Activision opens pre-registration for Guitar Hero Wii replacement discs

Guys, you keep getting this information wrong. The game outputs in Mono and Stereo. When you set it to surround sound, Dolby ProLogic II doesn't work right. Dolby PLII is basically a technology to output 5.1 over stereo. When set to ProLogic II, you only get it in center speaker, front L+R and Rear L+R not working, aka Mono. If you set it to stereo, it works fine.

Anyone know if ShortFuse is right? I'e been holding out on GH3 until they had the good discs IN the stores. But if what ShortFuse says is right, I'll get the game right away, since I don't have surround sound :(

No, Shortfuse is wrong. No matter what you set it to it outputs only in mono.

I just called in for my pre-reg and Activision wants us to send in our original discs before they send out the new ones. Kinda stupid if you ask me.

I hope they're planning on fixing some of the other bugs in the game as well. Perhaps even including the free DLC from the other versions on the discs.

I pre-registered and the support rep said they expect the discs later this month or early January.

I want a new disc, but I hate having to give away my current disc and wait for a new one to come in the mail for who knows how long it'll take.

I just called activision about getting a replacement disc, and they siad the problem is only that the game is not outputting surround sound. According to them, the stereo in the game is not broken, only the surround sound is.

I got to tell you, I just called Activision, and the fact that I have to send them my old game, when THEY are the ones who messed up and put out a bad product knowingly is really frustrating. I know they dont want a bunch of people selling the game off or something like that, but come on. Ahh well, I can hope Rock Band is coming out soon for the wii and abandon GH3 all together.

Offer only seems to incluse the US.
I ive in the UK. When will we get them?

Really at this point I don't care about being forced to play in Mono, I'm just gonna deal with it. Since well being able to play in mono is better then not being able to play at all, and you can barely even tell any difference in Mono and Stereo.

Wait...the Wii supports surround sound?!

You know, as much as people complain about console games needing patches like PC games, it's still a whole lot better than having to ship out new discs.

And Crono, never is this more evident than in MoH:Heroes 2 multiplayer. I hear those Nazi bastards creepin up from my back right and left every time!

To those of you saying that it works in stereo, where is the setting to have it output stereo instead of the alleged ProLogic II/mono?

She asked me if I had surround sound, and I said no, and she seemed to think that I didn't need to replace mine... I convinced her otherwise, since I could always install surround sound.

WHOAH Shortfuse and others! You have bad information here.

Let’s do a quick education. Stereophonic sound is more than just “sound coming out of more than one speaker”. Stereophonic sound has two separate and slightly different channels that go to the right and left speaker. Your ear detects these differences and that creates the cool sounding “stereo effect”. In Guitar Hero III, for Wii, no matter how you configure the sound, you only get IDENTICAL SOUND CHANNELS in the right and left speaker. A good example is your car stereo. On FM, you get stereophonic sound, switch to AM, and you get monaural sound coming from both speakers. The music in Guitar Hero III for the Wii is like AM radio, monaural. There are articles on the internet that prove this, and you can try yourself by setting your receiver to stereo mode.

Activision through their carefully worded statements has made it seem like stereo sound works just fine unless you have dolby prologic. INCORRECT. First off they never explicitly state that anyone is getting stereo sound, and in fact nobody is. Why did they do this? Well because the only claim they make on the outside of the box is that it outputs in Dolby prologic surround. That is why they are being sued, and that is why they are doing the replacement.

Activision had a choice to make, they could include EVERYONE WITH STEREO in the replacement or just the people who want prologic, they chose to only include those who want prologic, because that particular group is the only one they are worried will sue, because that’s the only claim they make on the box. I personally think that’s extremely lame and I encourage Activision to fix this problem for ALL PURCHASERS and not just the ones they think might be able to join a lawsuit.