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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 12:02AM plyx said

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"Uh, Xbox please."
I like what you did there. Funny.

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 12:04AM (Unverified) said

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i guess they didn't get many ps3 versions, judging by the response
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 12:08AM (Unverified) said

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Yeah, unbiased news coverage is overrated.

I usually have Fox News running in the background when I do my Joystiq trolling.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 12:14AM (Unverified) said

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Joystiq is not a news outlet. It's an opinionated blog. Deal with it.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 12:28AM (Unverified) said

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it's not even really opinionated. they rip on all 3 consoles because none of them are perfect
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 12:59AM (Unverified) said

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As a comparison, at the Gamestop I work at, we got 20 in for 360 and 2 for PS3. Took it home today, and after 4 hours I can now consistently play the drums on hard. It's amazing how much more difficult the game is with the kick pedal.

As far as the shortages go, good luck going into a store tommorrow and getting one. By 10am, they'll be gone. Word has it that we (Gamestop store I work at) might only get one more shipment before Christmas in mid-december. Yikes. Let's hope the eBay crowd doesn't get wind of this one.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 6:47AM (Unverified) said

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Yeah, you're talking the "we only order enough to cover preorders" store chain though.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 11:27AM (Unverified) said

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"it's not even really opinionated. they rip on all 3 consoles because none of them are perfect"

This is true. The difference being most Wii and XB360 owners don't get all pissy when they bash their systems.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 12:06AM darth vader said

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can you give one of these away for free in a contest?
please?

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 12:23AM (Unverified) said

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I have both a 360 and a PS3. Which version of Rock Band is better to get? Is one better than the other?

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 12:29AM (Unverified) said

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i'd say 360. more userbase to play online with, if you have gh3 your guitar from that will work with rock band, and it's just cooler? :) i dunno
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 12:48AM chrisgrant said

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Thank you, Gonk. If given a choice between platforms, I think most gamers with the choice would go 360. I have far more friends on that list.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 1:00AM (Unverified) said

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360. Only because of the cross-compatibility of the Guitar Hero guitars, and the wider availability.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 1:12AM hey buddy said

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There are some advantages to the PS3, including a wireless guitar and my PS3's hard-drive has more free space available than my 360's does, in case they start getting really serious about the available downloads.

Anyway, I just got back from this Best Buy in midtown, and I arrived too late to get a PS3 set anyway. Bummer.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 1:20AM (Unverified) said

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Meh. The DL packs for GHIII were pretty small. You'd have to have a jam-packed HDD to not be able to fit this DLC on it.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 8:27AM baby sea tuna said

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Dude, ACHIEVEMENTS!
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 8:36AM hey buddy said

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"ACHIEVEMENTS!"

I know... I'm going to be missing out on that. But I opted for the PS3 version because my PS3 is in a more social part of the apartment, in a larger space. My 360 is in my office/cove/batcave and is primarily something I use by myself. I honestly don't think I'll be playing this game by myself that much, so it goes out next to the Wii Sports Dedicated Machineā„¢.

Just got back from that same BestBuy in midtown, with RockBand under my arm. They had maybe 5 boxes for the PS3 and 12 for the 360 on the floor.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 12:37AM (Unverified) said

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Trolling Start:

Face it... 360 IS THE Gamers Choice. Sony and The PS3 will not repeat as #1.

Trolling End.

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 8:11AM flameofdoom666 said

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Maybe in the United States, but the other main markets prefer Sony and Nintendo. I don't think Microsoft can never be #1 worldwide because of that, and that sucks because the 360 is a great console.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 12:45AM Andre said

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Only buying one copy? Geez, should've bought a couple and put 'em up on eBay. Canadians want Rock Band too, yanno.

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 12:54AM imadogg said

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"In case our Rock Band breaks ... up?"

Hahahahaha nice

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 1:01AM (Unverified) said

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Just wanted to add that the online play is flawless as of yet. No lag, no nothing. Not even in a game with all 4 band members present. Due to the drums, this might be my new favorite game. They are just so much damn fun to play.

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 1:04AM (Unverified) said

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Just arrived home from Best Buy launch in Garden City, NY. They had 16 PS3 versions(I got #15!) and what looked like stacks of about 100 total for 360. A few PS3 owners got turned away on line, but seemed like all 360 owners were being accomodated. If I had arrived a few minutes later, tonight might have been the night I broke down and bought the 360!

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 1:04AM (Unverified) said

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Just checked eBay, they are already going for $100 over retail plus shipping. What a joke. This game is too good to give up.

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 1:11AM natiahs said

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The Louisville area Wal-Marts got a grand total of 4 PS3 copies, all at the Clarksville, IN store. They only had 2 360 copies, although they admitted they were holding back most of the 360 stock for Black Friday.

The PS3 version is the one to get, though. It is the only one that is wireless.

JET

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 1:16AM (Unverified) said

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Anyone who has Guitar Hero III on 360 can enjoy wireless as well. The guitar's are fully compatible, unlike the PS3 version.

Like many people who will buy Rock Band, I already have GHIII. Also, I noticed the cord on the Rock Band guitar is much longer than the GHII one by at least 4 feet, so the wire doesn't even get in the way. I was playing with 4 people in a 10x8 area on a measly 30" TV and no one got in anyone's way. In fact, we were all rocking out. There is also an option to use a headset as the Microphone. Haven't tried it yet, but I'm willing to bet I could Sing and play the drums/guitar at the same time.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 10:11AM Crono141 said

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Singing and drumming simultaneously is an exercise in headaches.

