Harmonix admits Rock Band guitar failures, fix in the works

After the barrage of complaints against Rock Band’s (Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3) failing guitar controllers, Harmonix responded by admitting a flaw in the guitar’s strum bar. The next generations of guitars are said to be free from problems, while unlucky early adapters can send their instruments back for replacement.

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Fans voiced out, and Harmonix wasted no time to address guitar controller problems many people are experiencing when playing Rock Band (Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3). Through a post on the official community forums, Harmonix admitted that strum bars of early guitars are “imperfect.”

Here’s a snippet of the forum post:

Many of you have contacted us regarding your guitar controllers. As sometimes happens when new products first go into manufacturing, we discovered an imperfection with the strum bar in an early production run of guitars that were shipped at launch.

Harmonix assured everyone that changes have been made and the next batch of guitar controllers won’t have problems. Those who own failing guitars are advised to contact Electronic Arts‘ support website for replacements.

Aside from guitars not registering or doubling strums, Harmonix took note of compatibility issues involving the PS3 version of Rock Band. “These issues have our full attention,” said Harmonix, before asking consumers for patience while developers sort things out.

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