Rock Band 2 will also support full backwards compatibility for any downloadable songs that you may or may not have bought before now.
Rock Band disc content can be ported to RB2 for 'under $5'
by Jem Alexander 
on Jul 14th 2008 2:35PM
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Rock Band 2 will also support full backwards compatibility for any downloadable songs that you may or may not have bought before now.
Reader Comments (64)
Posted: Jul 14th 2008 3:39PM SeaKnigge said
I'm all for it. And my pants are that much tighter.
Posted: Jul 14th 2008 3:43PM dvdgamer said
Um,where in the press release does it say it will cost $5 to do this? I don't see it.Of course - I could be blind...
Posted: Jul 14th 2008 3:57PM (Unverified) said
This is great, although i'm only going to be playing Float On by modest mouse over and over and over and over an..
Posted: Jul 14th 2008 4:02PM ViewtifulJason said
"Most" probably means no Aerosmith's "Train Kept a Rollin'" due to the exclusivity agreements. Other than that, there shouldn't be any reason why this can't happen in its entirety
Posted: Jul 14th 2008 4:12PM NBA Kirkland said
Will it work like this?
Start RB2. Go to export option and then insert your RB1 disk. RB1 tracks will get exported to your hard drive/memory card.
I hope the audio for the crowd singing along with you is exported as well, but I suspect it may not just like DLC.
Start RB2. Go to export option and then insert your RB1 disk. RB1 tracks will get exported to your hard drive/memory card.
I hope the audio for the crowd singing along with you is exported as well, but I suspect it may not just like DLC.
Posted: Jul 14th 2008 4:29PM falcomadol said
I am the master of unlocking, and this is very good news.
Posted: Jul 14th 2008 4:44PM Lekko said
The Endless Setlist just went from something to set a day aside for, to something to set aside a WEEK for.
Posted: Jul 14th 2008 4:53PM llamafarmer said
+1 Farseer!!! \m/
Posted: Jul 14th 2008 6:53PM mykie said
Wait wait wait...
So you get to pay $5 to play tracks that you've already paid for?
Who do they think they are, Nintendo?
So you get to pay $5 to play tracks that you've already paid for?
Who do they think they are, Nintendo?
Posted: Jul 14th 2008 8:52PM (Unverified) said
Do you all realize that Harmonix has gone back on their earlier announcements that ALL songs from DLC and Rock Band 1 would transfer over for FREE. They flat out lied to us and now most of you are happy to fork over more money. I know its only 5 bucks however they already said if would be completey free. If Guitar Hero had done this, you would all be ripping into them right now instead of praising them. It seems to me that they made a promise that they couldn't keep. And a company that misleads it fans looses points in my book.
Posted: Jul 14th 2008 10:13PM dvdgamer said
Where did they say that ALL content would be free? I've seen numerous postings/news bits about the RB1 DLC being able to work on RB2 without having to pay extra.
Nothing was said about the RB one ON-DISC content. And don't get started with Activision either. Because I didn't miss the notice about the Metallica announcment for GHIII & GHWT. Download any pay twice,huh? No thanks.
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Nothing was said about the RB one ON-DISC content. And don't get started with Activision either. Because I didn't miss the notice about the Metallica announcment for GHIII & GHWT. Download any pay twice,huh? No thanks.
Posted: Jul 18th 2008 9:57PM (Unverified) said
Well, I did something that you should all do.
Scroll through Rock Band 1's main setlist (not DLC) and pick out the songs that you wouldn't care about if they were taken out.
I did this: I found about 20 that I would be happy to not have.
Odds are only about 5 songs will be excluded and if we're lucky, it'll be the crappy ones.
Scroll through Rock Band 1's main setlist (not DLC) and pick out the songs that you wouldn't care about if they were taken out.
I did this: I found about 20 that I would be happy to not have.
Odds are only about 5 songs will be excluded and if we're lucky, it'll be the crappy ones.
Posted: Sep 23rd 2008 10:51PM (Unverified) said
It brings in all the songs save 3 - The bad cover of Paranoid, Metallica’s Enter Sandman (damn) and Iron Maiden tune (Run for the Hills maybe, I forget)
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