Jawmuncher
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Could that adapter potentially be used outside of rock band?
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Rock Band 4 announced for PS4 and Xbox One
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PhoncipleBone
Banned
Damn. Losing James Brown hurts bad.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
The Rock Band song situation is complicated.
That pack was one of the first DLC packs I bought after getting Rock Band 2.
Sealtest
Member
So have they said yet if just the disc preorders come with the additional 30 songs?
or if the digital preorder gets them as well.
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found my answer for the disc preorders and i'm shocked that they don't get them.
https://twitter.com/RockBand/status/636167631230365696
or if the digital preorder gets them as well.
edit -
found my answer for the disc preorders and i'm shocked that they don't get them.
https://twitter.com/RockBand/status/636167631230365696
KenzinFive
Member
Man, these songs hurt the most, especially Electric Six, Fleetwood Mac, James Brown, and Journey. I would hope the game does well enough that Harmonix can renegotiate licensing, but I know that's a long and complicated process.EDIT: Wait, if we had previously exported on-disc tracks over the years and it's tied to our XBox Live/PSN account, do those songs transfer over once available? Or do we have to do all of the exports again on Rock Band 4 on our next-gen system?
They don't renegotiate rights for pulled store songs.
Partly because it's not always about money.
waitwhat42
Member
So will the delisted dlc be payable in RB4? I own a lot of those tracks.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
They may or may not work, probably on a case-by-case basis.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Sucks to lose Spinal. Ultimate Party Muzik
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I loved getting my old store manager to sing Sex Farm during a party once. Great times.
So I'm really confused as to how these export stuff actually works. I have Rock Band 1, 2, 3, Green Day, AC/DC and LEGO all for PS3. I've used the export key for all of them except Rock Band 3 (obviously). How will the PS4 Rock Band 4 know I've exported these songs already? Is it just a Rock Band ID check? A PSN ID check? If it is, then does it just download a huge 100 gig file of songs to my PS4?
Baron von Loathsome
Member
It checks your purchase history.
All of your exports are separate DLC offers tied to your PSN account.
You will simply redownload them on PS4 when they become available for Rock Band 4.
March of the Crabs
Member
Still can't get over the no RBN thing . Harmonix, as a rule, has awful music taste so RBN was an amazing idea to get around that. Probably have at least 50 songs purchased from there...
. Harmonix, as a rule, has awful music taste so RBN was an amazing idea to get around that. Probably have at least 50 songs purchased from there...ALLseeingEYE
Member
Bummer about the iON drums. Like, perhaps all it would have taken is for Mad Catz to include a single USB port on the dongle. That doesn't seem like a lot to ask when you are paying $120 for a game and adapter bundle, especially when people with the iON drums are likely huge fans who would in-turn be willing to spend lots of money on DLC.
Anyways, I guess I'll have to buy another $80 adapter, just for those, because I don't want to go back to the standard drums. If they end up not working properly, this will be a pretty big sore spot for me in an otherwise great looking game. Thanks for doing all this extra stuff Harmonix, I know you are doing your best, but please try to help us get a decent set of drums working with Rock Band 4.
Anyways, I guess I'll have to buy another $80 adapter, just for those, because I don't want to go back to the standard drums. If they end up not working properly, this will be a pretty big sore spot for me in an otherwise great looking game. Thanks for doing all this extra stuff Harmonix, I know you are doing your best, but please try to help us get a decent set of drums working with Rock Band 4.
Ok, that's what I thought, but I couldn't find a clear concise step by step answer for that. Thanks.
With the variety of genres of the thousands of songs Harmonix released as official DLC, it's pretty ignorant to say they have awful taste in music. I only have about 10 songs from RBN and would prefer Harmonix concentrate on adding other actual features to the game before even beginning to think about RBN.Still can't get over the no RBN thing
bug_42
Member
Everyone is allowed to have an opinion ... Bro
SiegfriedFM
Member
A little worried about "many songs" not being available at launch. Singstar did a piss poor job of updating the back catalogue and still hasn't got a ton of songs, with the last update in March (!??!??!). Then again I have better faith in Harmonix.
Also worried that Singstar mics got dropped from the compatibility list, any reason for that? Mine are wireless.
Still, it's a pretty good deal to have that many songs available "for free". I hope keyboard and Rock Band 3 songs can eventually be available (Bohemian Rhapsody can't be missing, dammit!), but I'm looking to buy this now. I liked many of the recently announced tracks too, even if they're a minority of the entire thing.
Also worried that Singstar mics got dropped from the compatibility list, any reason for that? Mine are wireless.
Still, it's a pretty good deal to have that many songs available "for free". I hope keyboard and Rock Band 3 songs can eventually be available (Bohemian Rhapsody can't be missing, dammit!), but I'm looking to buy this now. I liked many of the recently announced tracks too, even if they're a minority of the entire thing.
Harmonix's track record is pretty good for this. They got the back catalog of songs ported to Wii in record time when they finally brought DLC to that platform
SiegfriedFM
Member
They also got me "Glory of Love" and "Rosanna" years after everyone but me stopped playing keyboard on PS3, so there's that too
.Yes, as they become available.
timetokill
Banned
Man, I don't even remember if I did the exports for my Rock Band games or not... I probably did the first one but maybe not the second? I don't know.
Urgggh it's all so confusing
Urgggh it's all so confusing
You can probably check your purchase history on XBL/PSN
Most of them. Harmonix estimates that 95% of the current non-RBN library will eventually be ported over, with several hundred already converted at launch.
Black Lawn
Banned
This makes my head hurt. I imported RB1, RB2, a Heavy Metal Track Pack, Green Day RB, and RB Blitz into RB3. Sad to hear that not all of the songs are going to make it. :/
Hey just a quick heads up for you guys that want to export RB2 on PS3, I just got done with EA online chat and they gave me an RB2 export code no questions asked. I had the manual code ready to go and they didn't even ask. YMMV and obviously you still have to pay the $10 export fee.
Megatron
Member
Soooo no bonus for Best Buy planned right? I guess the $50 is our bonus
What $50? Could someone clarify what he is talking about?
RyanPierre
Member
He's talking about the discount on new games you get if you have the GCU membership.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
If you have GCU, the cost of the band bundle goes down from $250 to $200.
I switched my preorder from Amazon's guitar bundle to Best Buy's band bundle the other day for that very reason.
Thanks for this info! You just open a support ticket with EA online, or is there any more specific link that you went through?
yup
Baron von Loathsome
Member
If it's wired, no. If it's wireless, you can if you get the legacy adapter.
if it's wired, no
if it's wireless, yes
edit: GODDAMN I GOT BARON'D AGAIN
SCORE DUEL AT 10 PACES
MattyH
Member
wired sadly ah well time to upgrade
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Just admit it, you can't hope to compete with a real Rock Band fanboy.
I was playing Rock Band when it was still called The Rock Band, man
RyanPierre
Member
Thanks for this, I just got mine. Now the only export I don't have is Lego, which I suppose I'll never be able to get. Hope they make those songs available as DLC someday for people too late to get the export.
Care to elaborate on what you did? Asked for a code on chat (that's different from the one you have on the RB2 manual which won't work?), entered the code in RB3, paid and got the export? Is it possible to enter the code in the PlayStation Store or does it have to be done from the game?
Baron von Loathsome
Member
It has to be done in-game in Lego Rock Band (or possibly Rock Band 3).