No Fix for Wii GH3 Sound Glitch Until 2008

Fri Dec 7, 2007 12:07PM EST

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Sorry, Wii rockers: you'll have to deal with mono sound on Guitar Hero III until "early" next year. That's the word from Activision, which won't have replacement game discs ready until after the holidays.

Guitar Hero III rockers on the Wii have been complaining for weeks of only getting mono sound from the game—kind of a bummer, considering that a big chunk of the fun in Guitar Hero is, well, the killer music. One fan of the game went so far as to perform an audio waveform analysis to prove that the songs for Wii version of the game (which is supposed to deliver music in Dolby ProLogic II surround sound) were outputting in mono only. The intro scenes and crowd noise managed to get the surround treatment, however, and no sound problems have been reported for the Xbox 360, PS3, or PS2 versions of the game.

Activision finally acknowledged the problem and just announced that it will distribute free replacement discs—but not until "early 2008." Let's hope "early" means January and not, say, March or April. In the meantime, if you're getting your favorite Wii gamer a copy of Guitar Hero III for the holidays, be aware that the strains of the Stones, Kiss, and Metallica will have about the same fidelity as a $20 kitchen radio, at least until the new year rolls around.

Related:
Wii GHIII's Crummy Mono Sound Being Fixed Via Replacement Discs [Kotaku]

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  • 1 Posted by malarkeeeeee on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:04PM EDT Report Abuse

    wow I really hope this isnt for all discs... my mom already got me GH3 for christmas and im not looking forward to that...

  • 2 Posted by iamideal4u on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:22PM EDT Report Abuse

    My son just got this...is it just the sound quality that is the problem?

  • 4 Posted by carlnarcadia on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:18PM EDT Report Abuse

    Who cares about this stupid game? I can't wait until the craze dies. Stupid games like this and Dance revelotuion are such a waste of programming time

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