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Guitar Hero World Tour Equipment Problems, Subscription Possibilities?

Posted by Soulskill on from the and-no-texas-flood dept.

Guitar Hero: World Tour's recent launch saw boxes of plastic instruments flying off store shelves, quickly selling out in many areas. Unfortunately, many players reported problems with the bundled drums sets, prompting Activision to release a drum "tuning" application and a free midi-USB cable to connect the instruments to a PC. Otherwise, reviews for the game have been largely positive, and MTV's Multiplayer Blog did an analysis of using Rock Band drums in GH:WT, and vice-versa. Kotaku looked at which set was louder, coming to the conclusion that while they sound different, decibel levels are very similar. The early success in sales for GH:WT caused Activision to say holiday demand may not be met, and that they're examining two methods in particular to develop the franchise: instrument upgrades (hopefully less ludicrous than Logitech's $250 axe) and the possibility of a subscription-based model for user-generated content. "[Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby] Kotick says that there are now 25,000 user generated tunes that have been created for the game, and projected 'up to 100,000 songs' by the end of this year."

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  1. Unfortunately by phalse+phace · · Score: 4, Funny

    the drum tuning application provided by Activision, which requires a 20 character code to install, only came with 19 characters.

    Activision did, however, suggest a work-around. "To do this, simply enter your existing code, and then for the last character, try the letters A-Z, and then the numbers 0-9. You should eventually get the right combination, and be able to install the applicatin."

    1. Re:Unfortunately by ozbird · · Score: 5, Funny

      Just use the cheat code:
      bass snare bass snare tom tom cymbal snare snare cymbal bass bass cymbal tom snare tom snare snare cymbal rimshot.

    2. Re:Unfortunately by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      whoosh?

    3. Re:Unfortunately by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Whoosh

    4. Re:Unfortunately by advocate_one · · Score: 2, Funny

      Just use the cheat code: bass snare bass snare tom tom cymbal snare snare cymbal bass bass cymbal tom snare tom snare snare cymbal rimshot.

      you forgot the Ba-dummm Tishhh!!! at the end...

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  2. 25,000 User generated songs... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    24,500 of which are mario bros. related
    495 which infringe on commercial bands
    the other 5 are my 3 year old niece's random creations

    1. Re:25,000 User generated songs... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Making that 29995 songs that infringe on copyright?

      I would like to personally thank your niece for her contributions.

  3. Re:pay us money to help us profit from your work by NuclearError · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why are mainstream game publishers run by such douche bags?

    You haven't seen anything yet.

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  4. Re:pay us money to help us profit from your work by initialE · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why are mainstream game publishers run by such douche bags?

    You haven't seen anything yet.

    Yeah.

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  5. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  6. Re:Drumset by ciderVisor · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you're really, REALLY serious about playing drums in Rock Band, you should start a band with your mates. Geez.

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