The long awaited fix for the Guitar Hero II sometimes nonfunctional whammy bar has been released, but don’t jump up and down with cheer just yet. After the patch was applied several people have reported that there Xbox 360 has now been put out of commission. Also sited on the Guitar Hero forums, it appears that the patch that was to save the day has actually made things much worse. Freezing and/or 3 red lights have been reported on several different sites.

Normally a patch is a good thing, but after this maybe not. As seen with the recent Gears of War update that seems to have made things a little to sticky, the patching of games on a console seems to of late been something that you might want to wait on if at all possible.

Using this new capability seems to be nothing more than a crutch for some Publishers/Developers to get games out the door on a more timely basis, versus making the tough decision to delay to fix known issues before shipping. Hopefully things like this never happen again. In the mean time, you might want to wait on the Guitar Hero II patch if you still want a working 360.

-William “thewilleffect” Bell-