How many have been affected?

[Chris Kleyla]

Just wanted to take a quick poll as to weather or not the lack of an export option for TB:RB has affected anyones decision to buy?

[Cpt. Overkill]

It made me sad, but nope. I play Guitar Hero still, I can deal with some disc-swapping.

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

It disappointed me but I will buy it either way.

[greyguys]

it doesn't matter I'm still getting the game

the wii doesn't probably won't have the export but I'm hoping you can play online

[NormanCoxwell]

That one guy's kind of stupid. Not to buy a game all because it doesnt import is, well, almost childish.

[Minimaul]

Doesn't bother me in any way. I don't see myself swapping disks out to switch between Rock Band 2 and TB:RB. If anything it'll go like this:

*Plays TB:RB for hours on end for days on end for a month.
*Forza 3 comes out.
*Takes out TB:RB
*Puts in Forza 3
*Plays Forza 3 for hours on end for days on end for a month.

By this point I'll have had my fill of both games then I'll casually switch between the two when I want to play that game.

[monkeybreath]

well i was hopin to get the music straight into my rock band hard drive collection so it did disappoint me. I will now prob wait for the price to drop and get some reviews b4 considering purchasing it

[tridentgum0]

This is the dumbest reason possible to not buy a game.

[vertrothe]

That one guy's kind of stupid. Not to buy a game all because it doesnt import is, well, almost childish.

Have to agree. It would be nice to get everything, downloadable content, importability, the Beatles all in one package, but it's not to be. I'm just thrilled to get the game. It'll be like having a brand new Rhythm/Music genre game to play, and I'm alright with that.

[Meatwad555]

Wow. New forum...

Anyways, exportability will not affect my purchase of TB:RB.

[SatansBestBuddy]

There should be an, "I'm disappointed, but I'm a Rock Band addict so I'll buy it anyway." option.

[Kingfish]

Not at all here...in fact, already bought it just waiting for it to arrive midnight the 9th.

Heck, if RB 3 comes out with all the bells and whistles that we all want but the old DLC won't transfer to it...I'll still buy it! Exportability, backwards compatibility...who cares, its a hobby and hobbies cost money.

I look at it like my old model railroading days. When I changed to N scale none of my old HO stuff would work...and when I change to O Scale I will have to start all over again...Rock Band is like that to me now. Just the reality of it.

[Rod_Stixx]

No effect. Sure, I'd have loved to have been able to import the tracks, but I never expected it to happen.

[MostSpartan14]

I was slightly dissapointed for like 5 minutes after I heard it wouldn't export but then I remembered that it's The Beatles! That's enough of a reason to get the game. Whether the game would export wouldn't have affected whether or not I buy the game.
Also, one thing I realized is that a lot of people say they would buy the game if it was able to be exported but would that make them more likely to just rent it and export the songs then actually buy the game? Maybe I'm wrong.

[osteofight]

I see several broad possibilities during this game's planning stage:
1. The Beatles get their own custom game but songs cannot be exported
2. Songs can be exported but the custom Beatles content is gone (think AC/DC pack)
3. The Beatles get their own custom game and songs can be exported. Woo hoo! Oops, the game will come out this time next year. :(

[vcalzone]

This game, I am okay with it. The Beatles had such iconic imagery that it pretty much begged for its own system from the beginning. I wish it could export, but that is the decision of Apple, not Harmonix.

That's what people don't seem to get. This was not something that could be negotiated. They aren't dealing with a record company, this is the corporation jointly owned by the band members or their estates. They put the legacy first and profit second. If Harmonix had said, "no, we insist that we be able to use these songs in our other games", Apple would have said, "then no deal" or insisted on an amount of money so high that they couldn't afford it.

[LegendofRock3021]

Swapping discs doesn't matter to me, so I'm buying regardless.

[STP]

I don't mind the fact that there will be no exportability between the games but it would be nice if they could release a small pack of songs for RB2 to help promote it. Either way I'm still buying this no matter what.

