GHIII Wii discs coming in February

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 23rd January 2008
Comments (11) Stumble
GHIII Wii discs coming in February

Owners of Guitar Hero 3 for the Wii will be able to pick up replacement discs by the end of February.

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock was a great game, even if it wasn't the best in the series, and it's glory was marred only by the disappointing news that the Wii version of the game was only capable of mono sound.

Thankfully, Activision pledged to fix the problem and, this February, the publisher will make good on the promise.

According to ShackNews, Activision is readying to ship the replacement game discs as we speak and Wii gamers will be able to play in glorious stereo sound before February is done. All they have to do is sign up for a replacement disc by registering with the Activision GHIII rebate.

Guitar Hero III has pushed the franchise from strength to strength it seems, with the series just having passed the $1 billion mark recently. Activision will have sucked up a massive amount of that cash too since it bought up developer Red Octane not six months after the release of the first game for a compartively paltry $100 million.

It's also worth noting, says Wii Fanboy that the $1 B figure doesn't account for download sales either. Activision has only said they've sold five million tracks for Guitar Hero 3, which levels out at an extra $10 million in just the last ten weeks.

Impressive stuff, or damning proof of how strong the casual market has become? Let us know what you think in the forums.
Quote r4tch3t 23rd January 2008, 12:11
Never been a fan of guitar hero, Stemania all the way.

Good to know they are shipping good copies of the game to people though.
Quote Bauul 23rd January 2008, 12:12
I just love the choice of quick link photos underneath the article. :D
Quote quack 23rd January 2008, 13:01
I'm registered with Activision for information about the UK/Europe replacement, still waiting for an update on that.
Quote Jamie 23rd January 2008, 13:49
What?! The Wii can't download an update?
Quote naokaji 23rd January 2008, 14:11
that woudnt be necessary if people would use pc's for gaming.. just d/l the patch...
Quote mikeuk2004 23rd January 2008, 15:24
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamie
What?! The Wii can't download an update?

I guess not. Either that or the majority of WII owners do not connect their Wii to the internet.

Did they know about the fault beofre release?? because if they did then would'nt it make more sence to delay the wii version or pull it from shelves until it was fixed?
Quote :: kna :: 23rd January 2008, 21:39
...and for those of us in the UK?
Quote oasked 23rd January 2008, 22:17
GH3 was released in the UK a while ago. Its Rock Band that hasn't been released in the UK yet. :)

All the shops at the moment seem to be out of stock of GH3. When they are in stock again, I'm guessing that it'll be the fixed version?
Quote DLoney 24th January 2008, 01:49
so when are they going to fix the bad hardware?
Quote ledbythereaper 24th January 2008, 10:01
More importantly, when are they going to bother to add DLC for the PC version... or maybe even decent cross platform online.
Quote mikeuk2004 26th January 2008, 21:36
Quote:
Originally Posted by ledbythereaper
More importantly, when is rock band coming out in the UK

Fixed :D
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