Wii as the redheaded step child console

[ricecake]

As for the Doors pack, I was under the impression that Nintendo allowed it only because it was a limited-time free thing, not permanently free.

[DavidTLynchEsq]

Can't is a word that is used alot concerning the HMX/Nintendo relationship. Can't patch? What about the COD game that did?

You mean one game that was released after Rock Band 3? Just because one game can do it doesn't mean it was easy. So maybe they should have recalled the discs and issued new ones, but that would have been prohibitively expensive, especially with all 5 patches they released. That's why games get patched all the time, but recalling discs is extremely rare. You say that Harmonix are just making up excuses for the lack of free stuff and exporting old games, but what other reasons could they possibly have? That they're holding back content out of spite? Is it a coincidence that the Wii stopped getting free Guitar Hero songs as well?

And why was this moved to the support forum when it wasn't requesting help for a particular issue?

[latenightrocker]

Yeah, I really hate supporting developers who do this. Same with take 2 always gimping all of the wii baseball games and not only that, but never even CHANGING the new versions of them from the past ones, which is even worse than what hmx is doing. Played RB3 again a few days ago and AGAIN the leaderboards would not work for wii u. So far ZERO times has the leaderboards worked for it. That's a little off topic, although I guarantee if it happens for the next ps or xbos hmx would care to work with the companies to see what's up.

Also the wii is the only version which never got the free songs which the other consoles got long ago. Whatever pack it was that had the miranda cosgrove song... I forget what else was in it. They didn't care to find a way to add those to the wii because they already served their purpose back when the RB songs were released for the other consoles.

[DavidTLynchEsq]

Again, they submitted the songs, and Nintendo decided not to publish them. What other reasons could they (and Activision) possibly have to hold back the songs? If other developers make crappy Wii ports, that's just more reason to assume that the problem is with the Wii and not the developers.

[esquehill]

I found that unplugging all the mics fixed the powering-off-dongles problem.
Doesn't work for everyone (especially singers) but... something you might
want to try, if you can.

[SheSaidSheSaid]

Played RB3 again a few days ago and AGAIN the leaderboards would not work for wii u. So far ZERO times has the leaderboards worked for it.

RB3 is a Wii game. The WiiU did not exist when it was released. The Wii's playerbase is a fraction of what the PS3's and especially Xbox's are.

HMX cannot have been expected to know how one of their games would play on a hardware generation more advanced than existed when it was released (or hell, if it even would play on the new generation). And you cannot expect them now to devote time and resources to something that is of so little consequence to them (as all of RB itself will be, over the next few weeks).

I'm not saying you have to like it, but I am saying you have to understand it. And repeatedly raising complaints about it doesn't suggest that you do.

That's a little off topic, although I guarantee if it happens for the next ps or xbos hmx would care to work with the companies to see what's up.

Maybe, maybe not. Like I said, all of RB will fall by the wayside soon enough. We still don't know how DLC's and backwards compatibility will work with the new Sony and Microsoft consoles, so it may well be a non-starter.

Also the wii is the only version which never got the free songs which the other consoles got long ago.

Which has zero to do with Harmonix themselves. Which you have been told.

Whatever pack it was that had the miranda cosgrove song... I forget what else was in it.

That's because it was released as a single.

They didn't care to find a way to add those to the wii because they already served their purpose back when the RB songs were released for the other consoles.

No, they didn't "find a way" to add free content to the Wii because Nintendo does not allow free content, at least not permanently free content (as suggested was the workaround for the Doors songs at RB3 launch).

[latenightrocker]

All of these posts are wrong, as usual. Of course it had to do with HMX. They were going to ahve to pay for licensing again for the songs if they wanted to add them on wii, so they didn'[tw ant to pay just to give away free songs again. nd what they should or should not have known would happen with wii u is irrelevant, also, because now that it HAS happened, you'd think they would rather ask Nintendo what the problem is than to have a lot of unhappy customers, regardless of whose fault it is or which system the game was originally for. And, as I've said a million times, the leaderboards BARELY ever work on original wii either.

[FujiSkunk]

All of these posts are wrong, as usual. Of course it had to do with HMX. They were going to ahve to pay for licensing again for the songs if they wanted to add them on wii, so they didn'[tw ant to pay just to give away free songs again.

As has been said, Nintendo does not like hosting free content. Yes, they've done it before, but in recent years they have consistently denied such requests.

Now it's true Harmonix could have relicensed the songs again so that they could charge for them on the Wii, but either that wasn't going to be financially viable, or it would have had Wii players complaining about having to pay for what other console owners get for free. Or both.

and what they should or should not have known would happen with wii u is irrelevant, also, because now that it HAS happened, you'd think they would rather ask Nintendo what the problem is than to have a lot of unhappy customers, regardless of whose fault it is or which system the game was originally for.

And HMXHenry has stated they are looking into it.

Obviously you're frustrated, but you could be just a teensy bit less confrontational.

[DavidTLynchEsq]

Why would Harmonix go through the trouble to work out licensing for hundreds of back catalog songs, another couple thousand songs since then, but not a dozen or so free songs from lesser-known bands? Do you really think Harmonix felt it was important to bring the Hautewerk pack to the Wii when nobody bought it on the other consoles, but Lights Resolve are too expensive for the same company that was working with The Beatles? Is it just a coincidence that Guitar Hero on the Wii stopped getting free DLC around the same time?

[SheSaidSheSaid]

Is it just a coincidence that Guitar Hero on the Wii stopped getting free DLC around the same time?

Obviously that's HMX's fault, too. Somehow.