It just hit me that next week (Oct 19) is the final week of DLC for LRB and RB1

[SupaThugPimpin]

This is good news to me, it means that any songs released from here on will have pro keys. It's a shame other bands released recently probably won't be getting them.

Not every song is going to have keys.

[Barefoot]

I can't complain. We got DLC every week for a 2 year old game. How many games can claim that?

[Drama 313]

[B][COLOR="Red"]RB3 DLC (DownLoadable Content)
Due to changes in the file formats Harmonix is using for downloadable content, song packs released after RB3's release won't work in Rock Band 2, effectively putting an end to continued support for the first two games in the series.

What a crock of sh*t. Makes me wanna sell all of my RB junk and just tell them to get to hell. Too bad they already have hundreds of dollars from me on DLC.

I for one am not about to rush out and drop god only knows how much money for Rock Band 3 just so I can get new DLC and play on "pro" mode.

More marketing schemes designed to extract as much money out of the consumer as possible while screwing them over in the process. Thanks for forcing us to buy RB3 HMX if we want DLC

[GrimCrackerz]

Congratulations. You bumped a week old thread just so you could whine like a toddler.

EDIT: Also, God is not privy to information about Rock Band 3's price tag that you are not. It's $60 for the game and $130 for the keyboard bundle.

[Setherex]

I for one am not about to rush out and drop god only knows how much money for Rock Band 3

It's $60. Just like any retail game. And comes with 83 songs. That you can play. Just like Rock Band 2...

just so I can get new DLC and play on "pro" mode.

DLC is $2. And you can play it in regular mode. Without pro mode. Just like Rock Band 2...

[Reaver]

What a crock of sh*t. Makes me wanna sell all of my RB junk and just tell them to get to hell. Too bad they already have hundreds of dollars from me on DLC.

I for one am not about to rush out and drop god only knows how much money for Rock Band 3 just so I can get new DLC and play on "pro" mode.

More marketing schemes designed to extract as much money out of the consumer as possible while screwing them over in the process. Thanks for forcing us to buy RB3 HMX if we want DLC

Yeah. Shame one anyone who makes and distributes their product and wants you to buy it

[Neverender]

I think 3 years with DLC every week was a good run for a game.

[SirDavidTLynch]

What a crock of sh*t. More marketing schemes designed to extract as much money out of the consumer as possible while screwing them over in the process. Thanks for forcing us to buy RB3 HMX if we want DLC

Just a few posts north...

... if Harmonix were cutting off support for the old games just to sell the new one, and if that was how they rolled, why didn't they do that with Rock Band 1?

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[MofoMan2000]

I dunno, it seems RB1 and RB2 could be patched to ignore the keyboard and pro stuff completely. Since legacy instruments are getting continued support in RB3, what about the legacy games?

[Jixzer]

I dunno, it seems RB1 and RB2 could be patched to ignore the keyboard and pro stuff completely. Since legacy instruments are getting continued support in RB3, what about the legacy games?

Coding isn't always that simple. When adding as many new features as RB3 is adding to the format, there were likely very intricate file structure changes. Often time, adding backwards compatibility isn't possible in order to move forward with a franchise.

I guess it could be possible, but it would probably increase the file size per song quite a bit. I know this probably isn't the best example, but let's take Microsoft Office for instance. You can save a .doc file in Office 2007 instead of a .docx to be compatible with legacy Office programs, but the file size is significantly increased to keep the full functionality of the current software while simultaneously being readable in the previous.

And Drama, seriously, for a guy your age, I'd expect a little less whining. You're not a kid. Grow up already.