Real Tone Cable or Other Alternatives

[Dragonblud]

I see that the Real Tone Cable is like 40 USD on the Ubisoft site and even more on Amazon, why the hell the the price sky-rocket? i've been trying to figure out how to use my own usb to guitar jack cable and the only way is using a crack but none of them work with the latest patch so does anybody know where a cheaper Real Tone Cable is/knows where the latest patch crack is or am i just screwed?

[Mukatahren]

Personally, I think it's much less pain to just buy the cable and never look back.
Cables are sometimes cheaper but I haven't seen a good price in a long time. If you can find an old original verison of RS with the cable included you might get a good deal, but those are rare now too.

2c

[Paladin]

Cable price and demand are interlinked. Remember micro-econ?

No one goes to the store and buys the box with the game and cable. Many donwload from stream and try to hack the game.

So since you can't hack the game, there is a higher demand for the cable alone than the box set.

So lets see:

1. you can go by the Game w/ Disk and Cable for $59.99 from GameStop
2. you can go buy the Game from Steam for $59.99 with out the Cable and $40.00 for the cable for a total of $100,00

So go buy the Game w/ Cable for $59.99 from GameStop and then use the code to unlock the Steam version for free. A savings of $40.00 and you get the cable.

or go find an original version of RS as metioned by Mukathren above.

[Dragonblud]

i already have the game Paladin, just looking for cord, and apparently theres not an easy way to obtain it than to cringe pay for the cable :/

[Paladin]

Better off getting the box set for an Xbox, PS3 etc for $60.00 just for the cable then.

Sorry about that. Just thought others would like to see themath.

[ianj001]

A quick scan of ebay and they are still in the $30 range. I think you can still get them at that price I like Paladin's suggestion, I had RS 2014 but wanted the songs and DLC of RS 1 so I bought RS1 + another RT cable from ebay and paid less than $30 for both. - If you keep an eye on it you can probably find a bargain.

[Ken E Robinson]

Frys.com still have them for about $30.

[Dragonblud]

thx for the tips guys, and ianj001, i already have RS 1, so it would still be paying a bit too much money :p

[ianj001]

Originally posted by Dragonblud:

thx for the tips guys, and ianj001, i already have RS 1, so it would still be paying a bit too much money :p

Look for just the cable on there then.... I saw a bunch but didn't look too hard. Or buy both then sell RS1 for $25 ;-)

[Buck]

There are no alternatives, the game requires the real tone cable, and $40USD is NOT that expensive. That's the same price as any other standard USB instrument input cable which you can use the realtone cable as too.

I don't get people who complain about the stupid real tone cable. It's plainly stated ALL OVER THE PLACE that it's required for Rocksmith. Why do people buy the game and then complain afterwards about that? You knew what you were getting into.

[Dragonblud]

I already had one but i lost it, i had bought my first one with the game and at the point in time it was 15$ for the cord alone, i found it for 30 on ebay, but it just seems rediculous when i even bought an alternative cable that would do the same exact thing if they let other cables be used on their game, which they don't, that i bought for 4 bucks, no, they're not that price usually.

[Buck]

Originally posted by Dragonblud:

I already had one but i lost it, i had bought my first one with the game and at the point in time it was 15$ for the cord alone, i found it for 30 on ebay, but it just seems rediculous when i even bought an alternative cable that would do the same exact thing if they let other cables be used on their game, which they don't, that i bought for 4 bucks, no, they're not that price usually.

Sorry to hear you lost it, but that's really no one's problem but your own. AFAIK the cable has always been ~$40USD, so if you got it for less, it was probably on sale, that was never the regular price.

It's already been explained NUMEROUS times why the Real tone cable is required and other interfaces are not supported.

[Jonny*Combat]

Have you checked for any second hand one's on Amazon or something?

[.iG TheVanillaMiner]

Originally posted by Buck:

There are no alternatives, the game requires the real tone cable, and $40USD is NOT that expensive. That's the same price as any other standard USB instrument input cable which you can use the realtone cable as too.

I don't get people who complain about the stupid real tone cable. It's plainly stated ALL OVER THE PLACE that it's required for Rocksmith. Why do people buy the game and then complain afterwards about that? You knew what you were getting into.

The reason why people complain about it is because it is a complete and total piece of ♥♥♥♥ that breaks within one year, and then you got to pay out the ass for a new one.

[Paladin]

well not true. I have used the same cable that I got with the Original Rocksmith and I have an extra as well. My cable has lasted at lest what 3 years.

The real trick is not to use the cable as a primary cable to the guitar. Get a regular guitar cable and a female-to-female 1/4 connector. Problem solved.

My RS Cable never moves. Litteraly plugged into the same port for about 3 years. Never a prolem.

[MTZIGG]

Originally posted by .iG TheVanillaMiner:

Originally posted by Buck:

There are no alternatives, the game requires the real tone cable, and $40USD is NOT that expensive. That's the same price as any other standard USB instrument input cable which you can use the realtone cable as too.

I don't get people who complain about the stupid real tone cable. It's plainly stated ALL OVER THE PLACE that it's required for Rocksmith. Why do people buy the game and then complain afterwards about that? You knew what you were getting into.

The reason why people complain about it is because it is a complete and total piece of ♥♥♥♥ that breaks within one year, and then you got to pay out the ass for a new one.

you dont own the game so you opinion dont count