I'm new here, and am apart of the 100% of the population that doesn't use the forum search feature, so don't flip-out and have a fatty-fit with this simple question.

Harmonix: whenever I first heard about Rock Band Network, I flipped out; finally, a chance for Sweet Action Cop to be heard! But then, I slowly made the sucky revelation; PlayStation 3 will only be able to buy select songs from RBN. We can only buy select songs...? That's all we get out of this awesome idea? We can't even make our own songs like you're allowing 360 users to do? Do you know how bad of an idea that was on your part, now? It's crazy. All I'm asking for is some equal treatment; I'm tired of everybody saying 360 is better. It's either we're equal, or you make it a console exclusive game.

Theyre working with sony to try to work something out. as a PS3er who long condemns some of the things harmonix does that shows 360 bias, this one is one i KIND OF let slide, because the Rock Band Network uses Microsoft's XNA creators service framework to use it.

You CAN still chart and make songs and everything, as thats all done on the PC, but to upload them yes, at the moment you need a 360, and the $100 XNA Membership fee. People seem to forget that. every 360 user cant just make RBN songs out of the gate. Well they can, but they need to purchase the XNA membership, which the average user probably wont drop $100 on.

Personally I feel that sony and harmonix will come up with some solution by the end of the year or early next year to get more or less the full RBN experiance. i just hope im still into music games by that point.

I'm really worried about RBN never coming to PS3. It's my last hope to keep my interest in RB alive.

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Originally Posted by teh-roflcoptor

Do you know how bad of an idea that was on your part, now? It's crazy. All I'm asking for is some equal treatment; I'm tired of everybody saying 360 is better. It's either we're equal, or you make it a console exclusive game.

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If you're apart from the people who don't use the search function, then you should know that this was not "an idea on their part". The PS3 lacks an indie development platform upon which to build the Rock Band Network, like the X360 has in the XNA Creator's Club. Once Sony catches up to Microsoft in that regard, I'm sure HMX will be happy to work with them on bringing the same functionality to the PS3.

The short version is: This wasn't a Harmonix decision. It's a technical limitation of the PS3.

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Originally Posted by teh-roflcoptor

All I'm asking for is some equal treatment; I'm tired of everybody saying 360 is better. It's either we're equal, or you make it a console exclusive game.

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Prepare to hear it once more. The 360 is better, at least in this case. Sony has very little interest in allowing people other than established companies to develop anything for the PS3. Microsoft's approach has been considerably more open in that respect. And are you really saying you'd rather not have the next iteration of Rock Band if there are features on the 360 that the PS3 can't/won't support? Strong words.

I don't have a 360, but my son does. So I'm doing my authoring on my PC, and will simply use my sons equipment to check out my work. I have a PS3. As long as I can create the piece on my PC, preview it, uploaded to RBN and then download to his machine to check it out, I'm happy with that. Then, if this all seems to pan out, I don't mind spending the bucks for a 360. I already have a Wii and a PS3, and own about 11 PCs in various roles at home and work. :-)
Maybe you have a friend who would be willing to let you use his 360 occasionally to check your work. For the most part, you can do the entire authoring without a 360.

You don't have to upload it to RBN to have your son then download it.

You can mail the .rba file to him, put it on a server for him, or if he still lives in your basement, you can download it right to his xbox.

I would think you'd definitely want to see/play/test it on his xbox before you uploaded it to RBN testing.

I would not hold my breath if I were you. XNA was a platform of convenience that already existed. It doesn't make sense for anyone to do the same for PS3 without the system already existing. Anyone who really wants to author songs will just get a 360.

I am hopeful that whatever mechanism ends up being implemented to bring songs over to the PS3 RBN store brings over all the songs. Besides the 30 day exclusive period I imagine any other kinks would be legal in nature and (hopefully) can be worked out. I'd hate to miss out on one of David's songs because I have a PS3 :-(.

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Originally Posted by Abaddon

I am hopeful that whatever mechanism ends up being implemented to bring songs over to the PS3 RBN store brings over all the songs.

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I was hopeful too, but it is to be a subset of songs. The criteria for deciding is not stated.

One could reasonably guess that it will have something to do with how well a particular is selling on the xbox side.

My question is, why can't we just get all the songs that are released for the 360 on the PS3 too? Authoring is not a problem for myself, it's just I want the songs. I have invested WAY too much money into Rock Band for the PS3 to switch over to the 360 (I've spent over 400 dollars on downloadable content. I'm not going to abandon that.)