The general consensus (at least among Dtoiders) seems to be that Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock was a gross misstep for the series. It appeared that Neversoft made up the note charts rather arbitrarily, with many songs being made difficult for difficulty’s sake. And Rock Band, which came out just over a month after GH III, has taken the videogame world by storm (well, in North America — it came out today in Europe) with its rocking party atmosphere and smart packaging of DLC.
However, as we’ve now seen (in video and screenshot form), Activision is attempting to cash in on the “full band of plastic instruments” phenomenon with Guitar Hero World Tour. Looking to one-up Harmonix, the game will feature a drum kit with three pads and two cymbals, and (for now) an untethered bass pedal. Oh, and it appears as if the guitars will look more realistic (and feature Rock Band-esque solo buttons).
But the big question on most people’s minds so far is this: how much will the full bundle cost? I, for one, am not too keen on the idea of spending another $170+ on a second set of fake instruments, especially when it comes with the attached strings of Activision’s DLC pricing/packaging. Well, now we’ve got an idea — and my friends, it’s not looking pretty.
If you head on over to GameStop.com and search for “Guitar Hero World Tour”, you’ll be presented with this page, which has twelve different listings for the game. You can pre-order the game now; GameStop is currently showing a release date of October 27th, with the bundle costing a whopping $189.99 on the PS3, 360, and Wii (the PS2 bundle is listed at $179.99). They’re also offering a guitar-only bundle, which is set at $99.99 on all four systems, and the game by itself (standard pricing of $59.99 for PS3/360 and $49.99 for Wii/PS2).
Of course, this is all tentative, but I’m just going to come out and say it: that’s too rich for my blood. What about you? Okay, time to go play that killer bass line in Muse’s “Hysteria”...
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/sigh i think i'll pass this time rockband was enough.
They will learn, the same way Halo 3 Legendary edition learned. You know how much you can buy it for at Gamestop now? $80. Just wait it out, it'll all be over soon.
Honestly, if Rock Band ever released "Cliffs of Dover" as a downloadable track, I'd never play Guitar Hero again.
this is why I will buy the disc.
Nail in a coffin, anyone?
Who doesn't have a freaking guitar yet, wouldn't the smartest and most obvious bundle be a Drum Only Bundle?
I love the power-glove... it's so bad
I only want the drum set. I'm more interested in playing drums with rhythm games now then guitar. If it wasn't so damn expensive, I was thinking about GH3, but fuck that. Rock Band is so much better. MUSE FTW!
Oops, I mean GH WT. Stupid acronyms.
Eff it. I'm not paying for yet another guitar controller, even if they do once again rip off what Harmonix did, nor drum set unless it's compatible with both RB and GH3/WT. But, since that's unlikely, I'm not touching this unless it hits $80 for the full kit (disc, drum, guitar) and I feel like just trying them out.
I hope GHWT shows Activision that they can make a lot more money making better peripherals that are playable on both RB and GH games rather than forcing people to spend a lot of money on what they already have.
Poor guys, having to pay £95 for GH WT. I feel for you.
Us Brits have to pay £180 for Rock Band.
Clarification: £180 is the RRP, which is what Game has it at. Amazon has the full set at £140. Which is a little better.
I doubt it'll be that much. Most sites had Rock Band priced at $199.99 before EA announced it'd be $170.
They aren't going to release at $190 when Rock Band 2 will probably be sold at like $150 or less for the full bundle.
@Uzzy:
The $189.99 is RRP as well and plus aprox 10% tax comes to $208.99 which = £104.49
Compare that to the RRP of Rock Band here in the UK which as you say is £180 plus the 6 months delay....
God I don't want to see how much GH WT will cost here....
If it comes with 2 guitars then fine, otherwise do not want.
And guys, stop acting like this game is going to fail. I'm not saying the game will be good or bad, but it's going to sell like hot-cakes. While Rock Band has gotten real popular, I see nothing to convince me that GH won't outsell it based on brand name recognition alone. All my friends want that shit now they know they can make their own songs.
Also, I'm tired of my Rock Band instruments breaking, considering I barely even use them. We're on our 4th Guitar now. It's BS.
Wow, again, wtf. You know majority of of their old fans are all about Rock Band now. Why would you want to spend $190 on ANOTHER rhythm game.
Am I the only one who liked GH3? (note: I am NOT a Neversoft fanboy, I just like all of their games.................................................wait a minute....................................ah, hell. I also really liked the tracks, I'm a hard-rock fan)
I call BS.
Nobody's THAT stupid.
Not even Activision.
