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Rock Band 4 Xbox One standalone version with legacy adapter is unavailable at major retailers

Rock Band 4 is out today and both long-time fans and newcomers are ready to pick up their plastic instruments and rock out. But there seems to be a problem with the Xbox One standalone version that comes with the legacy adapter that's supposed to connect to previous-generation instruments. It's currently not available at major retailers, if anywhere at all.
Ozzie Mejia
Ozzie Mejia
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Rock Band 4 has arrived, marking the potential start of a new plastic instrument era for gaming. And while Mad Catz has crafted new instruments for a new generation of consoles, the option is also there to use instruments from previous generations. In the case of the Xbox One version, a legacy adapter is required to use old wireless instruments. There's just one problem. The adapter is nowhere to be found.

Major digital retailers, including Amazon, GameStop, Target, and Best Buy are all showing the standalone Xbox One version of Rock Band 4 with the legacy adapter as unavailable. It is also not available in stores, with many of these same major retailers reporting low stock numbers or never having received it at all. Shacknews reached out to several GameStop managers in the Los Angeles area, all of whom cited a shipping issue and are not expecting new stock until Friday at the earliest.

Shacknews has reached out to Harmonix for comment, but from the looks of it, Xbox One users will have to take a few days to warm up the band before they can take the stage.

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?

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  • Shacknews legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    October 6, 2015 2:20 PM

    Ozzie Mejia posted a new article, Rock Band 4 Xbox One standalone version with legacy adapter is unavailable at major retailers

    • Psydswipe legacy 10 years
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      October 7, 2015 2:15 AM

      I had heard about a month ago they were having problems with the Xbox One version and that it would ship later. Not sure why Mad Catz didn't mention that in their press release that stated the game was actually shipping early. Supposedly there was a problem with the band-in-a-box bundle as well. I'm not certain what is correct but I currently have a November 3rd date for its release. Since you're reporting some retailers as stating low stock numbers maybe it did ship to a few?

      • prfectjon legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        October 7, 2015 2:39 AM

        I purchased a band-in-a-box bundle for Xbox One from Best Buy yesterday and saw at least 4-5 others in the store. I know of at least one other local BB that got stock too. Anecdotal evidence for sure, but the Xbox One version is at least out in the wild.

    • rtricoche legacy 10 years
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      October 7, 2015 2:34 PM

      Thing is, this game crashes and lags incredible huge balls on the Xbone. It needs serious patching. It just wasn't ready for the public. Guess it HAD to come out now, you have giants on the horizon.

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