nicko68
11-07-2009, 02:11 PM
I love Rock Band, I love what HMX has done, and I'm not meaning to troll. It just seems that Neversoft/Vicarious Visions innovate when it comes to supporting features on the Wii, whereas HMX/Pi just say the functionality is "impossible".
GHWT was the first with DLC. Yes, RB2 had DLC when it came out a month later, so was probably being developed at the same time as GHWT, but why couldn't RB1 have it? Probably because HMX or EA underestimated the market potential of the Wii.
What about importing? Sure RB has a method that works on the 360/PS3, namely patching the game to allow it to import. Just because the Wii couldn't handle that particular method meant that importing couldn't be done? Look at how GH does it, downloading. Sure it's not quite as nice as ripping from disc, since you have to download 1-2 GB of data, but at least it works and works well.
Heck, even a third party figured out a way to do it on the Wii by using a method I thought about... a channel. If it were legit, you pay 500 points for the channel, it asks for your RB1 disc, rips the tracks to SD. Why can't the main developers come up with solutions like this?
GH5 has song packs, again something that HMX said was "impossible' because of Nintendo.
I really think EA/HMX/Pi treat the Wii as a second class platform (360 and PS3 lovers can refrain from console bashing, I chose the Wii because I like other games it has to offer, having grown up with Nintendo). ACTV/NVSFT/VV push the Wii. That's why competition is good... the GH camp has to innovate and push in order to compete, and they have.
GHWT was the first with DLC. Yes, RB2 had DLC when it came out a month later, so was probably being developed at the same time as GHWT, but why couldn't RB1 have it? Probably because HMX or EA underestimated the market potential of the Wii.
What about importing? Sure RB has a method that works on the 360/PS3, namely patching the game to allow it to import. Just because the Wii couldn't handle that particular method meant that importing couldn't be done? Look at how GH does it, downloading. Sure it's not quite as nice as ripping from disc, since you have to download 1-2 GB of data, but at least it works and works well.
Heck, even a third party figured out a way to do it on the Wii by using a method I thought about... a channel. If it were legit, you pay 500 points for the channel, it asks for your RB1 disc, rips the tracks to SD. Why can't the main developers come up with solutions like this?
GH5 has song packs, again something that HMX said was "impossible' because of Nintendo.
I really think EA/HMX/Pi treat the Wii as a second class platform (360 and PS3 lovers can refrain from console bashing, I chose the Wii because I like other games it has to offer, having grown up with Nintendo). ACTV/NVSFT/VV push the Wii. That's why competition is good... the GH camp has to innovate and push in order to compete, and they have.
