Activision Demands Money for Rock Band Patch

MondoPest | December 20, 2007 | News | Playstation 3

Earlier, we found out that Activision blocked the release of a patch by Harmonix that would allow PS3 Guitar Hero III controllers to be usable in Rock Band. The reason was not known until now. Answer: Activision is a money-grubbing corporation. It seems that Harmonix was not willing to pay them money for the compatibility, so they blocked the patch.

Activision spokesperson Maryanne Lataif was quoted in saying, 'Unfortunately for Rock Band users, Harmonix has been unwilling to discuss an agreement that will allow us to provide that option in a manner that maintains the high standards people have come to expect from Activision'. Basically, Harmonix hasn't been willing to discuss paying us an extremely large amount of money (rough translation).

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Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock [PC, PS3, XBOX360, Wii, PS2]
Rock Band [Wii, PS2, XBOX360, PS3]

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Guticb | December 20, 2007

Activision is a bunch of assholes. >_>
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Jeterocks | December 20, 2007

Well they are teamed with Vivendi Games now...and we all know how much they like to charge for their services. Seems like Activision is just following the leader.
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Storm | December 20, 2007

I really don't think that they delayed the patch just to add cash to the patch. But yeah, I suppose jeterocks is right about the merge.
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Final Blade | December 21, 2007

If that the real reason that i agree with guticb They are assholes.