Looking for an Official Statement on PS3 RB1 VS RB2

[Samuel346]

Will bugs and lacking features such as Voice Chat be implemented into Rock Band 1 or will it be a requirement to get Rock band 2 on the PS3 in order to be "equal"?

[Ventura]

At this stage mate, I'd be very surprised if Harmonix had any plans for Rock Band 1 on the ps3. Very, very surprised.

We will indeed have to pick up Rock Band 2 on the ps3 if we want to be 'equal'. At which point, the 360 version will likely sport an additional feature that won't be added to the ps3 version until Rock Band 3. And so on, and so on...

Still, when Rock Band 2 comes out we should start a band mate. You and I seem to feel the same about this neglect the platform has suffered. I'll play any instrument :)

[Samuel346]

Still, when Rock Band 2 comes out we should start a band mate. You and I seem to feel the same about this neglect the platform has suffered. I'll play any instrument :)

Deal. :)

[C-Pr0mpt]

Why would they add new features to RB1? Common sense will give you a big fat no as a answer to that quesion...

[Devilsbane07]

Is there any particular reason why rockband favors the xbox? I think its pretty dumb, I don't see why releasing the same game comes out on xbox and then 2 months later appears on ps3,ps2, and wii.

[Ventura]

Why would they add new features to RB1? Common sense will give you a big fat no as a answer to that quesion...

If common sense were that common mate, we'd all be smart enough to pass on Rock Band 2 given the neglect the first has endured.

Edit:


Is there any particular reason why rockband favors the xbox?

Microsoft have one hell of a fat wallet mate :)

[Samuel346]

Why would they add new features to RB1? Common sense will give you a big fat no as a answer to that quesion...

I'm simply talking about the bugs and the lack of voice chat. If Rock Band is a platform, and DLC is going to be compatibility with both games, then you should be able to play on both games.

[CCDaDon]

Deal. :)

OOO OOO I WANT IN PICK ME PICK ME!

[Samuel346]

OOO OOO I WANT IN PICK ME PICK ME!

Add me stud.;)

[toMsons1987]

Just shut up and wait a few more months and buy Rock Band 2 where everything is fixed.

[Samuel346]

Just shut up and wait a few more months and buy Rock Band 2 where everything is fixed.

Excuse you?


Why should people be forced into buying something to be equal?


OH BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT EFFECTED AND THEREFORE DON'T GIVE A SH*T ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE? OH OK.

[Mex]

Is there any particular reason why rockband favors the xbox? I think its pretty dumb, I don't see why releasing the same game comes out on xbox and then 2 months later appears on ps3,ps2, and wii.

Well, currently there appears to be many more XBOX owners compared to PS3. Add the fact that Microsoft essentially pays for exclusives and as HMX would say they have been very involved with the development of Rock Band.

Money talks + More Users = XBOX get's favored.

It's just business.

I own a PS3 by the way.

[Devilsbane07]

Well, currently there appears to be many more XBOX owners compared to PS3. Add the fact that Microsoft essentially pays for exclusives and as HMX would say they have been very involved with the development of Rock Band.

Money talks + More Users = XBOX get's favored.

It's just business.

I own a PS3 by the way.

I think the the only reason xbox has more people is because it was out first. I have the ps3 and my brother has the xbox so ive been on both. Prefer the ps3 by far and think its a better system. But people who already spent all their cash on xbox arent so willing to throw more away on the ps3.

[MartyMcFly77]

My biggest gripe is the controller compatibility.
I want the same compatibility as the 360.
I want Guitar Hero guitars working in Rock Band.
I want Rock Band guitars working in Guitar Hero.
Just like the 360.
Make both systems equal. All I ask.

[Devilsbane07]

My biggest gripe is the controller compatibility.
I want the same compatibility as the 360.
I want Guitar Hero guitars working in Rock Band.
I want Rock Band guitars working in Guitar Hero.
Just like the 360.
Make both systems equal. All I ask.

It'd be nice. From everything I have heard it is more on the side of GH that they aren't combatible. From everything I have read HMX says they want complete compatability (opening up other instrument creators for RB2) but GH says no. I think there is even a lawsuit where Activision is sueing HMX.

My opinion is that Red Octane makes better guitars for GH. (Made guitars for GH 1-3, plus all the others). And HMX has a better game (made gh1, gh2, and rb). So Activision is worried that everyone will buy the better guitars and use them with the better game. I forsee the GHWT having problems with its drumkit, similar to what RB experience when they released their first drum kit but not quite as bad since they have obviously taken rb drums to play on and take apart.

[MartyMcFly77]

It'd be nice. From everything I have heard it is more on the side of GH that they aren't combatible. From everything I have read HMX says they want complete compatability (opening up other instrument creators for RB2) but GH says no. I think there is even a lawsuit where Activision is sueing HMX.

My opinion is that Red Octane makes better guitars for GH. (Made guitars for GH 1-3, plus all the others). And HMX has a better game (made gh1, gh2, and rb). So Activision is worried that everyone will buy the better guitars and use them with the better game. I forsee the GHWT having problems with its drumkit, similar to what RB experience when they released their first drum kit but not quite as bad since they have obviously taken rb drums to play on and take apart.

Not sure if you heard the latest info.

