On Rock Band compatibility-

[sheppyboy]

So, for the sake of those not willing to read all 150 posts, what's the full story here? From what I have gathered so far, the GH3 controller, among several others, doesn't work, even though Harmonix promised it would. They may be looking into it, but have not made any official statements saying that it would be fixed. These problems seem to be worse among PS3 owners.

Is this about right? Anyone have a list of confirmed working third party controllers?

Okay, basically it except one problem.

Harmonix's stance is if other developers, namely Red Octane, was willing to help Harmonix to get the Les Paul working on PS3, it will get fixed. In other words, and no, this isn't made up, they want Red Octane to deliver on Harmonix promises.

There is a genuine feeling of being victims of a deception with this issue and unfortunately, it's a rightful feeling. After all, they've been saying compatable compatable compatable this entire time when it was IGN which broke the news that those claims were in fact false. Now their stance is that they'll be more than willing to let Red Octane fix the issue if they want to.

As for a list of confirmed working third party controllers? None, nada, zip, zilch, zero, bupkis. In other words, the only compatable controllers are those which are not available for sale. Now do you see the problem? I mean, EA wonders why they aren't making as much money on PS3. Between broken ports, horrid ports, and this.... I'm wondering why I bought a game where I call up my friend hoping he's not playing so we can snag his strat.

[thetreadmill]

I understand that most of this is the ranting of the PS3 which I understand...but have we heard if they will be making a patch so that the Rock Band controller will work on GH2 and GH3 for the X360. I picked up GH2 online to get the second guitar and while I know that it will work with Rock BAnd, I had hear that the Strat will not work with GH2 or GH3. This still true?

[Gryffindor]

Well, it's the end of the day and NO ONE from HMX/EA has bothered to respond as to whether or not there will be a patch and what they intend to do about their junk guitars.

I will NEVER purchase another one of their games - ever.

[botnic]

Being a business major, I feel that I have at least some insight into how long deals take among two businesses. For Harmonix and Red Octane to truly get together and collaborate like we want them too, it may take weeks. There isn't anything that can be done about it, it's simply that there is some red tape involved. My guess is that we should wait until the end of maybe even next week before we can start anticipating any announcements.

[djthebandit]

So, for the sake of those not willing to read all 150 posts, what's the full story here? From what I have gathered so far, the GH3 controller, among several others, doesn't work, even though Harmonix promised it would. They may be looking into it, but have not made any official statements saying that it would be fixed. These problems seem to be worse among PS3 owners.

Is this about right? Anyone have a list of confirmed working third party controllers?

Yes, you are correct.

I and many others have this problem. On top of the fact that the guitar it comes with in the package either doesn't work or breaks in a few hours (mine too).

[codman]

I am returning my copy of LiarBand, I mean, Great Customer ServiceBand, I mean, Total BullS#$!Band, tonight. EA/Harmonix, I realize I am just one customer, and in the grand universe you live in, I do not mean anything to you. I will NEVER buy a game from you again! I am now more than happy to go back to my room and play a game that WORKS!(GH3)

[jedbeetle]

Being a business major, I feel that I have at least some insight into how long deals take among two businesses. For Harmonix and Red Octane to truly get together and collaborate like we want them too, it may take weeks. There isn't anything that can be done about it, it's simply that there is some red tape involved. My guess is that we should wait until the end of maybe even next week before we can start anticipating any announcements.

this being the case, it still does not excuse Harmonix from correcting statements or ameliorating the situation concerning the compatibility of their own controllers (GH1, GH2) which i have been told personally in an by EA would work. our rights as consumers have been violated and i believe that if nothing new is stated or nothing is done about this within the week, we should collaborate in in a legal effort.

i have no soft feelings for any company involved - the amount of money we've been charged and the amount of profit they make takes this situation well out of the realm of any feelings of compassion or understanding.

[Jackmove]

I suspect that the stand alone game was meant for the reasons we used it. We, my friends and I, baught a Bundle and then two copies of the SAG so that I could practice with the drums, and my two friends could practice with the Guitar and Vocals. ($100 a piece) A bit more than the $60 for the game but a bit less than the $170 for the bundle and we can all play alone and together. So that's one reason to put out a SAG version.

As for the controller compatibility, why it doesn't work is beside the point. Sure they could have grabbed a GH3 controller and tested it, and I am sure that they did, how could they not...? And sure they could have issued a statement saying that it won't work in fact they could have created a Bundle (the one we got) and a "Special Edition" (the one we should have gotten) bundle that came with a Guitar and a Bass (or two guitars, whatever) BUT, the most important thing is that they say that they are willing the fix it. This is good but they are leaving too much to chance, they should get a GH3 controller, maybe one of the ones they baught to find out the S#!% didn't work, and create an adapter for it on their own, without waiting for RO. Then they come out looking good all the way around, and in fact they could make converters for all of the guitars (GH, GH2, GH80's). Then, at least in my eyes, they would be the Heros..... Wait a minute, why don't I do that, I'd make millions....!!!!

I'm out, work to do... LOL

[EBPanthers21]

So the GH3 guitar does work for the Xbox 360, though?

[DamnTheMan]

Hello everyone,

Just writing to tell you that if you are upset about your Rock Band hardware experience, the lack of GT3 LP controller support on the PS3, or anything else. CALL THE SUPPORT LINE! 1-650-628-1001 Don't just post your point of view in the forums. Call them as well. I work for a very large company that does a lot of customer service, and our goals are to reduce the number of actual phone calls. It costs my company $20-$60 on average whenever one person breaks through the first tier of automated responses.

The menu selections to get to a real person at the number above are 1-2-2-1-3-2-0-0-1.

So if you want to hit EA in the wallet, however little it may seem, if enough people do it, it could draw some attention.

Generations before us tried to stick it to the man with the very music we are playing in Rock Band, time to stick it to the man with freaking phone calls until they give us fixes and patches, replacements, additional controllers, and whatever else we believe our hard earned $169 is worth.

Well anyway, have fun rockin' everyone, (those who can because your stuff works), and those who are about to rock, and are waiting for freaking UPS to send you your replacement, I salute you. In the mean time, salute "the man" with a middle finger dialing EA's support line over and over again.

-DamnTheMan