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Rock Band Now Coming to a PS2 Near You

Submitted by on August 22, 2007 – 11:23 am4 Comments

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Rock Band, the game that is being developed by the creators of Guitar Hero, is now coming to the Playstation 2, according to Harmonix. The announcement was made at the German Leipzig Gaming Event. The game will get many of the modes of play that are in the 360 and PS3 versions of the game along with some new gameplay themes. Also, it looks as if the European release of Rock Band will get a fair amount of localized content, through the on-disc material as well as through downloads.

I just don’t understand this move. Well, I do and I don’t. I understand that Harmonix is doing this, because there are far more PS2 units on the market vs. PS3 units. And if you want to maximize your return on investment, you go to the platform with a large install base. But at the same time, you are canabalizing the game from its next gen counterpart. Think about it, most PS3 owners are PS2 owners. You get the game cheaper and still get a great experience, barring the online downloads.

We also have several new songs announced for the game taking us to 26 on disc songs so far.
Rolling Stones — “Gimme Shelter”
Deep Purple — “Highway Star”
The Clash — “Should I Stay or Should I Go”
Faith No More — “Epic”
Smashing Pumpkins — “Cherub Rock”
Radiohead — “Creep”
Beastie Boys — “Sabotage”
Jet — “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”
OK Go — “Here It Goes Again”
Nine Inch Nails — “The Hand That Feeds”

via Gamespot

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  • http://www.farbot.com/ Paul

    The Hand That Feeds! I’m going to have to keep a closer eye on this game now.

  • http://www.routermall.com used cisco

    “you are canabalizing the game from its next gen counterpart.”

    I honestly wonder if harmonix even cares which platform it moves units too. Isn’t a PS2 sale just as lucrative to them as a PS3 sale?

    Also, if they are developing a lowly PS2 version, it increases the possibility that they will put out a Wii version.

  • Joe (Aeropause)

    I would say that for Harmonix, you are correct, a sale is a sale, but I would of thought Sony would do whatever it could to keep the title on PS3 only.

  • Brent

    Sony knows better than to keep this PS3 only cause they don’t want to alienate more publishers. It’s why the videogame business is a business. And it’s why the PS3 is headed for the bargain bins soon.