'Guitar compatibility' patch coming soon to PS3 Rock Band
by Justin McElroy 
{ Dec 5th 2007 at 9:50AM }
Take heart, PS3 Rock Band owners: To hear one Harmonix poster tell it on the game's official forums, you're just moments away from being able to mount your own four-piece outfit. Harmonix staffer "Sean" writes that a patch should arrive today that will enable Guitar Hero III controllers to be used with the game, which, as Rock Band guitars aren't available individually, will be the first time that four-player action will be feasible.The only question mark now is exactly when the update will become available. Sean writes, "We're trying to find out what the holdup is and I'll get back to you when I know." For now, it looks like you should just keep your rocking hand well-oiled and keep an eye on this thread.
[Via PS3F]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
tia @ Feb 17th 2008 8:00PM
how do i mark this site to know when to come back to look for this patch .... and is the patch that we are talking about here for just making the guitar work on the rock band .... or will it allow you to use the guitar hero guitar on rock band .... ....... and also i have all the other guitar hero games but the guitar that came out with the part 3 game won't work with the other games .... is there a way to fix this yet ???????
eugene @ Dec 5th 2007 9:57AM
do games come out for the PS3 that don't require patches? I stopped playing games on windows box so I wouldn't have to deal with this crap.
jsn @ Dec 5th 2007 10:07AM
it's reality these days for nearly every platform, accept it.
FidliousWong @ Dec 5th 2007 10:13AM
Plenty of games have dropped that don't need patches. But you'd ignore that. In fact, I'd say the patching is much less on PS3. But it's still an unfortunate side effect of the era of gaming we're in.
Hey, it beats the alternative. You know, where Harmonix and EA intentionally mislead consumers on the PS3 version and could never fix the issue, doling out a "fuck off, more controllers ship Feb 4th...." instead.
captainronarrgh @ Dec 5th 2007 10:41AM
Actually, games have always been released with bugs. Sometimes, devs would issue replacement disks with a fix. However, most times the gamer was just S.O.L. Fixing things with a downloadable patch is much better in my opinion.
Garrett @ Dec 5th 2007 10:01AM
Victor Wooten approves, I see
lothar @ Dec 5th 2007 11:18AM
Victor Wooten FTW!!!!!
Google him you noobs, watch him on youtube he's da man.
Jonathan Allen @ Dec 5th 2007 12:41PM
Victor's brother, Future Man, once showed me an equation that he came up with that determines the end of the world. True story!
Daniel H. @ Dec 5th 2007 12:54PM
Yeah, a friend of mine had dinner with Futureman one time. He said Fut' spent the whole time talknign about how he actually believes the matrix is real. Crazy family, but they're crazy talented
Farseer (GDI) @ Dec 5th 2007 2:07PM
No one can touch Vic Wooten.
danny. @ Dec 5th 2007 2:26PM
I met Futureman breifly at a show about four years ago. I asked him where he drew inspiration or something cliche like that. He told me all about this interesting chair he saw at a museum... Talking to him is like reading the Doors to Perception.
George McBain @ Dec 5th 2007 3:01PM
Victa FTW! Check out this awesome instrumental from a Gov't Mule DVD with Victor and Bernie Worrel sitting in, especially at the 6 minute mark when Victor solos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa9qqPToBPM
Dahk @ Dec 5th 2007 5:07PM
Hahaha I wasn't expecting SO MANY Vic Wooten comments when waltzing into this thread, but I guess I was wrong.
... and I want that bass guitar.
jsn @ Dec 5th 2007 10:08AM
I wish Activition/neversoft would release a patch to make the rock band guitar work with GH.
Dunn @ Dec 5th 2007 10:12AM
I'll go one further: Sony should have descended from their tower and offered a common guitar controller API to avoid this mess in the first place.
FidliousWong @ Dec 5th 2007 10:29AM
Yeah, Sony should have exercised tyrannical control over developers. That way GHIII, IV, V, VI, VII Rotting Aerith Edition, and VIII all bypass PS3. Goooooooooood thinking.
*wonders how many people remember the mass exodus from NES to Genesis was because developers were tired of the Nintendo Iron Grip*
JerJerBinks @ Dec 5th 2007 10:34AM
I would love to chime in here and say that Sony has in fact made available a common controller API, with Bluetooth as the transport method. The guitar controllers are no different than the six-axis being that have common buttons and motion sensing. The difference is that Activision/Neversoft chose to not use Bluetooth and implement their own 2.4 GHz dongle, possibly in an attempt to make them cheaper. All I know is that I have serious issues in my game room with Bluetooth headsets and controllers, 802.11g, GH3 2.4 GHz controllers, and my 2.4 GHz phone are wrecking havoc on the latency of GH3.
Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Dec 5th 2007 5:30PM
I think they went with their own band because bluetooth wasn't a fast enough protocol for the rhythm genre.
def PD @ Dec 5th 2007 10:15AM
If only they'd have a timeframe of when we can expect this to happen. By the end of 2007? *crosses fingers*
FidliousWong @ Dec 5th 2007 10:29AM
According to the link.... today
T-Roy @ Dec 5th 2007 10:33AM
Yeah, but where's the patch that lets the GH3 guitar work with GH1 and GH2 on PS3?
Wonderflex @ Dec 5th 2007 11:06AM
"the first time that four-player action will be feasible."
More importantly, people who purchased the stand alone copy will be able to experience any part of the game for the first time.
ill trooper @ Dec 5th 2007 2:06PM
This post on the Rock Band forums has been up since yesterday - unfortunately, no action on the "download the PS3 patch" situation yet... I just played a quick two songs and no request for a download from Rock Band.
I see the forum topic has been closed until further information can be given. I think they might have jumped the gun in announcing that before it was available; just hit us with the update and THEN tell us.
ill trooper @ Dec 5th 2007 3:31PM
Sorry, that was actually not meant to be a 'reply' to Wonderflex, but rather just a comment. I'm not really sure how I managed that one.
Vander @ Dec 5th 2007 2:38PM
Why is nobody asking when Activision will get off their proverbial asses and release a patch (on 360 please) to let me use my Rock Band guitar with Guitar Hero III? I don't like owning more than 2 of the plastic things, so why shouldn't I be able to use both peripherals with both games? Harmonix is stepping up. Why shouldn't Activision and Neversoft? What is this double standard? I enjoy a lot of the songs on GHIII, but I also enjoy the band experience of Rock Band. Is it too much to ask to be able to play both with the same plastic controllers? Maybe. Where's the outcry?
Michael @ Dec 5th 2007 4:42PM
Vitor Wooten is a fuckin great bassplayer.