[OakTea]

It disappointed me but I will buy it either way.

Yup.

Worst case scenario is that I don't like the game/songs, and I'll sell the disc to someone. But I highly doubt that'll happen.

[travmeatwad]

I was going to buy it no matter what.

[AthenaBast]

If The Beatles were only going to be a track pack disc I probably wouldn't care to buy it but since it's its own complete game I am most definitely getting it opening day. I've booked time off from work.

Let's just hope the boss lady looks at the calender before she makes the schedule that day.

[clashcityrocker10]

I was expecting the tracks to not be exportable anyways, so it made no affect. Besides, it's The Beatles, I'm buying it no matter what features are included or not.

[Namevah]

Buying it. Exportability is one of those things I would have loved to have included, but it doesn't impact my purchase.

[IErrantVentureI]

It looks like exportability doesn't matter, or the ones who don't want the game BECAUSE of the exportability factor are done with Beatles and won't visit this subforum anymore.

[General Lein979]

It looks like exportability doesn't matter, or the ones who don't want the game BECAUSE of the exportability factor they're done with Beatles and won't visit this subforum anymore.This and exportability was always just icing on the cake. It's still a great cake, but not as tasty.

[sonicnerd23]

I don't care. It's the effin' Beatles. That enough warrants a purchase.

Plus, I don't want to have a mystery setlist in Rock Band 2 with two great Beatles songs and then That's What You Get.

[kraken613]

The export doesn't matter to me because I will be buying the game for Wii.

[jrcronlakers]

This game, I am okay with it. The Beatles had such iconic imagery that it pretty much begged for its own system from the beginning. I wish it could export, but that is the decision of Apple, not Harmonix.

That's what people don't seem to get. This was not something that could be negotiated. They aren't dealing with a record company, this is the corporation jointly owned by the band members or their estates. They put the legacy first and profit second. If Harmonix had said, "no, we insist that we be able to use these songs in our other games", Apple would have said, "then no deal" or insisted on an amount of money so high that they couldn't afford it.

Or even worse said since you "HMX" insist on exporting then we''ll just go over to Neversoft and let them do this game.

[alexstone]

I really hope they'll release an update down the road to import songs, but other than that I'll still buy the game and all the gimmick controllers too!!

[General Lein979]

I really hope they'll release an update down the road to import songs, but other than that I'll still buy the game and all the gimmick controllers too!!If anything you would be able to export to rb3 when it comes next year because the rb2 engine can't support harmonies. I doubt it though.

[ThePenguin]

Well, I don't have any other Rock Band games, I love the Beatles, so I'm definitely buying it, without any doubt!

[mva5580]

I'd wager my entire SE Bundle and both stand alone guitars that AT LEAST 8 of those 15 people who have so far responded that they won't be buying the game immediately will buy it in the first week of release.

[frankieman]

I really don't understand why some people make such a big deal out of it, when a band releases a new CD you're not gonna say: 'Hey, I've already got the previous album, why should I pay again for a entirely new one?' Or going to the new Transformers film and demand they show the first film too.

It's a new game, more than just a new pack or a sequel.

[noobert]

it sucks but its the beatles...too epic to pass up

[Aragorn123]

It's The Beatles. Even if there was no DLC, I would still be buying it.

[TVRobot]

I understand why they dont want it to be exportable. Regardless I think the Beatles are beasts so I'm going to buy it still.

[deadpool247]

I don't care about exportability. I've got the game ordered (all paid off today; just need to bring in the receipt and ID on 9/9/09)

[Neonstar]

Not really disappointed with the lack of exportability -- I know that the gameplay's going to be the same as RB, so no problem.

I only got rid of my GH stuff, so that I could fund extra RB DLC, and the fact that I grew somewhat disillusioned with the GH tracks after playing RB for a while.

EDIT: Sorry, not thinking too clearly -- I had no problem swapping GH disks, so I meant that I'd have no problem swapping disks with RB (and, as was pointed out before, technically it was never meant to be a Rock Band title at all, so you'd have to swap disks anyway!)

