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I wont be having 2 drum kits in my house and Im guessing many other people feel the same way. Sorry GH, but I wont be buying you. And I hope you fail from copying Rock Band.

too late, since i bought rock band 2 weeks ago

I really doubt it will be compatible. The GH drum kit has two cymbals and one of them is orange... The color of the kick pedal in RB.

rockband DLC > GH DLC

 So far, this is true. However, we don't know what the DLC for GHIV will look like.

GH4 will sell sell, if just solely on the name recognition and compatibly with existing guitars for PS3/Wii users. People do not want two sets of guitars, just like they do not want two sets of drum kits.

GH3 sales = 10.65m
RB sales = 2.29m

There are at least 8 million GH3 owners who do not own Rock Band. A lot of them own a second guitar for multiplayer. That makes GH4 the cheaper option for upgrading to a "band" game. ( for Wii/PS owners)

First of all, accorging to the gonintendo link, Neversoft is only doing the 360 and PS3 versions. Two other studios are working on the Wii and PS2 versions respectively, so you can get those versions safely.

Second, do we have any proof this was Neversoft's idea? Or was it Red Octane's idea? 

I prefer Guitar Hero 3 to Rock Band, honestly, simply because Rock Band in the end, is just too easy all around. I feel there is a much greater level of depth to Guitar Hero when it comes to the guitar instrument.

The next logical step is to add new instruments. It's great that Activison isn't letting Rock Band fanboy drama claims of "copying" prevent them from evolving their franchise.

Not only that, but Guitar Hero IV is going to have "create a song" apparently. Lets see if Rock Band 2 rips that off, shall we?


The final straw for me, is the Activision song lists, DLC or not, are quite excellent out of the box, and have a much broader selection of artists and licensed songs available to them. Combine that with the fact that GHIV's music, despite having drums, ect, will probably be much more guitar-centric than Rock Band's well, you've sold me.

As a real life guitar player, I can tell you how most other real life guitar players feel in a band: "Turn me up. All other instruments can go to hell. If I'm not the center of attention, I quit." That translates pretty well to the Guitar Hero franchise. It's not exactly about "sharing the fun." It's a single player game that happens to be fun at parties. Rock Band is a party game that happens to be fun alone.

I hope GHIV isn't too easy like Rock Band is supposed to be.