Rock Band 3 details: RB2 export confirmed for all consoles, 'pro' mode DLC may be more expensive

by Alexander Sliwinski on Sep 6th 2010 1:15PM

A recent PAX interview by RockBandAide with Harmonix's John Drake reveals a ton of minutiae for hardcore fans, and confirms that Rock Band 3 will allow you to export the RB2 tracks for a fee -- as you could with RB1. Drake states that the the export feature will work for all three consoles, though there are always "a couple songs that get complicated" when it comes to re-licensing. Official pricing and details regarding the export should be available shortly.

Drake also states that while regular DLC will keep the regular price ($2 per song), content made for Rock Band 3's Pro Mode will "probably" be more expensive. Harmonix has "a lot more work to do" on those tracks, and doesn't wish to increase the cost of the regular DLC to subsidize the Pro DLC that's aimed at a smaller group of players.

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Source: RockBandAide

Tags: dlc, harmonix, john-drake, microsoft, nintendo, pax-2010, playstation, ps3, Rock-Band-3, wii, xbox

Reader Comments (59)

@Dark Archon PSN Archonik XBL Dar

Where can you rate the songs? I missed that somehow.

@Def Zeppelin

Similar to how the RBN works now, there will be a 1 to 5 "lighters" scale where you can rate each song.

Well, this is going to be the last nail in the coffin of my 20 GB hard drive, and half of that is RB DLC already, so that narrows down what I can clear out.

@Kyattsuai
You could just upgrade your HDD, if you on a PS3 its really easy, just need to get a 2.5" HDD, i recently upgraded mine from 40gb to 750gb and it worked amazingly, it even kept my copy protected rock band and skate game saves, and all my DLC.

If your not on a PS3 though then i cant really help as i havn't found any migration stuff on my Xbox, and its not just a case of swapping any old HDD into it. But yeh if your a PS3 user then i would defs recommend upgrading to something a bit bigger

@jhart2509
MS includes a data transfer kit when you buy a larger drive (at least, they used to). You can also buy the kit separately if you need it after buying a new xbox with a larger drive.