Kevin

I agree this should be DLC.

Also, it's been a while since I played GH1, but it seems like the HOPO's would be really easy with the old charts on the GHWT engine.

You make a good point generally, but I think Harmonix has more credibility than most in this situation. They were doing this in 2001, so I can see where they don't want to put out a music creator they don't really feel good about.

You might say that makes them even *more* lazy, but why get into a contest with Activision over who can implement a feature as old as the 3D note path? I'd rather them spend their time delivering real improvements now than throwing in a checklist of features half ass.

Sounds like Peter expects to be fired if EA Sports can't turn it around.

I'm not in love with either, but if I were EA I'd go with the second one. It presents the band the way people usually experience them and seems more natural. The first one focuses on the guitar for no apparent reason, other than possibly to send the not-helpful-to-EA message that "we have guitars here too".

This will be the debacle that proves to Activision that the right move was to buy Harmonix, not just the GH franchise. Activision assumed that the guys at Harmonix just lucked into a franchise that could be milked forever and that they (Activision) didn't need the creativity of the developer to make profitable games.

I never thought I'd say this, but thank God a mega-publisher bought Harmonix already - otherwise Activision's next move would be to come back to the table, buy the developer, and merge/wreck the franchises. Let's just hope EA keeps letting those guys do what they do.

I am not making this up. I have not been affected because I got RROD right before the outage and haven't had a chance to be affected. Silver lining I guess :/

Wow I'd have thought they'd wait until closer to Fathers' Day for this one.

Very cool

Excellent

I love Samus