Fuck that, I have Rock Band,
I don't see what the fuss is all about. I enjoyed Guitar Hero 3 far more than I enjoyed Guitar Hero 2 (felt too clunky) but I did like GH2's artwork more.
We still don't have Rock Band here and that fucks me off enough to get GHWT instead. They are both expensive as fuck, I won't be buying it when it first comes out though.
The ONLY thing that has won me over for Guitar Hero World Tour is the fact that I can import my own songs and set them up for GHWT which is pretty neat. If this fucker also ships over here when it is MEANT to I will be won over even more.
How long have the yanks had Rock Band for already? Fuck off, I don't want to buy a product that is already over priced from a company that doesn't give a fuck about the Aussie or UK market.
I'm gonna guess Gamespot might be doing a little assumption here.
but still, even if it's true 190 is far too fucking much.
I like how RO/Neversoft do hardware so I'm sure the drums/guitars will be solid...but so far they pretty much failed on note charts/difficulty/DLC availability/sound mix and price for DLC.
Make up for all that and maybe I'll consider getting this one.
If I can use my Rock Band mic and my GHII guitars, I might consider it...maybe...
So was this story put up, merely for people to bitch about Guitar Hero more? I mean, unless this price came from an OFFICIAL source, I call BS. I figure Gamestop wanted to get ahead of the game to try and sell more, so they threw up (ie; vomited) a price out of their arses so that people could pre-order now, as opposed to waiting for an OFFICIAL price anouncment. Has this turned up elsewhere for pre-order yet? is Gamestop the only source for this price? A little more in depth reporting may have helped to better understand where and why this price is being used. Gamestop/EBgames can change the price later on anyway if it goes lower, so really it's just a way to get people to pre-order from them, since no one else is selling pre-orders yet. When it hits Amazon and elsewhere with this price, then I'll start believing it.
@InfernoDragyn: Note the use of the word “tentative” in the post.
People are stupid and will still buy it. Some idiots will probably have all three games' instruments cluttering up their living rooms, eventually. I think it's ridiculous. Rock Band still seems to be so much better.
Rock Band is so much fun. If you hang out with more than 4 people then Activision's GH is just lame and not as fun for everyone involved, I don't play rock band so we can see who used the whammy bar to milk more points to "win", Rock Band's world tour mode was wicked, very customizable and let people of all skills have a good time when you had 4 people there.
I work at GameStop, and can obviously verify the bundle is going for 189.99 at the moment.
As someone who LOVES Rock Band, I'm also praying for some sort of Drum/Game bundle, or the drum gets released at a cheap enough price that I don't mind buying it one more time.
I think it's pretty lame of Activision to re-make the drum like that so that the Rock Band one doesn't work, but that's obviously business as well.
A $20 difference is a major thing? I feel sorry for the UK people because apparently EA haven't figured out exchange rates. When GT's bundle is $255 without the game, then start complaining.
Ah EA, you manage to find new and inventive ways to be stupid with each release.
Plastic sure does cost a lot of money.
I'll consider it, depending on the pricing in Europe.
I'll think about this one. I passed on Rock Band because of the horrible quality of the instruments. Cheap guitar. Drum heads that regularly snap off the base. Fail pedal.
Also: GHIII is too difficult? If i can rock out expert, does that put me in some top-tier of elite toy-guitar rockers?
Guess I'm not getting this, unless I make some rich friends before the next gift-giving holiday.
I reiterate my PSN quote:
Activision are douches.
The best point made in the article, is with the market penetration for Rock Band continuing to excel, who is really going to want to spend another $190 for ANOTHER set of plastic toys, that are proprietary, no less?
This is my idea of Activision's think tank:
...only remove the humor.
that is all.
Really though... The only one thats really going to lose is Konami.
With their backward-ass Rock Revolution.
Now the obligatory:
MOAR LIKE ROCK DEVOLUTION!
Ahem.
I think I may have to vote with my dollar and not buy GH4. Unless the actual gameplay is miles ahead of GH3 I won't be getting it.
The only thing interesting for me is the drums, so will not get until there's a bundle with that or they are sold separately.
I dunno, for all the BS about failing RB kits, mine has had no problems, and we beat the hell out of it. I know enough about physics and MatSci to know that those GH:WT cymbals won't take the beating my RB kit already has.
that's fucking cheap compared to rockband in the EU...
GH3 was way too loose compared to GH2 and Rock Band moves in a better direction with the accurate hammer ons and such. Although I've prefered Guitar Hero's art style, now that I have Rock Band I put up with it, you barely look at the characters anyway.
wooow!
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