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Rock Band Network coming, somewhat, to PS3, not to Wii at all
BY Tommy Lawler Aug. 28th, 2009 More on:

It wasn’t too terribly long ago, so surely you all remember that news about the Rock Band Network service. The one where users can submit their own songs for all the internet to download and play and review. Sounds pretty cool, right? Well, to really fully embrace its potential, you best be investing in the Xbox 360 version. Not that the PS3 one gets nothing. As it turns out, PS3 users will get to use the service, but won’t have access to all the songs that will go up. According to IndustryGamers, songs will be “offered at Harmonix’s discretion,” and that’s if the artists themselves choose to “opt in” for PSN users to have access to their songs in the first place. Sorry, PS3 users. I feel for you, for I am one of you.

Now Wii users, you get nothing. Rock Band Network and the Rock Band Store will, unfortunately, not be coming your way. While Harmonix would love to extend the service your way, the lack of patching Wii games means it would just be too damned hard. I feel for you folks as well.

Rock Band Network is expected to come our way later this year, and regardless of platform availability, I think it’s a damned exciting thing, and I look forward to what it brings us… like people’s kids singing “I Will Survive,” or something.

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    1. Godmars
      August 28th, 2009
      at 6:36 pm

      Reading something like this, that EA is making conditions to a platform that by rights they shouldn’t, gives credence that they do have something to do with cross game chat for the PS3.

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      Tommy Lawler
      August 28th, 2009
      at 6:45 pm

      I have to imagine that if artists have to “opt in” for PSN availability, then there are probably some strict policies in place involving putting up content like this on Sony’s service. We don’t have too many details, but regardless some cause or another short changes a lot of people.

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      Woody
      October 28th, 2009
      at 3:50 pm

      “Now Wii users, you get nothing. Rock Band Network and the Rock Band Store will, unfortunately, not be coming your way. ”

      Fact is, if you’re spending $200 on a game, then you might as well buy a decent console for it to run on.

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