While I’m sure many of you will just take this news to mean that Rock Band 3 exists in some form, there’s a lot more news here than you’d think. While I assumed Rock Band 3 would just be an expansion of the previous games with a couple of new features, Dhani Harrison tells the Chicago Tribune that that’s not the case.

“I’m working on Rock Band 3 and making the controllers more real so people can actually learn how to play music while playing the game.” Harrison says. “Give me a couple years, it’s going to happen.”

I’m all for learning a new skill while playing some games, but this definitely means the difficulty bar for the third game will be a lot higher. Harrison was deeply (and rightfully) involved with The Beatles: Rock Band, and we all know that turned out well. I can’t see any reason for him not to do a lot of work with RB3, and have it turn out well. I, for one, am just waiting for the outrage from real guitar players who will tell me to put down the plastic guitar.

Thanks Destructoid

Tags: Dhani Harrison, Harmonix, Music, Rock Band 3, Rock-Band

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