Official Discussion - Rock Band Network

[hmxsean]

Ripped from the other thread and i will post it here in the hopes that HMXSean or someone else could clear this up, although i dont expect it to as i am starting to think iys a placeholder to keep PS3 users at bay:



Please HMX could you help clear this up?

All I can say is we are working on it. I would say there is very little chance that the hand-picked songs we can move over would hit at the same time. procedurally I would say that is currently impossible technically. Again, we are talking to, and have been talking to for some time, the other consoles so we can make this universal.

[skyttskytt]

I really don't care who's fault it is.

I'm sure the guys at HMX will do their best but for now I'm a sad panda

I agree. I really hope they're going to continue to try what's necessary to get this amazing thing available to everyone, and not give up until it happens. I have money to give you people. Let me give it to you!

[skyttskytt]

Again, we are talking to, and have been talking to for some time, the other consoles so we can make this universal.

Have my babies?

[ADBjester]

This is amazing because Relient K has a MUCH better chance of getting into Rock Band!!!!!! Thank you so much!

There is only one thing that disappoints me. Us PS3 users are only getting "select songs". I'd really like to know why that it.

It's worse than that. PS3 users get NOTHING but a promise to "try" to get select songs in the game. That tricky word "may" is a buzzkill.

I second the earlier post. If it turns out that this winds up being completely unavailable for PS3, I would be willing to pay a substantial fee to transfer my existing DLC license from the PS3 to an XBox. I'd change platforms to get my hands on this, but don't relish the thought of shelling out the $1K+ to re-purchase my current catalog.

Jester

[HeyRiles]

I do believe Anvil will be one of the first packs that are released for RBN

[skyttskytt]

It's worse than that. PS3 users get NOTHING but a promise to "try" to get select songs in the game. That tricky word "may" is a buzzkill.

I second the earlier post. If it turns out that this winds up being completely unavailable for PS3, I would be willing to pay a substantial fee to transfer my existing DLC license from the PS3 to an XBox. I'd change platforms to get my hands on this, but don't relish the thought of shelling out the $1K+ to re-purchase my current catalog.

Jester

I've thought about how effective it would be to sell the PS3 account (probably illegal) to repurchase everything on the 360, but it comes down to: I refuse to say goodbye to my PS3 RB friends in order to get software benefits. The relationships I have are far more important than the music. I just want both.

[aspiring]

All I can say is we are working on it. I would say there is very little chance that the hand-picked songs we can move over would hit at the same time. procedurally I would say that is currently impossible technically. Again, we are talking to, and have been talking to for some time, the other consoles so we can make this universal.

Nah man your brilliant. As i said in the other thread, i dont expect them to arrive at the same time, as they are being developed through XNA. I do understand this. Just curious what that meant on the RBN page. Now that has been answered. You will hand pick songs until/if Sony arrange this to be set up on PSN.
Hope the talks are going great because this is awesome news. Now i will just pester Sony constantly over at the Playstation blog to make sure they know we want it. I do wonder though the criteria that you will have when you pick the songs to transfer over. Sales from the 360?

Anyway that was super quick and HIGHLY appreciated. Top notch as always man. Keep up the brilliant work. And thanks for Rise Against

[skyttskytt]

Hope the talks are going great because this is awesome news. Now i will just pester Sony constantly over at the Playstation blog to make sure they know we want it.

Does HMX support a community-driven pestering wave to get Sony working on this? I'd be willing to (civilly) bother them until they realize we want it.

[ADBjester]

That's just too bad for Sony, then. They can deal with our flood of music taking up the New Releases section of the PSN store.

I imagine they will open a second "PSN Store" to keep the RBN tracks isolated from the HMX-based DLC. Hence "select tracks".

What I don't get is why this whole XNA thing is an issue, or why the delay. If the songs are the same file format once created, why not let the devs and artists chart it on the XBox, let the track go through peer review, and then do exactly that -- make the resulting file available for purchase in the PS3 "RBN" Store?

Why the delay, why the "may be available" rather than "will be available"? I can understand "select tracks" (PSN only has so much capacity), but is there some greater licensing issue at work?

Jester

[Magik_Tek]

Does HMX support a community-driven pestering wave to get Sony working on this? I'd be willing to (civilly) bother them until they realize we want it.

You may have to pester them because its becoming clearer and clearer that if you want to get Sony's attention, you need to force them to pay attention.