Sorry Harmonix, but if you've got a spare $33.27, you can see that you've already been beaten to it. It's a guitar, it's a game, you might say ... it's the best of both worlds.
Harmonix: Music games may not rely on consoles in the future
by Justin McElroy 
on Jul 8th 2009 2:00PM
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Sorry Harmonix, but if you've got a spare $33.27, you can see that you've already been beaten to it. It's a guitar, it's a game, you might say ... it's the best of both worlds.
Reader Comments (51)
Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:03PM (Unverified) said
Did they do that for some games back in the day? I remember there being a commercial for a tennis game that you just plug in the tv and play. How did that do?
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Posted: Jul 8th 2009 6:20PM HaVoC said
I don’t know if sidebuster is referring to it, but the Godfather of video games, Pong, was originally released as a tennis (ping-pong) plug-and-play after it became popular in bars and restaurants. So Alex, there is one of those “that’s how well it did” plug-and-plays that started an industry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong
Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:04PM MystileArmor said
But how will we play Tony Hawk with our drumkits?
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Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:04PM (Unverified) said
so the next Rock Band is gonna be a plug-and-play game?
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Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:06PM StormEagle said
It's all speculation.
Besides, what happens when the guitar breaks? Well shit, there goes all your songs too!
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Besides, what happens when the guitar breaks? Well shit, there goes all your songs too!
Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:18PM Freddie Mercury said
Where we're going we don't need roa......consoles
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Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:05PM StormEagle said
I'm not sure whether to award or subtract a point for the "best of both worlds" reference.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:08PM (Unverified) said
Award...it was the first thing i thought of after reading the title of the article. this is just a bad idea.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:05PM (Unverified) said
My comment was edited. It's cool, what I wrote was "super-stupid."
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Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:17PM (Unverified) said
no, you'd have to say something like "Thats so beaner" or "Thats so fat white bitch" or "Thats so Raven"
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Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:20PM MrSpaceCowboy said
"Whoa homes,
You can't say that ese.
That'd be racist mang!"
...Is how the Hispanic community would respond most likely.
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You can't say that ese.
That'd be racist mang!"
...Is how the Hispanic community would respond most likely.
Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:26PM StormEagle said
Longhorn. Come here. We need to talk.
How are you going to censor "fuck" and the say bitch? Huh?
Be for a man. If you're going to attempt to yell at someone, at least have the balls to follow through.
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How are you going to censor "fuck" and the say bitch? Huh?
Be for a man. If you're going to attempt to yell at someone, at least have the balls to follow through.
Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:29PM latin trident said
Thats so beaner is a little more accurate I'd say. Just like calling something red neck.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/443905374_a2d48cfc7a.jpg
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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/443905374_a2d48cfc7a.jpg
Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:08PM StormEagle said
I haven't really thumbed through all the options in Guitar Hero 4 but can't you select the look of your note highway? I think that in turn changes the style of the overdrive.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:09PM MrSpaceCowboy said
That's an old hat RB1 screenshot.
It was one of the first screenies of the game
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It was one of the first screenies of the game
Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:11PM StormEagle said
Sorry dude. Total brain freeze. I'd been replying to that Guitar Hero post so much earlier that I didn't even realize that was a screen of Rock Band.
To answer your question:
I believe that's what it does once you complete The Endless Setlist 2.
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To answer your question:
I believe that's what it does once you complete The Endless Setlist 2.
Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:06PM MrSpaceCowboy said
Only now am I aware of this product?!
I must have it! So I can be like Miley in my living room.
After I'm done singing, I'll upload whore photos of myself onto the internet like she did. What a role model!
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I must have it! So I can be like Miley in my living room.
After I'm done singing, I'll upload whore photos of myself onto the internet like she did. What a role model!
Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:11PM Dark Archon PSN Archonik XBL Dar said
Jeeeesssuuus, stop using this old, pre-release screenshot. The interface looks nothing like it. (The highways are sexy, though)
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Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:28PM (Unverified) said
exactly, with how many guitars/drums people who play seriously go through that'll never work unless the songs are on some seperate cartridge you plug in. then what about the DLC for the songs. that means the guitar needs a network adapter.....list of reasons this is ridiculous just goes on and on
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Posted: Jul 8th 2009 3:39PM Ben Forbes said
Rock Band hasn't looked like that ever. That was effectively the first PR shot of the original game.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:39PM (Unverified) said
I'd actually accept the 250$ pricetag on The Beetles: Rock Band if it just plugged into the tv.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:41PM SitriStahl said
i have in mind something that looks similar to onlive, with the USB ports, ethernet port, etc. and songs are, simmilar to track packs, on like a flash drive or something, and you need a code to punch in, and DL the songs to the hard drive, this would be like the rock band platform becoming a rock band "system," needing only instruments and songs, the songs are stored into a hard drive, while the game is on the system itself, and instead of a new game, just firmware updates to fix things
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Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:42PM SitriStahl said
and by similar to track packs, i mean the process of getting the songs, they aren't on flash drives
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Posted: Jul 8th 2009 2:49PM Gemini Ace said
So, how do we get DLC? The guitar would have to have wi-fi and some type of SSD.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2009 3:11PM latin trident said
@manly mcbeef
I really don't care. Life is to short to flip out about stupid stuff like that. You are all over reacting to something small and insignificant.
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I really don't care. Life is to short to flip out about stupid stuff like that. You are all over reacting to something small and insignificant.
Posted: Jul 8th 2009 5:10PM The Blank Mage Returns said
Soon, you'll realize Rock Band 7 is actually a radio with buttons, and the circle will be complete.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2009 5:37PM CaptainProtonX said
Guitar Band will be a miracle that reinvents music.
Lutes will rule you.
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Lutes will rule you.
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