Activision patched GH: Aerosmith to work with Rock Band instruments.
(Only on 360, PS3 STILL doesnt have this option)

Its already been confirmed by Activision that GH: World Tour will work with ALL Rock Band instruments. And vice versa.
(Only for 360, no word on PS3 but since it still doesnt work with Aerosmith I doubt it)

And we all already know that GH 2 and 3 guitars work in Rock Band.
(360 only, still waiting for that PS3 patch :mad: )

Whos really to blame for this? Activision, HMX, Microsoft or Sony?

Not sure, but I can pretty much rule out Sony. Wouldnt make sense for them to NOT want compatibility when the competition has it.

[tepidshark]

Check out my post. Voice Chat and Trophies confirmed for Rock Band 2 PS3: http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64877

[ChiTownBoi]

@Samuel346:
well imo i dont prefer having the voice, i honestly wouldnt want to hear the singer being an idiot or trying to be annoying would get too distracting for me at least.

@MartyMcFly77:
well again imo i dont prefer the gh controller i dont see how u would want to use it, its too dam loud wit that ****en annoying loud clicking from the strum bar and it has a unrealistically fat "fret board". (which i play a stratocaster irl so i like the rb controller much better although it is much smaller bosy-wise than the real thing but still) and as for it working vice-versa im done with gh so idc if strats work on it since gh just makes the song much harder than what they really are, rb is slightly more realistic note charts which is wat i prefer of course thats just imo so yea.

@Devilsbane07:
and yes i agree wit wat u say, hmx=better games and activision=longer lasting periphals but either way i also used to drum about 3 years ago and from my personal experience the elctric drum kit that rb2 will use will still drop notes and have same problems as the rb1 set does but minus the cracking of anything (if u crack the ion set idk how it would happen) but i prefer my diy set much better which doesnt drop notes on me soo, i dont plan on getting any bundles when rb2 comes around for ps3

@toMsons1987:
and for you, i do prefer to wait cuz 360 WILL complain about rb2 in many, many ways imo so i expect all the problems to have been resolved for the wii, ps3, and ps2 before they decide to release it for us. cuz who better to ***** about anything than 360 users? am i right or am i right?

ok idk how many people would read that and i didnt expect to write that much but yea ina nutshell if u didnt want to read wat was above we ps3 shouldnt be complaining but of course ima a very patient person so everything i said is imo wat i belive

[gmagnus]

Just shut up and wait a few more months and buy Rock Band 2 where everything is fixed.

Um... are you mentally challenged? Companies shouldn't fix broken products? You should be forced to buy newer versions instead? So if your system didn't play DVDs like it was supposed to, it would be okay for the manufacturer to just release a new version that you would have to buy instead of fixing the one you own now?



OH BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT EFFECTED AND THEREFORE DON'T GIVE A SH*T ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE? OH OK.

Given that he has a PSN name, I'm guessing he is affected.

[gmagnus]

cuz who better to ***** about anything than 360 users? am i right or am i right?



Tasty, tasty flamebait.

[Samuel346]

Given that he has a PSN name, I'm guessing he is affected.

The bugs don't effect every PS3 and the voice chat might not bother some who don't even play online.

[Devilsbane07]

I played the les paul with gh3 and first was very impressed with it. Just lightly toudching the strum bar and it came back very quickly. Very reliable. But as I was playing I thought the gh strum bar was easier to use. I also hated the buttons on it. RB buttons are so much easier to play and know where your hands is.

As far as the game, i found the screen too cluttered with crappy graphics. Rb is much less cluttered and the notes are very crisp pictures.

[killerewok]

Not sure if you heard the latest info.

Activision patched GH: Aerosmith to work with Rock Band instruments.
(Only on 360, PS3 STILL doesnt have this option)

Its already been confirmed by Activision that GH: World Tour will work with ALL Rock Band instruments. And vice versa.
(Only for 360, no word on PS3 but since it still doesnt work with Aerosmith I doubt it)

And we all already know that GH 2 and 3 guitars work in Rock Band.
(360 only, still waiting for that PS3 patch :mad: )

Whos really to blame for this? Activision, HMX, Microsoft or Sony?

Not sure, but I can pretty much rule out Sony. Wouldnt make sense for them to NOT want compatibility when the competition has it.


It is kinda Sony's fault for not forcing cross compatibility like MS does, but at the same time is is also Activision's fault for needing to be forced. They don't make it happen on the PS3 because they don't have to, and they really don't want to. If MS didn't have rules in place, it wouldn't happen on the XBOX either.

And as far as the OP, I wouldn't expect any more paches to RB1. RB2 will have voice chat and trophies, etc. That has been confirmed (IGN I think). As a PS3 owner, I still really don't care. I'll be getting RB2 when it comes out, and I'll enjoy all these features like they are new. I don't play XBOX, so I don't really care what you can do on it. The new round-robin style of online song selection kinda makes voice chat moot for me anyway. Personally, I can't stand voice chat, unless it's a squad based shooter or something where it actually enhances gameplay. Most other times, I just have some dumb kind saying stupid crap in my ear.

[SemperFi]

The new round-robin style of online song selection kinda makes voice chat moot for me anyway.

I must have missed this one. Got a link, or care to ellaborate? Will the Quick Play Band members each take turns picking songs?