Today, Harmonix officially announced that the Rock Band disc export, the update that allows most all Rock Band songs to be available in Rock Band 2, is now available for download off the XBLM. Though, it doesn't really do anything until Rock Band 2 releases. The disc export update will set you back 400 Microsoft points ($5) and will import 55 of the Rock Band songs into the game sequel. 55 songs seem a little light? Well, you're correct. Sadly, "Enter Sandman" by Metallica, "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath, "Run to the Hills" by Iron Maiden and the European exclusive "Monsoon" by Tokio Hotel will not be a part of the transfer. We can only speculate to why a re-license agreement couldn't be made.
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9-04-2008 @ 3:19PM
Don-Don said...
That picture would work alot better without the added commentary.
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9-04-2008 @ 3:30PM
a ham sandwich said...
pardon my stupidity, but what about downloaded songs? i assume they'll just transfer over automatically?
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9-04-2008 @ 3:41PM
DudeRed said...
Yup, those will work for Rock Band 2 automatically.
9-04-2008 @ 3:49PM
x silence x said...
Fuck Metallica anyways....
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9-04-2008 @ 5:04PM
cosmic said...
amen
9-04-2008 @ 3:50PM
Miguel said...
Just one of the reasons i hate the music industry and refuse to buy music or games like these. If you bought the original rock band you already paid for one license for all those songs. Now you have to pay another $5 for licenses you already own and you dont even get all of them?
F the music industry. greedy bastards.
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9-04-2008 @ 4:01PM
Mighty Healthy said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bvwYKh2U10
9-04-2008 @ 4:12PM
Big Bird said...
Did the metallica tour bus run over your puppy or what? So much hate.....
9-04-2008 @ 4:36PM
ordigas said...
You're not paying for the license again, but for the convenience of not having to change discs to play the Rock Band 1 songs ... but you are right about the music industry.
9-04-2008 @ 5:06PM
Xoviet chiK said...
You are also paying so Harmonix doesn't get completely shafted by folks who don't actually own Rock Band using the export tool with a rented / borrowed disc.
"Just one of the reasons i... ...refuse to buy... ...games like these."
I can only assume you don't have Rock Band, and would gladly have utilized this tool with your rented copy for free.
9-04-2008 @ 3:55PM
Mark said...
Well, Paranoid and Run to the Hills were covers and not the original masters, so I'm not sure why those are being held up. But then again they were covers, so I'm not too broken up if they go away.
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9-04-2008 @ 3:57PM
MC Double Def DP said...
lol at the picture, even with the text. i wouldn't of read the article w/o the text on the picture.
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9-04-2008 @ 4:00PM
CyberKnight said...
55 is "a little light"???
I wasn't expecting "Train Kept a Rollin'" either; maybe Aerosmith didn't own the license to this particular cover recording? I dunno, I'm guessing.
@a ham sandwich: This just copies the songs on the RB1 disc to the hard drive, so that they're available when the RB2 disc is in the drive. Since your DLC songs are already on the hard drive, there's nothing that needs to be done for RB2 to see them.
In other words, yep, they'll "transfer over" automatically.
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9-04-2008 @ 5:39PM
Glenn said...
Aerosmith didn't write this song, but covered it themselves. Therefore, the rights to the song weren't Aerosmith's.
9-04-2008 @ 10:41PM
G-fro said...
Good old Yardbirds and Jimmy Page. Then it was the first song Led Zeppelin ever played together. They said it was instant band.
9-04-2008 @ 4:01PM
dunnypop said...
that's a bit upsettings since I really love Paranoid and Enter Sandman.
oh well, better than nothing that's for sure. Considering GH 1, 2, 3 didn't have transferable songs.
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9-04-2008 @ 4:02PM
FriskyFlorist said...
So will the DLCed version of Monsoon be okay then?
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9-04-2008 @ 4:06PM
FriskyFlorist said...
So is the DLC version of Monsoon okay then?
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9-04-2008 @ 4:07PM
FriskyFlorist said...
Ugh, stupid posting system. :\
9-04-2008 @ 4:09PM
HazyCloud said...
Yep, as long as your version isn't on the disc. If it's DLC, you're good.