Harmonix Holiday Livestreamaganza on 12/19! Q&A, DLC reveal & giveaways FOR CHARITY!

[AndreasPetersen]

How have sales been for the recent re-release? You know, because I want you guys to do well.

[GNFfhqwhgads]

No I'm talking about how RB 1 the export was off the disc. It puts the individual songs on your hard drive and you could delete the ones you didn't want anymore. RB 2,Lego,Green Day you download one big file and have to take all the songs.

Because, again, there's no way to verify it for a disc rip so that one disc gets one export.


Plus, who knows, maybe artists are more agreeable to the export when Harmonix says you HAVE to carry the song over.

[RockBandAide]

Question: Do you have "emergency DLC" in the hopper ready to go in case the currently planned DLC is pulled at the last second due to happenings outside of your control?

[dog037]

Another question, why doesn't Riles use periods?

[GNFfhqwhgads]

Yes, I'm well aware of that. As is the case with Hip-Hop/Rap and several others. It doesn't make sense to have artists split like that, so my hope is that the incorrect genres could be updated eventually (not the genres that everything "thinks" are wrong, but the ones that are demonstrably incorrect based on the availability of new genres).

No, because that would require reuploading updated files for all of Legend(and the pack), and quite honestly, we don't even know if it would have a genre at ALL in RB1/RB2/LEGO if they did that.

[folkeye]

Another question, why doesn't Riles use periods?

...he's a boy, silly.

[agentcoop007]

Prob already been asked, but what are the chances of any more full album DLC being releases?

[GNFfhqwhgads]

Prob already been asked, but what are the chances of any more full album DLC being releases?

Possible. But again, Harmonix can't tell us what's coming up unless it's cleared with the label.

[landis1255]

A few questions:

1 - why no christmas music? I think it would sell well and be a big hit plus I think people would play it more often than you may think. We have one holiday song from RBN that we play all year long (not as often I'll admit but still well worth the $$). I'd buy! I know some christmas songs by country artists have great keyboard and guitar parts to make it fun for all.

2 - what happens to my music when the next-gen systems come out? Since it's all downloaded, what happens when my xbox inevitably dies and XBox Live no longer supports the old system or has the files available? I've spent a lot of money here and I'd like to be able to play this for YEARS to come, not just "rent/lease it" for awhile.

3 - how many copies of a song have to sell (or be expected to sell) to make it profitable for your company to actually move forward with making? Does that factor in to which music you choose?

4 - can we get more "goals" in RB3? those are fun and make it fun to play with others toward, plus perhaps achievements could come with it for a small price (ie $5 or less for an add-on pack of new goals/story mode type stuff)?

Love the country and classic rock and LOVE your game. I've got more than 600 songs and I'll keep on buying if you guys keep up the great work. Everyone in my family can/does play and that's what makes it most special. Thank you.

[GNFfhqwhgads]

1 - why no christmas music?

Because Harmonix can't pay their bills off playcount? They've released holiday DLC twice, and apparently it really only sells in December. Why do that when you can release evergreen DLC instead?

2 - what happens to my music when the next-gen systems come out?

That's probably legal jargon in the contract(if they've made sure to specify movement for console generations or not), so they can't tell us.

3 - how many copies of a song have to sell (or be expected to sell) to make it profitable for your company to actually move forward with making? Does that factor in to which music you choose?

Depends on the song. There's no universal fee for licensing, plus there's usually discounts for buying in bulk(hence why WE get discounts for buying in bulk), and if they gave us a number, then we could figure out how much a song cost to license and chart, and labels absolutely hate prices being public.

4 - can we get more "goals" in RB3? those are fun and make it fun to play with others toward, plus perhaps achievements could come with it for a small price (ie $5 or less for an add-on pack of new goals/story mode type stuff)?

Already said no to this at launch, after launch, and as recently as Halloween.