10-20-2008, 07:39 PM
MTV Wrote:
"“Rock Band 2″ does read 100% from the SD card"
Kindrik asked…”I know that EA does the distribution of Rock Band 2 for Harmonix, so couldn’t they have taken advantage of this partnership to possibly make use of EA Nation and circumvent friend codes?”
Harmonix chose to use Nintendo’s friend codes infrastructure. While I didn’t ask Harmonix about EA Nation, I can speculate. Though Harmonix and MTV Games have partnered with Electronic Arts for “Rock Band 2,” it is not considered an EA product. It is an MTV Games product. They simply have a partnership. That likely drove the reasoning behind using friend codes, instead of EA Nation.
Kindrik also asked…”Also, now that we’ve heard that controllers from Guitar Hero III would be compatible with Rock Band 2 on Wii does that mean that the instruments from the newest Guitar Hero will be compatible as well so that the game will truly be equal to the PS3 and 360 versions in terms of controller compatibility?”
A Harmonix spokesperson told me Friday that the controllers for “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock” will work in “Rock Band 2″ on Wii, but they cannot confirm “Guitar Hero: World Tour” compatibility — yet.
Kindrik asked…”I know that EA does the distribution of Rock Band 2 for Harmonix, so couldn’t they have taken advantage of this partnership to possibly make use of EA Nation and circumvent friend codes?”
Harmonix chose to use Nintendo’s friend codes infrastructure. While I didn’t ask Harmonix about EA Nation, I can speculate. Though Harmonix and MTV Games have partnered with Electronic Arts for “Rock Band 2,” it is not considered an EA product. It is an MTV Games product. They simply have a partnership. That likely drove the reasoning behind using friend codes, instead of EA Nation.
Kindrik also asked…”Also, now that we’ve heard that controllers from Guitar Hero III would be compatible with Rock Band 2 on Wii does that mean that the instruments from the newest Guitar Hero will be compatible as well so that the game will truly be equal to the PS3 and 360 versions in terms of controller compatibility?”
A Harmonix spokesperson told me Friday that the controllers for “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock” will work in “Rock Band 2″ on Wii, but they cannot confirm “Guitar Hero: World Tour” compatibility — yet.