if u are buying 1 of the 2 which one, for what system and why?

personally i am not sure which one im getting yet i like the peripherals that come with the game and the song creator in guitar hero but rockband has a huge track list for downloading, daily challenges for battle of the bands, and the ability to order band merchandise. ill probably go rockband but im waiting to hear the prices and full song list for gh

GHWT Wii is costing me $212cdn at EB after taxes(GST+PST apx 14%).

I find the idea of a pay tracklist having more to be negligable. It's only a matter of time. GH is shifting to GHWT so it needs to re support the extra instruments. This could cause them to have done little in the way of getting loads of tracks. With a major push coming after WT is released. Then again maybe they are just not as good as RB line.

The daily challanges sound interesting. It would be a nice feature. Though I feel that DLC + Song maker will ultimetly give GHWT to me more longevity. I have American Sk8tland for the DS. While the DLC challanges are fun for the game, they ultimatly get repetative and become unimportant. New levels however would have gone farther.

So heres how I see it. These rythym games are ultimatly about playing the songs not the extras. So the songs will give the game the longest life. RB has good DLC and a better head start. GHWT has DLC + Custom(shit and good) songs being made for it, because of this is the reason I'm for GH:WT. GH:WT will wend up having a supperior playing track list in a shorter time frame. Though some, ok a good portion will suck because it's fan made. You will end up with far more songs. The only draw back is that there are no creatable vocals.(sorry no recorded background audio tracks for vocals line). So yeah, GHWT better potential, RB Nifty features.

probably GH:WT....the drums, the song creator....the song list....everything seems better to me in GH. But if the instruments can be used for both....why not?

^ same with me about GH:WT

I'm buying the one that is not money-hatted by console companies. ;)

also, the music creator is too sweet for me to consider anything else.

Pretty much what I was thinking.

@Kingofdolphins: Why does it matter if anyone gets money hatted?

I have a Wii so I'm getting GHWT (because RB is a joke on Wii). If I had another system, I'd still get GHWT because I already have 2 other GH games (and guitars) and I just plan on buying the game and want to use the free DLC.

both? oh yeh there ridiculously overpriced. 200 bucks for a plastic guitar, drums and a cd. tss.

guitar hero.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Wii owners should only buy World Tour...don't waste your time or money on RB 1 or RB 2. For everyone else get World Tour if you don't have RB yet, and if you have RB already (and you're not a Wii owner) you have a choice (I would lean towards RB2 though).

The two major complaints from RB fans about GH3/Aero was first that songs were "overcharted" and second that they didn't like the songs chosen for the game.  The music editor solves both problems and is really an impressive piece of tech (1, 2, 3).  Add to that an extreme level of customization for character animations, venue lighting, custom tattoo art, etc...and its clear the folks at GH went a cut above what RB2 is offering in terms of features.  And obviously any difference in song preferences is made up for by the editor and GHTunes community.

The reason RB owners have a tough choice is that in a year RB3 will probably release with an editor that is just as (or more) robust and it doesn't make a lot of sense to spend big bucks on two sets of instruments. So if you own a PS3 or 360 and RB then you should get RB2 and wait for RB3 to jump in on the editor goodness.  Pretty much any other scenario and you should buy World Tour.

@stevencan'tread

my problem is that why should I wait for a game that is done, but refused to be released because another company paid for it?

Microsoft paid for the 'loss of profit" because they want it on their console first... so as a PS3 owner, why should I give RB2 my money again?