Guitar Hero III makes $115 million in first week

That really doesn't suprise me (if true) since the Wii audience is about the same size as the 360 audience, which is twice as large as the PS3 audience.

I would imagine it'd be that or the PS2 version.

i would think it would go like this because the 360 version was sold out everywhere and all the store i went to had tons of wii/ps3 versions

1.360
2.ps2
3.wii
4.ps3

cliffs of dover +1

I disagree completely. Gh3 has some great songs, but it's got some fluff. AFI and the killers are the last thing I'd associate with guitar hero. I can only assume that their labels paid to have them included. the songs aren't tracked nearly as well either. While I like the game and it's fun, it's just not as good as gh2 overall.

That PR tripe was an attempted strike against Rock Band. Because of manufacturing constraints RB is only releasing in North America in 2007, followed by an early 2008 release in Europe and Australia.

Sorry to burst your bubble =\

It's not Activision or Harmonix's fault that Konami slept on a golden opportunity. America was right there for the taking, but Konami fumbled the ball.

Oh well, I'd rather have Guitar Hero and Rock Band, rather than Guitar Freaks with its three notes and obscure J-pop tracks.

Because DDR is a total flop now, what with it having not changed much in 9 years.

Oh, wait.

Music genres aren't exactly subject to the same requirement for constant innovation as other genres, because you can take the exact same game, change the songs, and sell millions of copies.

Has another company brought a more complete dance experience to the table since DRR was introduced?

Sure, you can keep releasing the same game with new songs, provided the original developers don't redefine the genre and turn a single player (and sometimes two player) game into a full band experience.

Yes. It's called "Pump It Up". A more intuitive dance mat and more fluid dance steps did not elevate it beyond or even close to DDR popularity.

Was "Pump it Up" created by the same brilliant team who designed DDR from the ground up?

I'm not saying Rock Band isn't going to be more popular than GH. I mean, that would be ridiculous, of course. I'm saying they're different games, or rather Rock Band is GH + Karokey Revolution + a drumming game. Of course that is going to be wildly popular.

XanthouS, you asked me if another company made a superior version of DDR and I dropped Pump It Up on your doorstop, designed by the Korean company Andamiro. Then you are curious if the SAME TEAM who made DDR made PIU? Like it makes a difference! It doesn't matter WHO made what. The fact is that PIU is a more challenging, more fluid, more intuitive game that offers a much wider selection of musical genres beyond DDR's house, techno, and trance fare. That's all that matters.

Woot! megastryke representing Banya like a mother up in here.

"Excuse me, misses, I got tender kisses for you. Even though your punnany be stinking like fishes and after that y'all, I don't even mind your sarcastic attitude. But that don't mean I don't get mad at you."

I really wish Kiss and Run To You weren't out of all the local PIU machines anymore. I also miss Disco Bus for some reason. Well, anyway...

XanthouS,

Activision would have done much better IMO if they DIDN'T try to "innovate." Quotation marks noticable since the only real innovation Neversoft brought to the table was stealing the Battle Mode from Pump It Up. Not that the Battle Mode in Pump It Up was any good, it wasn't, but that's where it came from. If Guitar Hero III would have stayed with an E for Everyone shell (aka, no strippers with Axe commercials on their tits) and just delivered a new roster of songs, I wouldn't be annoyed. But in their attempt to try and differentiate themselves with this iteration, they managed to make the series no longer appealing to me.

Also, in the whole DDR vs. PIU this, Mega has it right. DDR is for technical players. Strict scoring and it's ONLY about step accuracy. Spinning is excessively difficult in DDR as the very nature of the pad doesn't encourage it and all the veterans there are more obsessed with Perfect Attack competitions. Not to mention the song selection, aside from songs brought from other benami series, namely Beatmania, remains a tad too childish and sugarpopish.

PIU on the other hand has the cross shaped pad which not only gives players a much better initial balancing stance to work from, but the steps not only support spinning but practically encourage it. In fact, when I played DDR and PIU, freestyling on DDR was a chore. On PIU, it's a game about fun and the fun you can have just pulling off silly moves. PIU also has the far superior song selection and unlike Konami who loves giving their artists tons of names, they don't hide the fact that all their in house music is by Banya. PIU also has the unique feature in how even beginners can enjoy a bonus round as A ranking all three songs gives you your bonus so they reward beginning gamers AND players are able to to chose between single pad (normal, hard, crazy) and double pad (freestyle, nightmare) songs without having to pay for both sides.

In other words, Andamira delivered a far superior product to DDR just as Pentavision has delivered a superior product to Beatmania. But PIU will forever be recognized only as "that stupid DDR ripoff game" by the DDR elitist. And that's cool by me, actually. Because while their crowding around In The Groove 2 and DDR at the Union, I can walk up and play PIU with ease or wait my turn from the small following that game has gathered.

By the way, mega.... can you beat Join The Party on Crazy? I need some step guides or something, needing to keep the center down kills me everytime.

Are you kidding? I suck to HIGH HEAVEN at PIU! I've only rarely played it, as well. I do recognize, however, it's quality over DDR.

As for Guitar Hero, I don't know where that "E for Everyone" thing popped up out of since all Guitar Hero games have had the teen rating. I'll also give you that the in-game advertisement was quite a bit less subtle third time around, but I think that is offset by some of the other touches to the game like the animated segments between tiers in career mode. Also, as shitty as Battle Mode is, you only have to do it three times during the career, and the only time it really causes any serious problems is during the Slash battle. Tom Morello and Lou are pussies.

Yup. +1 for caption.

Hah. What, exactly, is ugly about Rock Band compared to Guitar Hero? Please, enlighten me.

Surely it isn't the motion capture. Or the character models. Or the venues. Or the GUI.

Check out the new videos on Rock Band's website. If you can't see the steps forward Harmonix has taken the rhythm genre, you're a tool.

XanthouS,

"Ugly redheaded step [brother]" is a misuse of a common American colloquialism (normally "stepchild") which I usually take to mean "neglected" or "abused," although I think it can also be used to mean "undeserved."

Either way, I'm pretty sure FrankTheCrank was using a linguistic device that we Americans call "sarcasm" in this case, and was not referring to the appearance of Rock Band at all.

Can't we all just get along?

Frank a tool? Get outta town!

If it wasn't for my girlfriend singing that song everytime it played at the movie theatre befor a movie I wouldn't have had the first clue...

I have to say...pretty crafty thinking...

Seriously...never thought I'd see Wicked lyrics on this site. And yes...I'm straight - the wife is addicted to all things Kristen Chenoweth.

...what does being straight have to do with anything?

Because the stereotypical gay man loves theater. They are saying, I love this musical, but pole... not so much.