New Rock Band Controller

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Harmonix was just getting us warmed up, it seems. Instead of the five fret buttons we've grown accustomed to on the past Guitar Hero series, the Rock Band official Stratocaster-based guitar controller displays ten fret buttons. On the second pic embedded below, you'll notice the five new buttons down at the base of the neck. We can only imagine what kind of sick guitar solo action Harmonix has in store for us with these.

The pics arrive courtesy of a Gamestop newsletter, which also details the new features embedded into the guitar controller. As we reported earlier, guitar effects will play a large role, allowing the player to flange, wah, reverb and delay their way into guitar gaming bliss. No official pricing was included at this time, though we wouldn't be surprised to see something closer to $79.99 or thereabouts for the controller alone. Price be damned, we're still going to have to give this bad boy a spin. Anyone else?

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I think you'll find that the bottom five are for soloing, presumably if you're using the guitar hero 2 controller you can just use the standard five for this.
 
Wont spend 80 quid for another guitar, as i will probably buy GH3 for the PS3 and get my third guitar, a 4th will be more guitars than i actually have!
Plus the drum Kits and the bass and the mics, then the DLC, i don't think sooooooooooooooo
 
JUMPURS said:
Wont spend 80 quid for another guitar, as i will probably buy GH3 for the PS3 and get my third guitar, a 4th will be more guitars than i actually have!
Plus the drum Kits and the bass and the mics, then the DLC, i don't think sooooooooooooooo

Drum kits? Mics?

Jeez, I'm gonna fail on the female songs then for a start! :confused:
 
I reckon those extra five buttons are just so you can look like your playing a solo rather than actually being extra buttons. Theyre the same colour as the other buttons so may be just so you can look "cool" in front of your tv lol.
 
Wanna know the prices for Rock Band? According to GameStop:

Rock Band Bundle (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) - $199.99

The Rock Band Bundle for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 includes: Rock Band the game, wireless guitar, drums and microphone.

Rock Band Game (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) - $59.99

Rock Band Drum Set (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) $79.99

Rock Band Microphone (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) - $29.99

Rock Band Wireless Fender Guitar Controller (PlayStation 3) - $59.99

Rock Band Wireless Fender Guitar Controller
(Xbox 360) $79.99


$199 for the full kaboodle....so I reckon thats gonna be about £160 for us? And why the hell is the controller on the 360 more expensive than the PS3?
 
Matmulder said:
Wanna know the prices for Rock Band? According to GameStop:

$199 for the full kaboodle....so I reckon thats gonna be about £160 for us? And why the hell is the controller on the 360 more expensive than the PS3?

MS making them bend over for rights to your their propriety wireless tech, the PS3 uses bluetooth so no royalties to dish out to Sony.
 
JUMPURS said:
MS making them bend over for rights to your their propriety wireless tech, the PS3 uses bluetooth so no royalties to dish out to Sony.
Absolutely spot on.
Microsoft do have the right idea, it's certainly reduced the number of crap peripherals, but I wish they'd let people like Logitech support it with their superior wheels.
 
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