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Hey Ono, #PS3SticksForSF5
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This guy gets it.
Boogalogist
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Never surrender!
Just who the hell do you think we are!?
Space out your tweets, don't send them rapidly.
So we're making progress.#breaking
Putting this here. Would be a good idea to tweet it to Ono.
For Skullgirls & Mortal Kombat X, yes.
sixteen-bit
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#breaking
Putting this here. Would be a good idea to tweet it to Ono.
Great news, especially since it sets a precedent.
Capcom is gonna look bad of they don't implement this.
notworksafe
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Like that's stopped them before.
Augemitbutter
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very nice.
I love you.
FTFY
sixteen-bit
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Madcatz ps4 sticks work on ps3
Good point, let's see how it shakes out.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
If Capcom doesn't support this, then we will know who is pulling the strings.
MadCatz also expressed support for this movement. Don't believe me, go look through some of the earlier pages of this thread.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The cynic in me says that of course MarkMan would tell people he supports the Skullgirls driver while behind the scenes Madcatz as a company is hoping that Capcom doesn't support old sticks.
Hell, it's why I have very little hope for last gen instruments working for the new Rock Band. Madcatz wants you to buy the new plastic guitars and drums, don't they?
And companies want you to buy their new product, don't they?
I think it would be safe to say companies would sell more software if they had support for old peripherals.
Talk is cheap though, especially when the dev is ultimately making the call. If it doesn't happen it's the game dev that shoulders the blame. It's a good move for them to say they support it.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah, but enough people play SF that Capcom can probably count on the most hardcore players to buy new sticks in order to compete at tournaments.
The only hope I have for Rock Band is that they see the new game as a service and plan on making money selling DLC as opposed to selling new peripherals. That model doesn't really exist for SF and I assume the only thing that would even change that is if the entire FGC got together and decided that next-gen SF4 and SF5 were not worth playing.
It's sort of different for Rock Band though? you can't really play it with a standard controller,
Fighting games are designed with controllers in mind, but better with a stick
That's really what Harmonix is doing, trying to keep it a platform for DLC. They just know there are a lot of people who still have a lot of old instruments, and a lot that threw theirs away. Probably a significant enough number of both that they need to support both segments.
ezekielpacman
Member
Don't they say in the latest behind the scenes Rockband developer video that they're specifically looking to allow use of old peripherals?
Quadraphonic
Member
The first few GH games worked with a controller.
You can guess which company is cockblocking HMX and which one allows it. The ambiguity of their statement is because of that cockblock.
i thought they already said the old guitars work? maybe im full of it or missed some new info.
ezekielpacman
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Good point, I guess time will tell.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
They're looking into it aka don't get your hopes up. lol
That's why I have a slim hope... but again, Madcatz is in both of these genres and it is definitely in their interest to sell more plastic. IIRC, Madcatz was the publisher of RB3 after Viacom sold HMX and I assume that they are publishing RB4?
Yeah they did, but how will they do it if you have wireless instruments? For PS3 I think it's bluetooth, but for Xbox, it's a completely different wireless standard. I just think they said they would try to support it so that they can lessen the blow later when they announce that you need to buy new instruments after E3.
Yeah, until the move to 360/PS3 I think.
My understanding is that Harmonix is self-publishing this time.
Perhaps there may be some sort of RB4 USB dongle that needs to be supported from within the game.
Fun fact, MS and Sony rules required that every game having functionality for the Rock Band/Guitar Hero controllers for 360/PS3.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It would be funny though, because they would have to make what is basically a Chronos or Titan One device but design it in a way that people can't hack it to use their other devices (like Arcade Sticks or racing wheels) on the consoles.
As someone who has a lot of plastic stuff from last gen consoles, I'd love to be an optimist and believe that everything will be supported... but I also live in the real world.
I'm hopeful, because Hmx did that survey and have a good idea of how important it is to people. It's also important for the Sony/MS to get people to buy the game because of how heavily DLC-focused the game is. RB fans buy a ton of DLC on their respective stores, so it might be worth it for them to help get instruments working.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Certainly USB would be easier since it is a software/driver solution. And I think it's hilarious that War Thunder supports almost everything. It's just that for Rock Band in particular, everything at the end of the run was wireless.
Oh I hope I'm wrong when it comes to this. lol
The fact that MKX is supporting old sticks is a good sign, but Netherrealm doesn't really have a stake in the arcade stick game as far as I know.