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Forums - Sales Discussion - Can Rock Band Pull a Skate?

disolitude on 12 September 2008
Godot said:
elnino334 said:
FishyJoe said:
No. From everything I've seen RB2 is not a huge improvement over RB1. Combine that with the fact they released RB1 on the Wii just a few months ago and are still gimping it.

GH:WT has better drums, better guitar, midi support, user created music and pretty much has all the features for the Wii.

You might be right on the Wii side and overall it may not outsell GH but with the 360 version coming out next week I am confident RB can outsell GH on the 360.  Only thing I see from GH is the created music as a plus and possibly the instruments though we have to wait and see since it is their first drums and mic's.  Also besides adding support for those new instruments is not like GH is reinventing the wheel as well.  RB was the first to allow multiple instruments so I think that will also help it as GH is actually playing catch up this time around.  RB now has a following thugh not as big as GH it will keep it competetive.  Again sorry that the Wii version may suck but what you expect from a system not embracing downloadables and is running on weaker hardware.  I would hope the 360/ps3 version would have more!!!  Reminds me of those ps2/360 where the 360 version just had better graphicswhen it could have had more in my opinion.

 

What the hell does the Wii hardware has anything to do with... anything? It's not like Rockband or Guitar Hero are really different on 360 than PS2...

 

If you meant to say PS3 please disreguard my post...but if you really meant ps2...

You underestimate the value of online play. id say over 30% of sales for these games are made based on which game has better online and which console has more friends they could play with.

 



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mrstickball on 12 September 2008
FishyJoe said:
mrstickball said:
It won't outsell Guitar Hero. But since it's a name brand now, it'll put up a huge fight. It'll be close - Rock Band is very well known where I live, and it'll amass a large bit of sales before GH4 launches.

Not only that, but GH fans are going to have to buy the drums and everything else this time around. It may hurt the game in the end vs. the fact that Rock Band already has a sizable userbase that owns the instruments already.

That didn't really prevent GHIII Wii from selling almost as much as the 360, even though every GHIII Wii was purchased with a guitar. And the install base of the Wii is much larger this year.

Very true, but we're talking about users shelling out another $170 for more add-ons. I look at Rock Band Wii, and think that *maybe* sales were hurt because it launched in the middle of a dead zone to do extrodinary numbers. Obviously, it's holding very well, but it's no where near what the X360 opened to.

Still though, I feel that Rock Band 2 will sell somewhere around 70% of Guitar Hero: WT, which I think will be impressive. And eventually, Harmonix will claim the rockin' throne due to their abundant DLC catalogue that Guitar Hero has nothing close to.

 



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jasonnc80 on 12 September 2008
FishyJoe said:
mrstickball said:
It won't outsell Guitar Hero. But since it's a name brand now, it'll put up a huge fight. It'll be close - Rock Band is very well known where I live, and it'll amass a large bit of sales before GH4 launches.

Not only that, but GH fans are going to have to buy the drums and everything else this time around. It may hurt the game in the end vs. the fact that Rock Band already has a sizable userbase that owns the instruments already.

 

That didn't really prevent GHIII Wii from selling almost as much as the 360, even though every GHIII Wii was purchased with a guitar. And the install base of the Wii is much larger this year.

This is true but you could also argue that the release of Rock Band 1 on the 360/PS3 directly competed with sales of GHIII.  Having to shell out $179 (half the price of the system itself) for a game in the same genre as another has to have some effect.

EDIT: Didn't seen mrstickball post pretty much the same thing as me so I will add that with all things said I think that GH:WT will outsell RB2.  If RB2 has any chance of keeping it close I think it will be on the X360 for a few reasons.  Mainly being the earlier release date, largest userbase of RB1, and no history of incompatible instruments ala PS3.

 

 



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