[JackBNimble]

If anything you would be able to export to rb3 when it comes next year because the rb2 engine can't support harmonies. I doubt it though.

I doubt it aswell so this game will have to be a rental for me at best.
I don't want two RB libraries and I want to play all my music together.

Sorry , I guess I'm just not a beatles fan. The thought of playing only one bands music (even if it is the Beatles or any other band ) does not excite me one bit.

You guys play with out me I'll watch it on youtube.

[Neonstar]

If anything, the lack of exportability argument makes me wonder how people with non-computer based music collections get by.

"I don't want my music on different CDs/records -- I want it all on one huge endless CD/record." :)

[Kingfish]

I doubt it aswell so this game will have to be a rental for me at best.
I don't want two RB libraries and I want to play all my music together.

Sorry , I guess I'm just not a beatles fan. The thought of playing only one bands music (even if it is the Beatles or any other band ) does not excite me one bit.

You guys play with out me I'll watch it on youtube.

You do recognize the reality is, eventually there will be a RB that won't be backwards compatible with the 100s of songs we already have right? I mean whether its RockBand 3 or 6 or 12...eventually the graphics, charting and/or something we don't even know what it is will cause the old songs not to work.

When I buy DLC...and I have way more than I thought I would...I just don't even expect it will be compatible with the next edition of RB coming out next year. Its easier on my blood pressure that way.

[JackBNimble]

You do recognize the reality is, eventually there will be a RB that won't be backwards compatible with the 100s of songs we already have right? I mean whether its RockBand 3 or 6 or 12...eventually the graphics, charting and/or something we don't even know what it is will cause the old songs not to work.

When I buy DLC...and I have way more than I thought I would...I just don't even expect it will be compatible with the next edition of RB coming out next year. Its easier on my blood pressure that way.

Well I think that would be a huge mistake if HMX ever did that.
But I'm sure HMX have already thought of these issues and would like to keep their loyal fan base intacked.

I have spent well over $1000.00 on DLC and all my peripherals and I am sure I'm not the only one.

If I couldn't use my dlc in RB3 or 6 or even 12 that will be the day I stop supporting HMX.

But what you say is a direct contradiction to HMX's RB platform idea.Even with the next gen consoles in the future you should be able to keep your current DLC.

[AthenaBast]

Not all of the first Xbox games work on the 360.

Not all of the PS1 games worked on the PS2 and from my understanding newer versions of the PS3 have the same if not less compatibility with PS2 games.

There's also the possibility that HMX could release a patch that would alter all previous DLC to work.

[JackBNimble]

Not all of the first Xbox games work on the 360.

Not all of the PS1 games worked on the PS2 and from my understanding newer versions of the PS3 have the same if not less compatibility with PS2 games.

There's also the possibility that HMX could release a patch that would alter all previous DLC to work.

The ps3 is getting an update very soon to play all ps2 games on the ps3. I don't know about ps1 disc games but you can buy and play ps1 games through the psn store.So at least all ps3's will be backwards compatable with ps2 games soon.

HMX has stated from the very begining that RB is a platform so I would think that all RB DLC (excluding TB:RB ) will most likely be compatable with new RB editions.This would only be in HMX's best interest , just think of the up roar there would be if your current DLC was not compatable with RB3.

[Griffdude13]

This is a STANDALONE game. Not like the AC/DC "track pack".

Where as GH has been taking well known bands and making games of them. So far, the only FULL game Harmonix has done is for the Beatles, (arguably) the most influential band ever.

I accept it as a full game, because the beatles have a great history as proof they deserve such an honor. I take that last bit back. Harmonix should be the ones honored to be doing this for the Beatles.

[Leafs4Life84]

At first I was really turned off by the no exporting and the fact that the songs looked easy. But after seeing the visuals of the game(Which look amazing) and listening to more of the Beatles I think I will be getting this. I can't resist. I love Rock Band.