PS3 2x Bass Pedal Interest?

[Der_Lex]

Considering the limited number of slots available per week, I'd say go for the version that is accessible to the largest number of people, ie the regular version.

[TubaDude49]

Considering the limited number of slots available per week, I'd say go for the version that is accessible to the largest number of people, ie the regular version.

That's the thing, as far as accesibility goes, most people don't even make it to expert, so having a 2x version wouldn't hurt them

[Der_Lex]

That's the thing, as far as accesibility goes, most people don't even make it to expert, so having a 2x version wouldn't hurt them

That's a fair point to make, actually. I guess then it becomes the question of what percentage of expert players wants to play double bass and/or has that extra bass pedal readily available. If most expert players only have the stock kit, you'd be denying them the possibility of playing the song on their usual difficulty. On the other hand, you'd be denying those that want to play double bass the opportunity to play their way if you go for the 'single pedal only' route.

It's a tough call, because either way will leave some players unhappy and there's no inherently 'better' option (at most, you can say single pedal only has been the HMX way of doing it, so it'd be good to stay in that mold, although you could just as easily say that RBN is the perfect opportunity to break that mold), but I think there has to be a choice, because I think we can all agree that we don't want to 'waste' the limited weekly PS3 RBN slots on a second version of a song that has only a marginal difference (I'd personally be fine with getting full RB3 versions of older RBN tracks, however).

Personally, I'm fine with either way of doing it: I do have an extra bass pedal from my RB1 kit, so I could give double bass a try if any of the songs I like (most likely AD) would only have their double bass pedal versions released on the PS3. If it turns out to be too tough, I could just drop down to hard (which I have to do with most AD songs anyway).

[Zemanator]

ii think a better way to judge instead of asking the forums is to release one 2x bass version, see how it does, and then judge weather it's worth releasing more or not

[Oscarvarium]

ii think a better way to judge instead of asking the forums is to release one 2x bass version, see how it does, and then judge weather it's worth releasing more or not

Unless you also release the single bass version at the same time, there's no control and so no way to tell if sales are based on it being a double bass version or based on the song itself.

[HMXLachesis]

IMO this is the most viable option, having a double bass switch along with the cymbal switches and then have kick notes that in the MIDI data are marked to only appear if that switch is flipped.

This would require both a major revamp of the RBN pipeline and a patch to the game. It's a nice idea in the abstract, but it really isn't feasible.

[Oscarvarium]

This would require both a major revamp of the RBN pipeline and a patch to the game. It's a nice idea in the abstract, but it really isn't feasible.

Rock Band 4 feature?

[Pankrazzo]

Rock Band 4 feature?

Should already have been in RB3.

[Drilnoth]

If both can be released without it cutting into the 5-a-week limit, I'd like to see both versions. Otherwise, just the normal version, please. If someone doesn't have two pedals, they can't play 2x bass tracks and so there should be at least the option of playing the track normal-speed. Since people with two bass pedals can play 1x bass songs, that should be the standard since it is available to all drummers, not just those which have two pedals.

On a separate note, why is there still no "Master" difficulty for drums which has double bass for all songs with it charted?

[Drilnoth]

The limit is placed by Sony, not Harmonix. They get 5 songs a week, period.

Any idea why Sony placed that limit? It seems to me that they'd probably make more money if more DLC was available...