Free bass for anyone pre-ordering Guitar Hero: World Tour 'super bundle' News

I've already got the Rock Band drums, but I'd be more than happy to destroy my RB Stratocaster for the new GH guitar.

EDIT: Is there any actual physical difference between the normal guitar and the bass guitar?

They seem to be trying very hard to bury Rock Band

Activision caught me a delicious bass

Presumably this amazing bass guitar is the shitty X-Plorer that Play and everyone else is already giving away, right?

Far from worth caring about.

I though it might be the beer

/disappointed

I though it might be the beer

/disappointed

... I thought it might be fish

/also disappointed

Free bass? No thank you, I can very well catch my own. ;)

image of the bass here looks a bit like the gh2 xbox controller but with a different body

Yeah, it's just the shitty old GH2 Xplorer.

Now, if it was the new Nyko bass guitar peripheral with the split strum bar so that you can actually play the thing like an actual bass and everything, that would be an incentive. I already have one of these, I don't need two.

For those of us who don't have the instruments yet, that is a tempting offer. Given the additional features in GH:WT (music mode etc.) i'm quite tempted...

Anyone seen any good prices on this bundle... my credit card is is need of a work out, y'see...

Oh, and which version to go for... I know the Xbox one will be hi-def, but I'm intrigued by the Wii's freestyle mode... pls put away any anit-Wii prejudice and advise, o wise ones... What are the pros and cons of each version (beyond screen res).

Play.com have it for £149.99 across the board, with an extra fiver off using the code VTWMDLHGPQ if you order before September 22nd.

Wow, welcome to literally 2 months ago.... Play.com have had this offer since then, as have my local gamestation.

Guys: it's an official RedOctane bass peripheral. Story updated.

Offer translation: pay £10 more than Rock Band costs and get some shitty old stock they can't shift any other way free!

edit: the Xplorer was an 'official Red Octane peripheral' too you know...

how low can you go?

Can't believe some of you are complaining about getting something for free. They didn't have to offer anything, would you complain then? Jeez.

Thanks Rpt81, that code will do nicely.
With the free 360 guitar being the GH2 explorer, i wonder what the PS3 one will be, as GH2 wasn't on PS3.

Dazimus: you even USED the POS? It's like giving away old Competition Pro pads! It was a poor controller then, it seems worse now having used better, and they're just rolling off spare stock. It's not a freebie, it's cleaning their warehouse.

myiagros: they have so many spare, they'll reconfigure them for PS3 use.

They're giving away cocaine with Guitar Hero? I must inform the Daily Mail.

The actual guitar being given away is the same one used on PS3 Guitar Hero 3.

So stop whingeing!

mmmmmmmmmmmm, somebody made too may GHII guitars and now they are trying to clear them out of the warehouse - thanks Activision for "rewarding your loyal fans" - what a crock of shit.

oh and why dont they just reduce the price of the package rather than give us something that we already have, I mean £150 quid come on!!

Get higher baby and dont you ever come down! FREE BASS!

This is perfect for those new to the game.

According to Zavvi, the PS2 version is out in 2020! lol...

"The 'bass' will be the same as the Guitar Hero 3 peripheral on the PS3, we have been informed."

Yeah, on the PS3 it will, because there's no other shitty guitar to give away. That won't work on the 360 though, will it? On the 360, you'll be stuck with the shitty X-Plorer. Like I said hours ago.

They're just dumping shitty old stock that no one wanted in the hope that nobody notices that THIS COSTS MORE THAN ROCK BAND COSTS. Weird how after all the crap about the price of that bundle, no one's said a word about the price of this one. Weird, indeed.

I am angry at everyone for everything!

@nickthegun: ROFL

From what I understand, it's the same style of free guitar on ALL platforms, he just happened to mention the PS3 one because they'll all be like that.

@MrXBob
Exactly, Eurogamer do seem a little late on this one.

Ok, so firstly this is a pretty sweet deal cos anyone pre-ordering will literally get everything they need right out of the box, no need to buy any additional kit. However, how come us 360 owners get lumped with the X-Plorer when apparently all other versions get a wireless controller, in the case of the PS3 the GH3 Les Paul. Don't get me wrong I really like my current X-Plorer, but I don't see why we get short changed and technically get an inferior piece of kit.
I assume it has something to do with the licencing of Microsofts Wireless tech but I thought once the licence had been bought for a product e.g. The Les Paul, they wouldn't need to licence it again. Maybe someone else knows how this works better than I do.

@MoGamer2006
Best price I've seen is £149 on Zavvi.co.uk, but thats only a saving of £1 over everywhere else.
I'd go with the 360 version (and I will be) since downloadable content should be easier to store and access also the Wii's music creation studio doesn't have as many options as the 360/PS2 versions. It's also the same price which seems a little strange since aren't the guitars just plastic shells for the WiiMotes which do most of the work, e.g. tilt sensoring, wireless, etc

@toythatkills
Actually RRP in store of Rock Band has only just been dropped from £180 to £160, wereas the £150 price point for GHWT appears to be both in store and online, so in some cases GHWT is actually £10 cheaper thean Rock Band and comes with an additional guitar, and the drums and main guitar are wireless unlike with Rock Band which has all wired peripherals.

The RRP of Rock Band is more, but who pays RRP if they can help it? Nowhere is selling it at that - even in store it's £130 with the game if you look around. GHWT is £150 everywhere - no other option.

Not everyone shops around or shops online. My friend picked it up on Play.com for £140 at launch but the major high street chains were still charging £180 for it up until the price cut and are now charging £160. There's also the point that 2 of GHWT's primary instruments are wireless right out of the box unlike Rock Band and we're also kinda getting a free 2nd controller. So for an increase of £10-£20, in some cases, over Rock Band that doesn't actually seem all that bad.

