Post by: WindyMan on April 16, 2007, 11:38:21 AM
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=13328
Red Octane, the company responsible for bringing the Guitar Hero franchise to the light of day (bless them) has officially announced that Guitar Hero 3 will indeed be coming to the Wii, by the end of the year. The PS2, PS3 and Xbox 360 will also be getting the multiplatform game.
Speaking with GameSpot, Red Octane President Kai Huang said that online play would be a big part of the game, including competitive and co-op game modes, more music and downloadable content. Activision's Neversoft studio is developing the game, after the series' original developer, Harmonix, moved on to develop Rock Band on the 360 and PS3 for EA and MTV.
Huang also said that his company is "looking at a DS version" for early 2008. This is especially curious, since there definitely won't be a guitar controller in play on the handheld. Obviously, the touch screen could emulate the frets, but how would you hold the thing? We'll need to see how that's going to work.
Keep it tuned to NWR for the latest on these rockin' developments.
Post by: Kairon on April 16, 2007, 11:53:25 AM
Mommy... I'm scared!!!
*thinks about his $5 Kid Icarus purchase where he's only barelt got to level 2*
... never mind.
~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: TJ Spyke on April 16, 2007, 03:08:42 PM
Post by: BranDonk Kong on April 16, 2007, 03:56:30 PM
Post by: Shift Key on April 16, 2007, 09:00:31 PM
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Originally posted by: Brandogg
DLC absolutely sucks for Guitar Hero 2 on XBox 360
Oh yes, because no-one wants to play this pack of songs.
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* "Higher Ground" (as made famous by Red Hot Chili Peppers)
* "Infected" (as made famous by Bad Religion)
* "Stellar" (as made famous by Incubus)
Post by: Nephilim on April 17, 2007, 01:01:36 AM
the packs are design for people who like the songs, dont like the song, dont buy it
pretty simple
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on April 17, 2007, 01:34:11 AM
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Originally posted by: DeadlyD
but people are willing to pay 5bucks, for 5 90sec ddr songs with steps?
I'm pretty sure they weren't that popular.
Er, I wonder if I can get an adaptor of some sort for my PS2 GH controller.
Post by: Shift Key on April 17, 2007, 01:35:23 AM
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Originally posted by: S-U-P-E-R
Er, I wonder if I can get an adaptor of some sort for my PS2 GH controller.
PS2 to USB adaptor should do the trick (don't quote me on that, I don't have the Xbox version - yet)
DRAMATISATION: MAY NOT BE ACCURATE
Post by: planetidiot on April 17, 2007, 02:27:24 AM
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Originally posted by: Kairon
*thinks about his $5 Kid Icarus purchase where he's only barelt got to level 2*
hahahahaha... kid icarus rules
Post by: Kharon Alpha on April 17, 2007, 06:35:38 AM
You can download the songs as a single track OR in a Set a la the previous games.
Singles could sell for 100 points. This is roughly comparable to the iTunes Music Store price. This might be scaled up to 150 points, but 200 or more and I wouldn't use it.
Sets of 5 songs could sell for 400-500 points (possibly a small discount for getting it as a set). Assuming the sets are five songs, I'd be willing to go up to 600-750 points, but would really hope that they aren't THAT lame at pricing these.
Bulk purchases of singles might also allow for dicounted prices. Perhaps if you buy 5-9 songs you get 5% off, 10-14 or 10-19 for 10% off, and 15 or 20+ for 15% off. Keep in mind these are fairly small discounts ($0.05 - $0.15 per track), and could only apply for buying single tracks, not for buying them in a set.
500 points for 3 songs would be pushing me, just as 200 points for one would. I might get packs at 500/3, but I'd need to really like the songs in those packs.
Post by: NeoThunder on April 17, 2007, 06:18:04 PM
Post by: Artimus on April 17, 2007, 07:24:24 PM
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Originally posted by: Kairon
Microtransactions? $5 for 3 songs?
Mommy... I'm scared!!!
*thinks about his $5 Kid Icarus purchase where he's only barelt got to level 2*
... never mind.
~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
I concur. NWR owes us $5 for LYING about that horrible, worthless game.
Post by: Shift Key on April 17, 2007, 10:01:32 PM
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Originally posted by: Kharon Alpha
You can download the songs as a single track OR in a Set a la the previous games.
Singles could sell for 100 points. This is roughly comparable to the iTunes Music Store price. This might be scaled up to 150 points, but 200 or more and I wouldn't use it.
500 points for 3 songs would be pushing me, just as 200 points for one would. I might get packs at 500/3, but I'd need to really like the songs in those packs.
Keep in mind that you are not just paying for music, but interactive content for a game. So on top of royalties there is the cost of development. Aside from that you're pulling numbers out of the air, which is the same thing as they appear to be doing.
I guess either there will be a happy middle ground between the provider and the customer, or a lack of sales of downloadable content. /shrug
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on April 18, 2007, 04:15:50 AM
QuoteYeah, we all hate that game too, we just lied about it to make you get it.
I concur. NWR owes us $5 for LYING about that horrible, worthless game.
