Previously, you had to call Activision in order to pre-register for a replacement Guitar Hero III disc (one containing Dolby Pro Logic II, that is). All you phone-o-phobics can rest easy, though, as the company has finally enabled online pre-registration. Owners of the Wii edition of Guitar Hero can now fill out this form, which will ensure an email and disc replacement package when the new discs are available. Activision explains on the online form how the replacement process will work, but still gives the vague date of "early 2008" for the discs to be ready.
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1-12-2008 @ 6:27PM
B-Ry said...
As a "phone-o-phobic" I take offense to this post and demand an apology on behalf of the phone-o-phobic community
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1-12-2008 @ 7:10PM
Metal_Link said...
I agree.
1-13-2008 @ 1:13PM
Candace Savino said...
How so? I'm a "phone-o-phobic" myself. The whole point of this post is for people who don't want to call Activision on the phone. So how is it in any way offensive?
1-13-2008 @ 5:02PM
jughead789 said...
First off it's offensive because of the way they carelessly joke about phone-o-phobics as if they don't exist and secondly I was just kidding
1-12-2008 @ 7:12PM
Beanie said...
So, will there be a reissue of the game? Like, this is the only reason why I've waited to pick it up, was for them to fix this issue. Hopefully they aren't just sending out replacement disks to people who have already bought the game.
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1-12-2008 @ 7:13PM
Tristan said...
A pity that there is slow progress being made.
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1-12-2008 @ 7:33PM
R0B3RT said...
i hope this wont turn out like the bio shock figurines.........
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1-12-2008 @ 8:29PM
genocidalrobot said...
i hope they keep this going for months, because i'm not sending my disc in until the rush is over. i don't want to wait weeks to play again.
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1-12-2008 @ 8:43PM
Steven said...
What a bunch of crap. Let's take away your Guitar Hero disc for over a week until we receive it and send it back to you (even though it's their fault for shipping crappy discs in the first place).
First they don't sell a second guitar (until NEXT MONTH), now this? Activision is going to run the Wii version into the ground.
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1-12-2008 @ 10:44PM
Shadow31 said...
I am pissed. I have to actually send them my crappy disc to wait with no Guitar Hero for a week or two? What do they think I'm going to do? Give it away or sell it? "Here, have my Guitar Hero with MONO SOUND. By the way, you don't have a guitar controller, so it'll feel pointless to play. Enjoy."
No spare guitars for sale yet, the unfulfilled promise of EVENTUAL downloadable content for the Wii version... yeah, I'm really starting to hate Activision. Wish I had Rock Band to rely on, where's our Wii version of that? Oh yeah, went from "absolutely" to "no plans at all" to "who gives a f#ck"!
Sorry. I'm done.
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1-13-2008 @ 8:03AM
shadowchaoscontrol said...
ya, why does everyone have to bullshit the wii owners, sorry, i don't like 200 fps games, so i'm not spending $400 on a 360 or PS3
1-12-2008 @ 10:50PM
Ghen said...
I'll throw in my 2c saying I play guitar hero probably every other day if not every day for a few songs at a time.. GH3 is my first and I've gone from easy to expert since release. Going weeks without the game is really going to make me a sad panda.
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1-13-2008 @ 12:02AM
tiamat1990 said...
What about Europe and Oceania??
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1-13-2008 @ 12:07AM
FoolsRun said...
I have to be without Guitar Hero until they decide to turn my order around? What if there's a mistake? What if it gets lost in shipping? They should be sending me the replacement disk first, and then charging my credit card if I fail to return the monaural one within, like, a month or something. This is pretty much bullshit.
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1-13-2008 @ 1:42AM
Polecat said...
Here's hoping that they throw some extra features in while they are at it (DL-able tracks for one....or even better, maybe some sort of custom track function.) I wish I understood more about programming, so I could join in the debug fun.
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1-13-2008 @ 8:32AM
Wiitard said...
does this count for the UK?
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1-13-2008 @ 9:56AM
brian said...
Nope.
1-14-2008 @ 10:38AM
Oneiroi said...
Alright we know about the fix, but what about a release date for the fixed discs for sale?
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1-15-2008 @ 9:30AM
TheClassic said...
For a typical game I could see why they would want you to send in your disc before sending out a replacement, but since the game is useless without the guitar, I really don't see the need.
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1-15-2008 @ 9:43AM
bypasshelp said...
Don't forget to surf with a proxy! http://www.bypasshelp.info for example
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1-15-2008 @ 10:07AM
Senturion said...
So in order to get what I thought I was buying in the first place I have to give up my current disc for what could be a week or more?
Bad customer service.
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2-11-2008 @ 8:21PM
Randy Burch said...
The package to receive the replacement disc arrived in the mail today. You have until 31 Aug to get a replacement. BUT don't mail the original after 31 Aug, if you do you don't get the new disc and they do not return the old either. Yikes.
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3-02-2008 @ 11:20PM
Josh Jennings said...
Has anyone returned their disc's and received the new copy back yet? I just received my return mailer Saturday and sent my disc out this morning. Is it a faster turn around than expected? Any detials would be appreciated.
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3-06-2008 @ 5:45PM
Chris said...
Sent mine out the 2/18 from CT, received an email 2/27 stating they had received the disc, and received another email 3/4 stating they had sent it out 2/29. I received the 2nd email and the disc the same day.
4-03-2008 @ 12:39PM
mearlus said...
I sent my disc in on 2/19 from WI, I have not received a confirmation that they received the disc. Nor have I received my replacement disc. I've sent Activision a message indicating so as well as attaching a image of my disc and packing material of what I sent.
Being April 3rd, I think it's a little long to have not received my replacement.
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