MoGamer2006: From what I've heard, Vicarious Visions have done a fine job of GH:WT on Wii. There's even DLC.
No idea if this factor's into your comparison, but by the sounds of it, it walks all over Wii Rock Band. It's certainly made up my mind.
But then, I only have a Wii.
The other versions are probably a better bet, though, if you've got one of the other consoles.

translation "we are so successful at ripping everybody off with these crazy prices for bits of plastic we can afford to give away free guitars"

how about simply charging a reasonable price for the bundle to begin with?

or you end up in the corner with Mr Rock Band, WHO ISNT ALLOWED OUT until he behaves himself.

toythatkills:They're just dumping shitty old stock that no one wanted in the hope that nobody notices that THIS COSTS MORE THAN ROCK BAND COSTS. Weird how after all the crap about the price of that bundle, no one's said a word about the price of this one. Weird, indeed.

For one thing, Rock Band pricing came out of the blue. It shocked everyone. Now people knew pretty much what to expect.
On top of that, we're getting significantly higher quality peripherals here, not the crap RB ones.
And even more, we're not getting a load of confusing package options. It's pretty simple, all in the box, or just the game. None of this instrument packs, game packs, game and some instruments, etc.
It's been handled far better than the Rock Band launch was.

The thing that pissed me off the most about Rock Band pricing was how they went on and on beforehand about how it wouldn't be overpriced and in the US to be fair is wasn't. But then here; £!80... :O WTF. The biggest mistake was trying to justify that, especially when online retailers instantly started offering it for a total of £140.

I've only just thought - will Wii owners need a remote per instrument? I have 2 Wiimotes, that's one for each guitar. Will the drums need one too? That's take the price uo another £20-£30 depending on where you shop.

So you'll still need lots of dongles then if its the GHIII one?

As long as this game has friend invites unlike GHIII on PS3 then i'm in.

DFawkes Wrote:
"I've only just thought - will Wii owners need a remote per instrument? I have 2 Wiimotes, that's one for each guitar. Will the drums need one too? That's take the price uo another £20-£30 depending on where you shop."

That's a really good point, all the instruments will need WiiMotes (with the exception of the Mic). So you'll need 3 WiiMotes as well for the full band experience. The Wii version really should be much cheaper , perhaps the same price as the PS2 version (£130), you can't assume you're customers will have more than a single WiiMote.

Ordered a few months ago.

How are people complaining about something which is free? Yes it may be be a 'lets see what we have lying about' kind of thing, but for free who cares.

I have my Guitar from 3 so the free one will be spare, probably give it my nephew to play guitar hero 3 on the PC. Not worth selling as the Ebay value will drop to 10p there will be that many of them.

Eitherway, its free so better than a kick in the head.

I'd be happier with a free wireless Les Paul like PS3 owners than a free wired X-Plorer since I'd paying the same

Blah blah blah and on top of that, we're getting significantly higher quality peripherals here, not the crap RB ones.

Erm, correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm fairly sure that Guitar Hero World Tour isn't out yet, and therefore there's no possible way for you to know the quality and reliability of the drums, aside from what a few journalists have said, and they won't know anything about the reliability anyway. Or, can you see the future?

And even more, we're not getting a load of confusing package options. It's pretty simple, all in the box, or just the game. None of this instrument packs, game packs, game and some instruments, etc.

What? There are the same amount of packs for GHWT, if not more than Rock Band.

@daz_john_smith

It doesn't need a Wiimote per instrument. I forget the exact setup, but I am pretty sure the drums and mic just use a plug in dongle of some sort.

@toythatkills

Its true that nobody has really tried the new RB instruments. But its also true that Red Octane have proved themselves in hardware, whereas MTV have not (the RB 1 instruments are shite, lets be honest). Now they could sort their instruments out (and tbh, I am confident they will), but their record is enough to understandably make poeple wary.

£150 for something that will be £70 in the states? you're havin a laugh.
Most people who will want to buy this will already have a previous guitar hero anyway..so whats the point in having 3 guitars? i suppose you might get £20 for it on ebay.

They need to do 2 things... have an option where you can buy the game with just the drums. And make the xbox version region free so we have a choice of importing it and saving £50 at the very least.

Is it official that all versions get the same extra guitar? everywhere I've seen the Xbox 360 version (game, play, amazon...) I've either seen a photo of the guitar you get with GHII or says "wired".

@kangarootoo
If you head over to the Gamepage and look at the instrument pics, both the main guitar and the drums both require WiiMotes. It's likely the bundled free bass will be a Les Paul shell so that will also require a WiiMote too. Of course that could have changed since those pics were issued and a dongle may now be used, I'm not sure since I really haven't been following the Wii versions developement.

@monkeywithnoeyes
$70 is a bit of an exaggeration. The US price is $190, which under the current exchange rate comes to about £105 and their bundle doesn't come with the extra bass guitar. I still think ours could be a little cheaper but it's far from the 100% markup Rock Band tried to force on us.

@DanMW
The link I posted earlier for GAME shows that the PS3 version will be coming with the GH3 Les Paul, the PS2 version appears to come with a replica wireless Kramer Styriker like the one from PS2 GH3 and the Wii version appears to include the GH3 Les Paul WiiMote shell.

what's the story on whether the rock band insruments will work with this? As it really makes a difference in what pack to get or even wait RB2.

RB1&2 instruments are fully compatible with this and GHWT instruments are compatible with RB2. I'm not sure if it's been confirmed yet whether GHWT drums will work with RB1, but u can always just transfer the songs from RB1 to RB2 and that solves that anyway.