Rock Band To Be Xbox360 Timed Exclusive? >

	2007/07/08 20:45:57: Posted by DM
	In a rumor that has been floating around this weekend, it seems there is a missing Playstation logo on the Rock Band E3 presentation invitation. Of course, this has inspiried all types of crazy XBox360 exclusivity talk. You can read all the reasoning behind it at the link and decide for yourself. >Link
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Sure, why not? As long as the PS3 version will come with more content without all the expensive DLC.

M$ shelling out more money for exclusives/timed exclusives? Get out of here.

Outside of Halo they dont have any worthwhile/marketable IP.. thats why they need to do this.

MS has tons of cash to do whatever they want that will hurt Sony, which is why in the end MS will eventually dominate the market, even if it takes 10 more generations of consoles. It's inevitible.

Like whyte says, this will only end with MS on top. I realized this as soon as I saw what a drastic improvement the 360 was over the original. These guys are not letting go. Might as well support them. I personally don't give two shits how they get their exclusives, as long as they do get them.

Not that I even plan on buying Rock Band. I'd rather learn a real instrument.

I think that mgs4 is also a timed exclusive for ps3. The question is, how much time?

No announcement has been made so far, so we don't know for sure if this is an Officially "Timed Exclusive" game according to contracts that have been signed.

What is far more likely is that the Xbox 360 version will simply be completed much earlier than the Playstation 3 version, because the Xbox 360 is so much easier for game developers to program games for.

We need to be honest; we have reached a point in time where it is very common for Xbox 360 games to be released significantly earlier than the Playstation 3 versions. Usually the difference is about six months in time, or longer. Even with that big difference in time, the Playstation 3 versions of the games are always rated lower when reviewed by professionals from magazines and websites.

Sometimes there is extra content added to the PS3 versions of the games, but unfortunately there are other times when no extra content at all added to the Playstation 3 versions of the games. In fact, most of the time Playstation 3 versions of the games lack fundamental features included in the Xbox 360 versions, such as Online Voice-Chat, Controller Rumble, Face-Mapping, and the ability to select any music you want to play in the background.

Even though the Playstation 3 versions of games are released significantly later, the PS3 versions of games have graphics that aren't as good as the Xbox 360 versions.

Usually the difference can be classified as a "noticeable" one, with games such as Rainbow Six: Vegas, where the PS3 version simply has less detail in the characters faces with textures that aren't as sharp. Although, Rainbow Six: Vegas on the PS3 is one of the worst games available that suffers from seeing a game at only 480p resolution, because the PS3 doesn't have the ability to upconvert resolution to 1080i or 1080p, like the Xbox 360 does. Rainbow Six: Vegas on the PS3 also lacks face-mapping and some other features.

The downloadable content Expansion Packs for Rainbow Six: Vegas that Xbox 360 owners had been enjoying for months is included on the PS3 disc that was released seven months later. It would have been included on the Xbox 360 disc, but it hadn't yet been created when the Xbox 360 and PC versions were released. Thankfully, Ubisoft now gives those two Expansion packs away for FREE on the Xbox 360! Ubisoft even REFUNDED the money of people who had purchased those Expansion Packs within the last three months!

But with games like F.E.A.R., Tony Hawk Skating, Splinter Cell, and many others, the difference between the Xbox 360 versions and PS3 versions can be classified as "significant." With F.E.A.R., the Playstation 3 version was released six months later, yet extra content was recently released ONLY for the Xbox 360!

The Xbox 360 versions have FAR better graphics with much smoother framerates and better resolution. Additional features--both online and offline--also make the Xbox 360 versions better. The PS3 versions of games like VF5, Tony Hawk Skating, and Virtua Tennis 3 don't even include online play at all, yet the Xbox 360 versions do!

The differences in this years football games have it so the Xbox 360 versions run at TWICE the framerate as the PS3 versions! 60 frames per second is quite a bit smoother than 30 frames per second; it will even have an impact on gameplay in situations.

The Xbox 360 truly does offer better videogame performance than the Playstation 3. Ironically, even though the Xbox 360 has a higher level of consistently effective videogame performance, games can still be created much faster and much more efficiently with the Xbox 360! In the amount of time it might take PS3 developers to create two games, Xbox 360 developers could have created three games, each at a higher level of performance than the PS3.

From a business point of view, that is why the Xbox 360 is already guaranteed to succeed this generation. That is also why the Playstation 3 is guaranteed to continue losing money for a very long time to come.

When people see games like Rock Band, Medal of Honor, Rainbow Six: Vegas, F.E.A.R, and so many other third-party games released first-and-best on the Xbox 360, it has a very large impact on the way people look at the performance of a game console. With the PS2, games like Grand Theft Auto were released first on the PS2, then later on the Xbox with better graphics. But this generation, the Xbox 360 receives the games first AND with the best graphics and the best features in both online and offline environments!

Look at the way Grand Theft Auto 4 is being released on both systems, but ONLY the Xbox 360 version will receive the two Extra Episodes.

When Microsoft makes business transactions to purchase content for the Xbox 360, the only people who will complain about it are the people who don’t own an Xbox 360. Anyone with an Xbox 360 will be a very happy person. There is no risk of a Microsoft monopoly in the game industry, because Nintendo is doing so well. Of the three game companies, only Nintendo currently makes a profit with their videogames. Of the three game companies, only Sony is doing poorly right now, with the PS3 and PSP. If Sony ends up leaving the game industry, as many rumors suggest, then it was because Sony wasn’t willing to go the extra mile and spend the extra dollar to please consumers the way that Microsoft and Nintendo were.

Anyways, Rock Band looks like a really cool game. There will actually be a 4-player, function where TWO guitars are used at the same time, along with a drum set, and a microphone for a singer! This game seems very fun!

UTP,

You really need to shorten your responds. Most of the itme I don't mind reading your opinion, but that is way to much.

In regards to the article. I'm sure people are just looking into it too much. This will be to popular a game not to be multi-platform.

UTP, I'm not reading all of that.

Anyways, sucks to be Sony. again. It's amazing how the sony sheep will stand by their console no matter how bad things get. that takes heart. and stupidity, lots and lots of stupidity.

I'm buying Rock Band for 360, since I already have GHII for 360 and can use that guitar as a bass in RB.

That said, to think it's not coming out for PS3 is just foolish. They've already announced that it is coming out for PS3 multiple times, so to think that it's not is just kidding yourself.

Sure there was no Sony logo on the flyer, probably because Sony didn't pay for the catering and MS did. It has nothing to do with the game and everything to do with the party.

SMARTY, what do you call gears of war, mass effect blue dragon, lost odyssey, alan wake too human, or a whole load of other games that they are bringing out this year, and all those are new IPs, some are trilogys for that fact, you really dont know what you are talking about, do you.

back to topic, ill wait for the announcement

@UTP Please stop writting LONG POST! dude you take advantage of the page. You need to learn how to get to point in less words Like everybody else. I Just skipped over your whole post because its too long.. and now I forgot what I really wanted to write. Don't get me wrong you have some good opinions but shorten it. Thats all EVERYBODY HERE AT GR IS ASKING.