Using Rock Band Songs With Rock Band 2 Comes at a Price
By Shawn on Thursday, August 21st, 2008 at 11:58 AM PST In Game Companies, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Harmonix, Microsoft, Sony
Harmonix PR guy John Drake has explained more about how gamers will be able to use songs from Rock Band in the upcoming Rock Band 2, for a small price. This explanation only covers the Xbox 360 version of the game, but should work in a similar fashion for the PS3 as well.
According to the MTV Multiplayer blog, a patch adding an “export” feature to Rock Band will be available on the Rock Band 2 launch date. When players export their selections, they will have to enter as code provided with their Rock Band 2 disc and pay a small fee to initiate the transaction.
Drake said that the fee should be no more than $5 which I think is reasonable considering gamers have already laid out cash to use the songs the first time around. There has been buzz around Harmonix that not all songs will be transferable. Drake wasn’t able to confirm or deny this so Gaming Today will be keep a look out for specifics to be confirmed.
there shouldn’t be a additional fee if we already bought them the first time. Whats up with that ?
Well the explanation in the post is that it is a licensing fee.
licensing fee….go figure…
when will any of these game companies get fed up with the RIAA bullshit and acquire some indie music instead?
As much fun as the game is, $5 is reasonable -if- it is a one time fee.
If all of this means I can put my RB1 disc away in storage, I’m copacetic.
The word is copasetic, you proletarian idiot.
…… and Buddy is a jerkass 90% of the time
Learn spelling and grammar rules before you run your mouth dude: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copacetic
it is a variant…
They probably don’t want people to rent it from Gamefly and then Export the Songs for free.
@ Buddy “The Half-Truth” Love’s Himself
Proletariat? What are you? Communist?
Wipe your nose, kid.
sooooo, after i export my songs, what’s stopping me from selling Rock Band 1 on ebay?