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Wired/wireless controller situation for Rock Band
Bob Muir | 9:30 PM on 09.07.2007 6 comments




Some important questions have been answered on Kotaku:

First question answered: the 360 Xplorer controller will work with Rock Band.

Second question answered (didn't know it was asked): while the game is rated T, they will not be doing radio edits, so expect to hear big kid language at least on the downloadable content.

Third question answered: the microphones and drum kits will be wired on all versions.

Fourth question answered (CRUCIAL): the guitars are wireless...sort of. The wireless PS3 guitars are mentioned as being "available." The 360 version will ship with wired guitars but have wireless ones available for purchase. To overcome the issue of 4 wired controllers plugging into a 360, the Rock Band bundle will ship with a USB hub.

I'm not so sold on that wireless guitar info for 360. It's great that they will be available in some form, but I was hoping to buy it all in that cheap bundle. If I have to buy the bundle and then sell those controllers to go buy the wireless ones, that's going to be a hassle. And if I buy it all separately, that's going to be expensive. Meh.



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tehdopefish's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/07/2007 22:27
tehdopefish
wait wait wait, sony did something -right- on the ps3?
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/08/2007 00:04
GuitarAtomik
that kind of sucks. I plan on getting Guitar Hero 3 as well (w/ guitar) so I'll at least have 1 wireless guitar. MS needs to chill on the proprietary wireless stuff for reasons like this.
liam2015's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/08/2007 00:23
liam2015
i plan on getting guitar hero 3 (reserved it for the ps3) and rock band. not sure what periphials ill get for it, the whole things is like 200 bucks.
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/08/2007 00:34
Bob Muir
@ GuitarAtomik

It's not Microsoft being dicks with wireless, since there are wireless controllers being made. I'm just not sure why they're not standard. The only thing I can think of is to try to lower the expensive price point of the whole bundle to a slightly more reasonable level.

And don't even bother with GHIII's Les Paul controller, as it's nowhere near as nicely crafted as Rock Band's Stratocaster. (Disclaimer: I prefer Fender models.)
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