Rock Band Will Likely Receive Day One Patch

November 19, 2007 5:09 PM

Though a lucky few managed to obtain Rock Band (PS2, PS3, X360) before its official Tuesday release due to negligent store employees, some of these pre-release buyers have experienced problems with the new guitar's strum bar. These problems may very well be fixed with a day-one patch for all versions of the game, according to multiple posts by a senior Harmonix employee on the SomethingAwful forums.

"For the two pre-release people that had issues with their guitar - I'd wait until Tuesday before sending your guitars back," writes Harmonix employee CptUnderpant. "I believe there may be a title update on day 1 that makes things happy for you again. Such is the life of retailers breaking street date and making life hard for us."

In another post, the employee goes on to specify the patch has been submitted to both Microsoft and Sony for automatic download from Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. The PlayStation 2 version retails later on December 18, giving time for the update to be included in the retail package.

"We've submitted it for both platforms along with our day 1 DLC, so exact times are now up to Microsoft and Sony," the second post reads. "The PS2 version includes the update on the disc."

Carlos Bergfeld

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November 19, 2007 5:13 PM

Life wouldn't be so hard if you tested your software properly!
- MoreVespeneGas
  
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  November 19, 2007 5:21 PM
  
  Clearly somethingawful is the appropriate venue to address this issue also, lol
- Lionhart32935
  
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  November 19, 2007 5:37 PM
  
  It's extremely odd that improper guitar strumming would make it past the Q&A process. Were they too busy playing drums?
  - jake2000
    
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    November 19, 2007 5:56 PM
    
    Almost like the bug slipped in at the last minute
    - trevis
      
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      November 20, 2007 7:53 AM
      
      Yeah, anyone who's done development work can see how that could happen. :-( Sucky.
      
      I wonder if this is why the PS2 ver was held back for a couple of weeks because a show stopping bug on that platform would suck eggs.