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plzdontbanme on 06 May 2008

Finally less people putting the blame on Harmonix and more on Nintendo;D



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thetonestarr on 09 May 2008

I'm not sure why people keep saying this is a "gimped version". It has all the exact same features except DLC, correct? DLC isn't THAT big a deal. It's definitely nice, but certainly nothing to consider the game "gimped" over.



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azrm2k on 09 May 2008

It's also missing the Band world tour mode from what I hear.



thetonestarr on 09 May 2008

Ah, then it is gimped, in that case.



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rocketpig on 09 May 2008
thetonestarr said:
I'm not sure why people keep saying this is a "gimped version". It has all the exact same features except DLC, correct? DLC isn't THAT big a deal. It's definitely nice, but certainly nothing to consider the game "gimped" over.

Once you play with the DLC, you would realize just how much the game actually is gimped without it.  Half of what makes Rock Band great is the new songs every week. The game never gets old.

 




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Profcrab on 09 May 2008
thetonestarr said:
I'm not sure why people keep saying this is a "gimped version". It has all the exact same features except DLC, correct? DLC isn't THAT big a deal. It's definitely nice, but certainly nothing to consider the game "gimped" over.

 Your right, not having the option to play two thirds (56 songs in the game/100 DLC songs so for) of the available songs for the game wouldn't make the game gimped at all . . .



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Gnizmo on 09 May 2008
rocketpig said:


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Gnizmo on 09 May 2008
FreeTalkLive said:
This is a good deal for PS2 owners with Rock Band. If the Wii version of Rock Band wasn't a complete joke, this might be ok.

You do realize tjat the PS2 version is strinctly inferior to the Wii version right? They are virtually identical but the Wii version gets 5 extra songs. That is the high and low of the differences. Your idea makes little to no sense.

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rocketpig on 09 May 2008
Gnizmo said:
rocketpig said:

 



These publishers can't just put DLC on the Wii by themselves. Nintendo would have to set up some kind of system that allows it to happen. The publishers also need permission from Nintendo to add content to the console.

Besides, there shouldn't be a storage problem on the Wii. If Nintendo would just un-gimp the add-in memory and what it is allowed to do, this wouldn't be an issue.

I'm sorry but this entire situation is squarely in Nintendo's lap.


But other publishers have been able to get dlc to work on the Wii. I am not saying it would be a good idea, but Harmonix's excuse just sounds too fishy to me. They wanted to do a quick and dirty port of the gimped PS2 version and be done with it. The problem with this specific game almost certainly falls squarely on Harmonix.

If you look at the amount of effort going into Rock Band's DLC and how bloody successful (and profitable) it has been for MTV, EA, and Harmonix, I doubt they're just phoning this in because they don't care about the Wii. It wouldn't be unlike Nintendo to be holding things up on their end for some stupid reason. God, that company reminds me of Apple so much at times and it drives me insane (and I'm a Mac user).

Why can't Nintendo fans just admit that Nintendo's online strategy is f***ing retarded? It's ridiculous to see something so restricted and backwards in 2008. 

 




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Gnizmo on 09 May 2008
rocketpig said:

If you look at the amount of effort going into Rock Band's DLC and how bloody successful (and profitable) it has been for MTV, EA, and Harmonix, I doubt they're just phoning this in because they don't care about the Wii. It wouldn't be unlike Nintendo to be holding things up on their end for some stupid reason. God, that company reminds me of Apple so much at times and it drives me insane (and I'm a Mac user).

Why can't Nintendo fans just admit that Nintendo's online strategy is f***ing retarded? It's ridiculous to see something so restricted and backwards in 2008. 

 


I am in no way defending Nintendo's online service. While it is sufficient for me, I am well aware many others have serious problems with what it lacks. I certainly wouldn't say it was great, or try and defend it against the many valid complaints.

Square-Enix has a game already out with dlc. It can be done. There is no denying that at this point, and the line from Harmonix was it could not be done at all. The reason Harmonix, MTV, and EA phoned it in was they were doing a quick port of the PS2 version. The Wii version lacks all the same features despite the increased capabilities. Notice how there is no online play at all despite Guitar Hero 3 having it. The games are getting released near a year apart and the older version has more features. That doesn't quite add up now does it? Nintendo has a lot of issues restricting games and that will hold many things back, but this is almost certainly not one of the problems. The evidence just points too strongly towards a money grab with this version of the game.



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