360/PS3 vs. what will go on the Wii, and what was on the PS2.

 

1. I can't prove where the consoles are placed, but i can make assumptions based on few things: PS2 was the kids favourite and generally placed in kids room, while 360 is able to do the same as PS2 and more, featuring tech for your new TV. Most of 360 owners have paid the high price for their console, which indicates peoples willingness to pay a lot for gaming. While the people who paid the high price for PS2, have propably moved forward to 360, PS3 or Wii. And the people who can and are willing to spend a lot of money to games, are working young singles or couples, who live on their own and whose "entertainment center" is in the livingroom.
Looking one step into the future, if you're going to upgrade anyway, it's not very clever to invest comparatively high amount of money to a console soon to be (almost) obsolete. You're going to invest the money to a console that you plan to use in the future.
You can use the GH guitar in RB, but are you going to get a game for your guitar that's optimised to a completely differend set of controllers or a game that's optimised to your guitar? The problem is similar to what it is with quite a few Wii ports, where the controls are designed for a pad and while porting and implementing Wii specific controls, the controls have been fucked up.

2. Actually the thing was originally partially a question from me too, since i don't what quality, compression and the number of channels RB DLC uses and does the content come with anything else but the song. But, with the same fidelity my raw example shows the difference.