Speaking to the Chicago Tribune, Dhani Harrison has gone on the record to say that Rock Band 3 not only exists in some form, but that it's going to rock our worlds with hefty educational value.
"I'm working on Rock Band 3 and making the controllers more real so people can actually learn how to play music while playing the game. Give me a couple years, it’s going to happen."
Could Harmonix be taking us closer to this direction for the next rhythm game? Could be, if Harrison is to be believed. Considering his fairly recent and extensive involvement with The Beatles: Rock Band, I think he could be on to something here.
Or, by the time Rock Band 3 does see the light of day, what he's referring to now may have been scrapped altogether. We'll just have to wait and see, now won't we?
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5:00 AM on 11.07.2009
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Hope more incredible songs comes..more than 100?,HELL YEAH!!...This time i'll be patient to buy RB3 in PAL instead of importin =w=;
They better improve EVERYTHING....even Boob size modifier! XD,just kidddin..
Anyone holding out for this to teach them guitar is a either a total loser or a chronically sad bastard.
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.
Well, here's hoping...
Yeah its a lot practice, but it starts to payoff within half the time it takes someone to get good at playing expert in rhythm games. I like rhythm games, I just don't think there is a need for them to be educational.
HOWEVER I think it would be interesting from a gameplay standpoint to see how this new functonality would play out in the actual playing of the game.
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.
...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.
Wishful thinking though.
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!
*_*