You know the sad thing is, some people aren't going to care about the GH2 controller.

I admit, Activision should've made a press release about an exclusive bundle. Some people would rather save the $10 than get a wireless guitar - weird choice... but hey $10 is $10.

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I noticed this before this was posted yesterday.. I was checking Walmart.com, BestBuy.com, and Target.com for the best deals, and I noticed it had an X-Plorer. I thought they didn't have GH3, and only had GH2 for a second. Then I rechecked and thought it was stupid... So, I ended up finding the ad for the free faceplate from Best Buy, and got it there.

Also, the X-Plorers are new... When I was checking out Rock Band at Best Buy, I noticed the X-Plorer hooked up to GH3, but with "Gibson" on the top of the neck... Maybe it's not a cheap piece of crap now?

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Ok, people the point here is that Walmart stores do not even have an sku for the wireless bundle. Obviously that means they are gaining an advantage from selling this xplorer bundle. That is bad customer relations in any rational person's eyes. Since it was unannounced I'm sure many a fan went out to Walmart expecting to buy an "all features included" GH3 only to have wasted gas money when they found this terd instead.

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Yeah, and the sneaky thing is, I even noticed the guitar on the box, and I didn't even know their was a chance of it being bungled without wireless. I asked the clueless store clerk, and he said he thought it was the wireless guitar and there was just a mistake when they made the boxes showing a wire coming out. That made sense to me since I never heard of it being sold with the old GHII controller as a bundle. I'm glad I checked the message boards on xbox.com first though before opening it. I've since purchased the wireless controller (for only $10 more) at Circuit City and got the free stand. Screw you Wal-Mart.

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You have to find the heart and kill it.

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I don't see the problem here - the box cleary shows which guitar you're getting, and it's cheaper. I think the middle finger should go to whoever bought this bundle and got upset with anyone aside from themselves.

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@21 - A remote controlled car is a wired toy. A radio controlled car is wireless. There is a difference and if the box was labeled Remote Control then you got what you paid for. If it said Radio controlled then you got pwned! And shame on you XBF for trying to blame this on Walmart! The box obviously states which controller you are going to get. It even takes up almost 20% of the box advertising that you will be getting the X-Plorer guitar! I got the X-Plorer with GH2 and am using that for GH3 no problems so I say if you are saving money then why moan about it? If it were the same price as the wireless then maybe I'd have issues with it and walmart.

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HEY EVERYBODY!!!

This is NOT exclusive to Wal Mart.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Guitar-Hero-Guitar-Hero-III-Legends-of-Rock-Game-Bundle?sku=430305

I work at MF.

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Oh, and we don't even HAVE the wireless 360 version in our system, at all. Same with the Wii and PS3. They didn't come from "Activision", they came from "Mohawk" something as the vendor.

We did however get 1200 of them in, and last I checked about 24 hours ago, we'd only sold about 60 of the 360 version, and 30 of the PS2 version.

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Sorry to triple post, I tried to send news about this on the 24th when it showed on the website, but it never got posted.

On the back of the box is ALSO the "X-Plorer", and it takes up almost the whole damn thing and is mentioned multiple times.

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get a fucking life you people who have a problem with this...

I know that yes, it's deceptive, but are you that INCONVENIENCED by a wired controller that has ample cable length? You all act like you have this entitlement...well guess what, you don't...and of course, you get what you pay for.

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Walmart is selling you what's on the box. Period..

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Guitar Center is stocking the same bundle!!!

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