I am really looking forward to GH3, especially since I am getting tired of the current songs. Sadly I am not hardcore enough yet, I have not yet beaten expert for GH2. I am stuck on the last set, can't complete any of the damn songs, Misirlou is sonofabitch btw!

EA doesn't care about sales - EA cares about revenue. Plus they will continuously release updated song lists, new content, etc.

This game isn't just a single product - its the start of an entire product line from EA.

They could end up supporting this indefinitely - with no reason for a sequel to ever be released.

EA will do just fine out of this, make no mistake.

Wouldn't it have been their choice to sell out to MTV or not?  To be honest, I'm kind of surprised they didn't have a no-compete with Activision.

Rock Band is only on 360 and PS3, right? That's another big factor of course. Guitar Hero III has been whored out to pretty much every console and handheld that's selling decently.

I'm seriously considering buying GH3...Rock Band isn't an option for me anyway. It's still quite a bit to pay for GH3 and an extra guitar, though, too.

I always believed that, even with a non-bundle option, GH3 would outsell Rock Band by a large margin, especially since GH3 is on more platforms.

Now, I doubt Rock Band will be able to establish itself early on at all, and GH3 will continue to reign supresem

 I think it's because of what Shams said, about getting money from DLC track lists and etc. Even if they don't sell a lot, some of the people will probably provide a steady revenue stream. They probably just (later) announced a PS2 version as quick cash grab since the PS2 does have a massive install base.

The Wii's base is still a fraction of the PS2 and doesn't have a harddrive, which would really limit what they
could do with DLC, so that's probably why they're passing on it at the moment. Depending on thier returns
for Rockband and how well GHIII sells on the Wii I wouldn't be surprised if they announce a Wii version. Since 
they could potentially offset some of the cost by using the remote as the Wi-Fi Dongle (Like GHIII is) and this
is the kind of game that seems to fit the Wii's mantra of getting everyone to play. 

sadly the rock band bundle only comes with one guitar, and since it is in bundle form only til feburary, if you want the second guitar you need to buy either gh3 or a craptastic 3rd party guitar.

 When I said that "Classic Rock played a small part as well" I meant that I preferred a higher number of classic rock songs, as I showed with my lists from both games.  I'll take metal and classic rock over modern rock any day of the week. 

Although, sadly, RB does seem a tad bit heavier on the CR front.  I want my Bon Jovi! /cry

 Thunderhorse on expert with hyper mode on is so fun. :D