Not saying its impossible. But its not easy.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 1:11AM (Unverified) said

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Pretty much the same to report at the Best Buy in Tampa, FL. I was about halfway in a line of about 80 people, and they had plenty of systems to go around. Tomorrow will be another story, i think.

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 1:17AM (Unverified) said

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Wait, what the hell? Is the 360 version really not wireless?

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 1:20AM (Unverified) said

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not the guitar. that's the only diff between the 360 and ps3 hardware though
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 1:21AM (Unverified) said

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Yea, it's been all over the internet for months now that Rock Band was wired and GHIII was wireless on 360.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 1:22AM (Unverified) said

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That strikes me as really weird. I wonder why that is.

(Sorry if I seem uninformed, the only system I even own right now is a DS and I'm buying an N64. I just like following what's going on.)
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 1:23AM (Unverified) said

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Because of MS' control issues with their wireless tech. They basically want royalties for all wireless 3rd party devices on 360. That's why the GHIII guitar is the first non-MS one we've seen.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 2:18AM (Unverified) said

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makes me wonder why they wouldn't use blotooth for the ps3 versions, or does sony charge for that tech like m$?
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 8:49AM (Unverified) said

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Bluetooth is an open standard so Sony can't charge royaltied for it. Supposedly (with GHIII anyway) they got better performance with the dongle. I wish it was Bluetooth too.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 1:41AM (Unverified) said

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Yeah stood in line for an 360 version and the store had a whopping 2 360's and no PS 3's. So I guess I have to wait.

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 1:45AM (Unverified) said

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The Minnesota Best Buys didn't have any RockBand 360s. The one I went to had 8 PS3s... but most of the crowd wanted the 360 version. Best Buy was cool enough tho to provide a raincheck for those who waited in line AND a $50 Gift Card when I pick up my Special Edition.

I've got that lined up but am waking early to head to Target.

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 1:47AM (Unverified) said

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I just finished playing it. I'm sorry to say, the guitar part is definitely easier than Guitar Hero. I'm 33 songs in and I've 5-Star'd 32 of them. Some are even Gold stars. You no longer need 100% for Gold star, it goes by points. And 100% doesn't guarantee Gold Stars.

But I'm sure the hardest part of the game will be the drums. I could 99% the Karoake Revolution games on hardest setting but we'll see how they changed it. They said you can't hum anymore, vowels matter now.

I didn't find the Guitar + Mic option. I don't know if there is. I think that loading screen was just teasing. It said "For a real challenge play guitar and sing with the mic on the stand" or something like that.

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 5:40AM (Unverified) said

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gh3 is nerfed. They made the game itself easier and tried to make up for it by having you play chords that don't exist and in some cases, notes that aren't even being played in the actual song. I'd much rather have songs that are more accurate reprensentations of the real songs and are challenging in parts (thought maybe not as a whole) than songs that are trumped up in difficulty to make up for other shortcomings.

IMO, it's the difference in having musicians that become game devs compared to game devs that try to be musicians.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 6:50AM (Unverified) said

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Exactly, GH3 is ass.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 11:13AM (Unverified) said

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Yeah...I know. Hammer-ons and pulloffs are Ridiculously easy on GH3. I'm glad Rock Band kept the button press window short. But Rock Band's guitar tracks are even easier than Guitar Hero II. They obviously wanted to make the game easier. It's like Guitar Hero II's hard mode. (I'm talking about expert level in Rock Band, btw)
Oh and hammer-on/pull-off notes look too similar to regular notes. It takes getting used to. You'll see what I mean when you play it.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 1:52AM (Unverified) said

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Well supposedly no one in Minnesota received ANY 360 versions. The Best Buy I went to had only 8 for PS3 and handed out rain checks (for both 360 and PS3) which also gives you a $50 Gift Card for the trouble. Apparently Sioux City, South Dakota received 40 if anyone wants to make a road trip tomorrow morning. Proves that there are some EXTREMELY stoopid people in charge of distribution... be it Best Buy or EA.

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 2:09AM (Unverified) said

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$5 on them getting robbed on the train back to Philly :-p

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 2:26AM Vol said

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Report for Wal-Mart near Nashville, TN:

17 out of 18 people at midnight wanted the 360 version, yet they didn't receive any 360 versions. They did receive 10 PS3 version and sold 2.

I was one of the two that bought the PS3 version... grrrrr...

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 2:34AM (Unverified) said

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$5 says they're holding the 360 versions for friday to draw in more potential customers
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 2:39AM Vol said

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$10 says that Wal-Mart employees don't give a $hit enough to try to hold them back.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 10:15AM Crono141 said

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$15 says wal-mart employees will do what the store manager tells them too or they'll get canned.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 3:38AM (Unverified) said

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Scrolling by that picture with my mouse wheel freaks me out.

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 3:44AM Carmine said

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I, too, was turned away from Best Buy when I asked about the PS3 version. There were about 75 people on line at the time. Some nice fellow pointed me to the MTV store in Times Square.
Got there at about 11:45 and was the second person in line. The line reached about 8 people long, and nobody came after they let us in. We had plenty of time to play on the demo unit, as well. There were at least 16 PS3 sets available when I left there at 12:45.

Posted: Nov 20th 2007 5:09AM (Unverified) said

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went to 4 different wal marts looking for the 360 version. 2 only got ps3, 1 was sold out and the 4th had 1 copy left (yay!). BTW the download packs are now available on XBL.

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