Official Discussion - Rock Band Network

[Gryffindor]

Will the PS3 & Wii owners continue to have weekly DLC releases through HMX once this is launched or will new releases be limited to the new program?

[azzaman333]

Will the reviewing process be available to xbox live accounts based outside the US, specifically Australia?

Because I'd love to be able to spend ~$150AU a year to test songs uploaded to RBN.

[geo2n2]

Hm, I wonder if HMX will provide some sort of guidance on their charting philosophy and conventions to the developers.

[TheLovelyNoise]

Will the PS3 & Wii owners continue to have weekly DLC releases through HMX once this is launched or will new releases be limited to the new program?

I asked a member of HMX about weekly dlc via message and they said the weekly dlc announcements will be staying in place.

[Nico Solo]

Will the PS3 & Wii owners continue to have weekly DLC releases through HMX once this is launched or will new releases be limited to the new program?

The weekly DLC releases will continue on all platforms, it's independant from the RBN

[skyttskytt]

Will the PS3 & Wii owners continue to have weekly DLC releases through HMX once this is launched or will new releases be limited to the new program?

There's going to be the continued releases as normal, and this will be additional to that in its own separate store.

[Lone Bulldogs]

The bands you see in the video are fake. It shows a selection that is sorted by song, has a band named Bad Monsoon highlighted with a picture of the Anarchy Club cover. It looks like they're keeping a tight lid on this.

[T-Hybrid]

I wish AC/DC already had that, to be honest. It's not technically DLC, even though you download it. Not in the way that other track packs are.

Since the AC/DC comes from a track pack, it's treated as DLC within the core game.

This is so that if the AC/DC content comes to the other consoles at a later date it's all treated the same way and is totally compatible.

[EntropyMu]

Since these tools are near to what HMX already develops, can we get an idea of the man hours it would take to get a track ready for RBN? I know you probably aren't releasing full details yet, but I'd like an idea of what kind of time it takes "the experts" to go from master recording to testing.

I'm wondering because I suspect there will be a niche for non professional enthusiasts to take unsigned or very indie artist's music and do the rock band development for them. The labels will get their own people, but there's probably going to be a need for community developers. Before I get my interest too into this, I'm just wondering what kind of time we're looking at.

Or have I missed the idea entirely and you don't expect amateur developers to be involved?

[HMXEnosity]

Thank you for at least reading it and hopefully you guys can clarify on the necessity to hold back content on the other platforms in the future.

It was never a necessity. I would love to see the RBN on all consoles. I really want RBN to embody that same passion as many underground artists have trying to get their music heard by just one more person. I hope that those same artists embrace and join RBN. I'm one of them. I release most of my music for free because I love sharing my art.