No Wireless Guitars for Rock Band 360 Retail Bundle

tidus04 | September 09, 2007 | News | Playstation 3 XBOX 360

Harmonix CEO's, Alex Rigopulos has confirmed on a OXM Podcast that the up and coming title Rock Band wont be offering a Wireless Guitar's wont be available in the Retail Bundles though they will be available to purchase on separate purchase. How do you think this will effect the sale rate of Rock Band on these formats by not offering Wireless Retail Bundles ?

You read that right, the retail bundles for Rock Band on the 360 will include wired controllers, not wireless. Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos has confirmed this in the most recent OXM podcast but adds that included in the bundle will be a USB hub that will allow you to hook in all your various peripherals. Wireless guitars will be made available as separate purchases, but if you were hoping to go all wireless with your launch bundle, I'm afraid you are out of luck. This is really a shame and it will be interesting to see how this effects 360 vs. PS3 sales of the game seeing that I believe most people (myself included) will want to opt for the wireless package. Wired or wireless, how do you like to rock?

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Capn Droid | September 09, 2007

Aren't there no wireless guitars at all?

I could be mistaken.
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  Reenee | September 09, 2007
  
  The last thing you want in a rhythm game is latency. Wired peripherals are best.
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    Final Blade | September 11, 2007
    
    I think your pretty much owned by Volacide so stop being a troll. That has nothing to do with the TV.
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chaosmonkix | September 09, 2007

i agree my wireless for gh2 lags even after i tune it through the game.
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dmf_dynasty | September 09, 2007

Neither of my wireless GH2 PS2 controllers have any lag whatsoever. I can play fine. Ones the original RedOctane and one's a third party GameStop brand.

Also, does PS3 have wireless? I still can't really tell.
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Matt3224 | September 09, 2007

Basically...

Most people would be going crazy, wireless guitar? Whats not to like? But a few people are starting to say wireless systems are less responsive, is this true?
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Hubub | September 09, 2007

thats dumb for people who like wireless, im fine with a long cord and lots of room!
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Silver Mirror | September 09, 2007

As long as the the wireless connection is good there's no reason it should be any slower than the wired
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Evanster 69 | September 10, 2007

Rock Band = a GH repeat. Might as well get GH 3 instead of this.
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volacide | September 10, 2007

This is *bleep*ed .