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Xbox 360 News by Robert Purchese
Harmonix plans to let Rock Band 2 owners make and sell their own tracks on Xbox 360.
You'll need a copy of the game, XNA Creators Club Premium (USD 99 a year), Reaper and Magma programs as well as an Xbox Live Gold account. Tracks created will need to meet certain Harmonix specifications and be kitted out with MIDI gameplay elements before being submitted for peer review.
But once thumbs-upped, tracks go on sale to the public and royalties are paid quarterly - just like on the Xbox Live Indie (Community) Games channel. The split is typically 70/30 in your favour.
Closed testing will begin in August, according to the RB Network website, with a view to launching later this year.
The initiative will be exclusive to Xbox 360, although certain "stand out tracks" will make their way to PS3 and Wii, according to Gamastutra.
Head to that Rock Band Network website for the full nitty-gritty.
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kangarootoo
20/07/09 @ 13:03
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"The split is typically 70/30 in your favour."
They are very unlikely to take ownership of copyright. |
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GamesConnoisseur
20/07/09 @ 14:12
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Critics....... isnt this a great idea to allow local bands to get wider attention if they arent having much luck with big names?
Personally I thought it a ruddy good idea even if music have zero appeal for me! Its just an extension of the User Created Contents that LBP fans so loves. We should applauds any initatives like this and allowing gamers channel for us to express our 'arts'! |
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kangarootoo
20/07/09 @ 16:29
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I'm not dissing it. I think its a great idea.
This seems to be the age of UGC, and not just because the tools are there to make it, but because more and more companies are starting to understand that creating an efficient and fair method of actually PAYING people for contributions that are successful is a very good thing. |
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Seems like a lot of hassle to me.
1. You have to pay $99 a year 2. You then have to go thru with a midi file and match it to your song (not a quick task) 3. And THEN it might get turned down via the voting system 4. And after ALL THAT you MIGHT get some people downloading it to cover your costs/time... ish I'll stick to youtube thanks |
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You can get the tools for free, I believe. You only need to pay after you've done all the work and still want to upload it. As for rejection, it sounds like as long as you're not throwing bags of Skittles at the player through something as musically complex as a Status Quo song, or language to make a detroit rapper blush, you're probably fine.
I want my band to get some stuff up on there if at all possible. |
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