Harmonix, Address this Immediately!!!

[malone76]

Here is Activision's official response:

To Music Gaming Fans:

The recent announcement by MTV Games/Viacom's Harmonix division that Activision is blocking Sony from releasing a patch and their plea to enable Rock Band software to work with Guitar Hero hardware paints a very misleading picture.

In fact, Harmonix and its parent company MTV Games/Viacom recently declined Activision's offer to reach an agreement that would allow the use of Guitar Hero guitar controllers with Rock Band. We have been and remain open to discussions with Harmonix and MTV Games/Viacom about the use of our technology in Rock Band. Unfortunately for Rock Band users, in this case Harmonix and MTV Games/Viacom are unwilling to discuss an agreement with Activision.

Activision's top priority is to provide consumers with a seamless marriage of best-in-class hardware and software. We are focusing our efforts on innovating hardware and software that are designed to work together, work flawlessly and provide an enjoyable gaming experience.

Best regards,

Activision


Is this a money issue? Are they liars? Are you liars?

I am getting so sick of this. If this is not resolved soon I will never buy another game from either of these companies.

Someone from Harmonix please explain Activision's response.

Thank You

[ChaosElement]

Here's a great quote from another member:


Look at the statement again. Activision didn't place an offer, they offered to start negotiations. It went something like this.

Red Octane: Ooh, cool looking patch there. What does it do?

Harmonix: It gives our PS3 users more choices when they play Rock Band. They can use the Stratocaster guitars to play, or they can purchase third-party guitars like yours if they prefer.

Red Octane: Oh, that's interesting. Give me some money.

Harmonix: Wait, what?

Red Octane: What makes you think you can reverse engineer our hardware, and support it in your product?

Harmonix: Well, you reverse-engineered Konami's dance pads, created compatible products and sold them, and you never paid Konami a dime.

Red Octane: Stop being a smart-ass. We'll make you a generous offer. You can enter into negotiations with our attorneys. After a couple of months, we'll figure out a nice big sum of money that you can pay us in order to distribute software that will allows us to sell more hardware.

Harmonix: Dude, f*ck off.

Red Octane: Wah! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONY!

[G_tarRoCK3R]

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