Yeah this is a bit old but it's source is vague so I won't complain. I do greatly enjoy goin' on break here at the ol' 11-7 and seeing something RB3 related. With all of this years plastic instrument games out I'm joansin' for news on 2010. I know I'm alone. :P

Anyways Dhani Harrison has been really involved with Harmonix to the point where I just think they need to give him a job already. He's brought a lot of great ideas to the table and I think between him and their creative team Harmonix can pull this idea off. Maybe not to the satisfaction of professional guitarist but enough to make it meaningful.

I just hope it doesn't require a new guitar. Maybe this is where Natal/EyeToy will come in? I dunno. The saddest thing is if it required a whole new bundle I know I'd bitch and moan all the way to GameStop.

Normally I'd complain about a RB3 and say LOL MILKING THE FRANCHISE, but it seems that Harmonix are genuinely passionate about getting music out there and helping people learn to make their own, rather than making a game for a game's sake.

music games are so overdoneeee its like world war 2 shooters at this point

Its that raper fellow from I'm on a boat!

The thing is, to have a sense of how a guitar truly works, you have to learn scales and I haven't seen any of these games tackle that issue beyond chords (which are created by button pressing anyway). In the end, if you're really serious about it...Buy a real guitar, buy a tab book (or look online) for your favourite bands/songs and have fun learning.

What they're suggesting here is just ways of stopping a brand stagnate and nothing more. I don't know how they're going to translate the basics from a toy into a real instrument without making real guitars in the process. Education, my arse.

Please teach me to play real drums.

Learning to play drums and sing with these games seems rather possible, I have seen many people who are incredible at the drumming and if they could transfer it to real drumming it would be great.

Honestly, I don't see the harm in adding real-world education to it. People bemoan the games all the time that there are those that are good at the game who think that could then go on to play a real equivalent. What if the games really CAN in the next gen? I know that games can be fun and educational from first-hand experience: I used to type by looking at the keyboard, despite being taught touch-typing. Then I got a copy of Typing of the Dead and I haven't looked down again ever since. That game actually gave me a valuable skill and increased my wpm where I now type nearly 100 words per minute.

...except when I use my iPhone.
The only people ultimately that will suffer from this potential development are parents and neighbors as their kids rock out longer and repetitively to learn a new track.

A rhythm game with a real instrument would be revolutionary.

Hahaha more peripherals.

I think this is a great idea. Hopefully this will shut up all the naysayers about music games. Maybe Led Zeppelin will finally license their music out to Harmonix/MTV/EA.

Wishful thinking though.

I suck enough at the game with the plastic button guitars - if they try to make it more 'realistic' with more buttons/strings/whatever it'll put me off for life.

Guitar Player: Hey! Don't have fun learning to do that you worthless cud!

Gamer/Guitar Player (Possibly Novice): But I like playing games AND learning to play guitar! And this way I don't have to blow obscene amounts of cash to get someone to teach me. I only have to spend crazy amounts of cash and don't have to deal with an asshole like you!

Yay, more new peripherals =p

real instruments and I am there- I play guitar, drums, bass, piano and used to play sax but haven't for quite a while...