Wii as the redheaded step child console

[orioles35]

So I just got through playing and my connectors blinked out on me again, even though they're all connected to a hub. Yesterday the game locked up after about an hour.

On Twitter, all the free DLC codes and contest are for XBox and PS3.

Then this week, Wii players won't have the Aerosmith tracks for over another month.

Why are Wii players treated like this? Why can a WORKING version of the software be offered, even as a download? The usual answer is "blame Nintendo", but surely SOMETHING can be done. With no RB4 in sight, it seems Wii players are stuck with buggy software indefinitely.

Sorry for the vent, got frustrated and quit after the connectors crapped out again.

[TubaDude49]

What do you have against redheads?

[orioles35]

I knew that was coming...

[jibjqrkl]

All free DLC is because > blame nintendo. they don't do free stuff.
Aerosmith > blame both (maybe) but because Nintendo doesn't allow shifting around in their schedule HMX couldn't add it in next week.
The "why no re-released working version" > Blame HMX for putting out the game like this, blame money for not bringing out a new version with fixes (which might also make compatibility with old version a problem) and blame Nintendo for not allowing patches.

[KyleJCrb]

So I just got through playing and my connectors blinked out on me again, even though they're all connected to a hub.

Sounds like a hub power issue. How many instruments do you have plugged in? Does the hub have any external power? I personally never had this problem on the Wii, but that may be because I had Guitar Hero instruments, which don't use dongles (although, now that I remember, my drums were RB2 drums and did use a dongle, I never had a problem with them either.)

On Twitter, all the free DLC codes and contest are for XBox and PS3.

Nintendo doesn't offer DLC codes, so there isn't much HMX can do about that.

Why are Wii players treated like this? Why can a WORKING version of the software be offered, even as a download? The usual answer is "blame Nintendo", but surely SOMETHING can be done.

Unfortunately, there is no way a fixed RB3 is going to be downloadable for the Wii, considering Nintendo's 45-megabyte restriction on downloadable titles and the inability to patch Wii games (unless the developers specifically designed the game with patching it in mind and built their own patching infrastructure.)

[MySummerJob]

This thread makes me feel like I'm back in the early days when I was new to this forum...


Anyway, the problem is with Nintendo, and the market. If Nintendo allowed patching, then you would have a game that is (close to being) bug free. If the Rock Band games still sold, then we all would probably be talking about how great RB4 is/will be.

That's just how things are sadly.

[www1221]

On Twitter, all the free DLC codes and contest are for XBox and PS3.

Blame Nintendo.

Then this week, Wii players won't have the Aerosmith tracks for over another month.

Blame Nintendo.

Why are Wii players treated like this? Why can a WORKING version of the software be offered, even as a download? The usual answer is "blame Nintendo", but surely SOMETHING can be done. With no RB4 in sight, it seems Wii players are stuck with buggy software indefinitely.

Sorry for the vent, got frustrated and quit after the connectors crapped out again.

Blame Nintendo. They didnt allow updates so you were stuck with a buggy version. Had Nintendo allowed updates the Wii would have gotten the same updates that the PS3 and 360 did and it would probably be less buggy.

[Lawdog1521]

Blame Sony.


I don't know how but it's only a matter of time before it's figured out to be their fault.

[Dentata]

With RB2, they delayed the release on the Wii and gave us a game that worked extremely well because they waited until the bugs were ironed out. With RB3, they knew they couldn't patch it yet they released a game that had lots of very obvious bugs. Folks in the past have blamed Viacom for pressuring the release before it was adequately tested, but we'll never hear the real story. HMX, long after they were separated from Viacom, continued to market and sell the very flawed Wii version, including hyping the re-release by MadCatz. That is all on HMX.

Folks who are serious about RB3 and are on the Wii have mostly switched consoles. They aren't going to do anything about it so that is your only choice. It looks extremely unlikely that there will ever be an RB4. Even if there was, I would never buy it on a Nintendo console, nor will I ever buy a WiiU.

[jibjqrkl]

HMX, long after they were separated from Viacom, continued to market and sell the very flawed Wii version, including hyping the re-release by MadCatz. That is all on HMX.

as I mentioned before, something like bringing out a new fixed version could have made it incompatible with old versions. Which would also be quite bad