Rock Band 3 Officially Announced For Holiday 2010

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday March 9, 2010 @11:25PM from the that-cow-still-has-some-milk dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Philippe Dauman, Viacom CEO and President, announced today that Harmonix is currently working on the next Rock Band game, Rock Band 3, due for release Holiday 2010. 'The company is pursuing the game in spite of an industry-weakening decline in the once-booming genre of peripheral-equipped music games. Although the franchise has generated over $1 billion to date, the category in general saw sales contract by as much as half throughout 2009. MTV Games parent Viacom also saw Rock Band declines drag on its balance sheet in its last fiscal quarter, and expressed a need to refocus away from pricey peripherals in favor of software. It also said that due to royalties it would need to be more "selective" about track listings, and that it needs more support from the music industry in that department.'"

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Rock Band Network by tepples · 2010-03-10 03:59 · Score: 0, Troll

make it so I can import music I already own
What did you mean by this? If you own copyright in the composition and the recording, you can spend $1,000 for the XNA devkit (dual core PC + Windows OS + Xbox 360 + Creators Club + Live Gold) and put the songs on Rock Band Network. If you merely own a copy, it probably isn't split-track, so how would the game know what frequencies to play when you miss a note?