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It’s no big secret that the Nintendo Wii isn’t quite the powerhouse that the PS3 or even Xbox 360 is. For this reason we tend to see games with less content present on the Wii. Such has been the case with Guitar Hero III and even Rock Band. So we should expect nothing less from Guitar Hero World Tour, right?
It seems that Activision has gone out of their way to make sure that everything seen on the PS3 and Xbox 360 is present on Nintendo’s flagship console. Yes Virginia, that includes DLC.
What I’m curious about is how they’ve managed to handle the DLC. There’s no way that the internal storage for the Wii can possibly be enough for the large library of DLC that they’re talking about, so that’s out. I suppose that they could be expecting us to us SD cards, however, I always had the impression that the read/write speeds weren’t high enough to effectively use them in such a fashion. Perhaps they know something we don’t regarding external storage for the Wii.
[via IGN]
One Response to “Guitar Hero IV will be the same on the Wii as 360 and PS3”
Chris June 23, 2008
GH doesn’t have the same limitation as Rock Band for DLC. Activision isn’t being lazy when it comes to the Wii. It’s not that they know something we don’t, let alone something Harmonix doesn’t, they’re simply taking the time to do things right.
Harmonix took a major shortcut with the PS2 and used FMVs(VIDEOS), instead of real-time 3D scenes. This is why the Wii doesn’t have the option for DLC and a character creator. It’s not a lack of storage, DVD rez videos aren’t really feasible for DLC.
SD cards have been more than fast enough for years. Look at this way, SD cards transfer between 12 and 20 Mega “Bytes” per second. For reference, the average DVD is 7-9 Mega “Bits” per second. Blu-ray 2.0 is 72 Mega “Bits” per second (9 MB/s).
The average SD card has a faster transfer rate than B-r 2.0 and is over 10x faster than a standard DVD, so by no means is it slow. It’s WAY faster than the Wii’s DVD drive, even if it’s the slower SD standard 1.1.
I hope that clears things up about SD cards.
Harmonix lied about their laziness. Rock Band Wii is a rush job. Instead of owning up to the fact that they cut corners, they’re trying to put the blame on Nintendo.
Anyways, I look forward to GH4, but as you probably already guessed, I’m passing on Rock Band.
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