No RB4 this year

[GNFfhqwhgads]

It doesn't matter because it can't possibly anywhere close to what a console worthy title would be. If its a game that is exactly the same for the three (as the published joystiq atricle states - have to take that at face value for the time being), its going to come off as a completely lacking dud for the consoles, as its going to be wii/ps2 quality at best, and its going to really come off as lacking in comparison to RB3.

You seem to think XBLA/PSN titles are comparable to disc releases for the specific consoles. No.

[fcmlefty]

You seem to think XBLA/PSN titles are comparable to disc releases for the specific consoles. No.

Not quite. I have zero experience with XBox, so I can't even begin to talk about that. In the experience I have with downloading games on the PSN (which admittedly isn't a ton, but I do have some), they seem to fall somewhere between what a ps2 game was and what a ps3 game is currently. Have i just been lucky that the games I've downloaded are even up to that quality? Are there a lot that are worse than ps2 quality?

[skyp1e]

I -still- think it's going to be that MMORPG companion that you play on your PC/Mac and links to the console game(s) providing you with a universe to immerse yourself in while you play songs in all the RB games.

(amended from just being a RB3 environment).

For anyone that didn't see my first two posts with this theory attached, here it is again in a nutshell.

An online environment where you can interact with other players, pay your dues (by doing things like printing up and hanging fliers etc.) and enter venues to watch other player's bands in real time. If the latter (being an audience member) you can interact with the performance somehow and by "applauding" give the performers extra currency to spend while they are in the MMORPG.

Players can form "labels" (guilds) with other players and schedule events for console play that earn them more currency to spend in the MMORPG environment.

So players would have housing, transportation, fixtures and perhaps even new instruments and clothes that can be purchased in the PC/Mac environment that might even translate back into the console when you play the RB game.

This would promote a more social environment as another diversion within the Rock Band umbrella and of course would remain completely optional for purists that only want to keep playing Quickplay and download DLC.

That's my guess and I'm not wavering from it until I hear different.

[GNFfhqwhgads]

The only games I can think of that have game system play with PC additions are Battlefield 3 and Pokemon Black/White.

Considerably more popular games, considerably larger budgets, all that.

[Meat-Popsicle]

There are plenty of disc games (full titles, games that sold for $60 when they were first issued) that get released on the Playstation store as downloadable titles, a year or two later, for $19.99. Yes, there are mini-games as well (very inexpensive, and very basic), but I don't think that a download-only game "has to" be a simple, small game with crude graphics.

If we are to believe that this exact same title will also run on Facebook, now that part is much more of a red flag.

[GNFfhqwhgads]

Unless they do a LEGO/RB3 DS situation.

[Witticus]

Unless they do a LEGO/RB3 DS situation.

I'm down for that. Or some other themed tie in for Rock Band would be great.

[TylerFG]

Not really surprised, but damn it....

Unless they do a LEGO/RB3 DS situation.

This. I've been aching for LRB2 for a while now.

[GNFfhqwhgads]

This. I've been aching for LRB2 for a while now.

I meant make the Facebook version have less features, not make another LEGO game...

[TheFunto]

Releasing RB4 might disrupt HMX's main revenue stream that Is RB3 DLC. Making a RB3 expansion add-on seems to work for everyone: we might get a batch of songs, new features and much needed bug fixes to inject new breath into RB3.