Rock Band (2)
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Jaxel
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Well its the fault of something called "Least Common Denominator"... its the reason why so few develepors actually develop for the hard drive on the 360... they can't make the assumption that everyone has a hard drive, because not everyone does. Its one of the reasons why console "expansions" (see: 32X, SegaCD, 64DD) have a history of failure. Its one of the major compaints about Nintendo's new "WiiMote Plus", they will be creating a split market that will be hard to develop for.
iKotomi
[10] Knight
But everyone with a ps3 would be able to take advantage of the bluetooth, unless its the case that the 360 uses the same peripherals as the ps3. Which I highly doubt. Its not so much of a least common denominator as much as just preventing the ps3 from having an "unfair advantage." I also don't think its a case of just having one model to apply across the board because of budget constraints, because i'm pretty sure that microphone technology isn't dreadfully difficult or expensive.
denshuu
[08] Mercenary
Then down comes the Almight Banhammer, because "hurr xbox sux" is a pisspoor reason to pull out of your ass when it comes to why there isn't a wireless Rock Band mic, especially when you consider the fact that there are already wireless mics for both the 360 and PS3 that don't use Bluetooth.
I don't wanna muddy the discussion with facts, though. Back to the fanboying. :D
Jaxel
Administrator
Actually... its common knowledge that games are held back by competing technology... The 360 has advantages in some areas, the PS3 has advantages in others; most developers program their games so that its the same on both consoles. (That, or they just program it for the 360, and then port it to the PS3, since the 360 is easier to program for; this is why lots of multi-platform games lag on the PS3, because of lazy programmers) Which of course means, for multi-platform games, they are unable to take advantage of the bonus of either console. You may remember that Capcom reported that they are purposely holding back on the graphics of the PS3 version of SFIITHD because of the DLC size constraints of the 360 Live network.
As actually... Bluetooth technology IS expensive. Extremely expensive because entire technology needs to be changes to accomodate for the limited battery life problems due to Bluetooth requiring a shitload of power. Bluetooth itself is a horrible technology, but its a standard and it works. And those third-party non-Bluetooth Microphones for the PS3 are atrocious; they don't send the quality of signal that you would get with a Bluetooth signal... With a game that is dependant on vocals, not having bluetooth would be a major problem.