EA Confirms Rock Band Coming to Wii

It's kind of funny the way EA's John Riccitiello put it during the company's Q3 fiscal results conference call, because it's like everyone was just supposed to know Rock Band was coming to the Wii already.

"What's probably the most interesting piece right now is the coming launch on the Wii [of Rock Band]," said Riccitiello almost nonchalantly during the call.

Granted you couldn't swing a cat (or a planet-hopping plumber) recently without hitting media assumptions that this was in the can. Not only is the Wii's U.S. install base presently rivaling the Xbox 360's (9.0 million vs. 10.7 million at last count respectively), the Wii has the sort of casual demographic you could argue Rock Band was made for from the get-go. If it doesn't quickly beat the pants of Microsoft and Sony sales once it's out, I'll eat my imitation Fender Strat.

So there you go Wii fans, though that's all Riccitiello had to tease on the subject. Nothing on launch dates or features, say whether the Wii version will one-up the PS2 version and include nonlinear world tour play (anyone's guess), downloadable content (it probably will), and online play (also, one would think, a strong probability).

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