Harmonix clarifies RB1 compatibility to Rock Band 2
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Jul 15th 2008 6:45PM
We spent some time with Dan Teasdale, senior designer of
Rock Band 2, and asked him several questions -- but we really wanted to know what's the deal with
transfers of Rock Band tracks to the new game. We wanted to know a little bit more about what Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos meant at the
Microsoft press conference when he said most songs would be available for import.
Teasdale tells us that the final list of songs not transferable to
RB2 is still up in the air and it all comes down to licensing issues. We heard from a separate source that "it should only be a couple songs" and, although the company would love to just do the whole set from the first game, there may be some
exclusivity issues. Harmonix apparently had to re-license every song over again for the
RB2 transfers.
