Rock Band 4 for PC

[NZCreast]

So Rockband 4 came out back in October of 2015 and now (After 8 years) are finally going to port a Rock Band to the PC. It's on a crowdfunding campain page and they need 1.5 Million USD to get Sumo Digital port the game to PC.

www.fig.co/campaigns/rock-band-4-pc

[vandorb12]

I'm hyped for it. I've only thrown down about $50-60 USD on PS4 DLC, and I wouldn't mind switching to a more favorable platform. Though in hindsight, I did buy my PS4 for RB4...

I'll probably not back until the later stage of the fundraiser. I wonder how this will effect Phase Shift in general? Will it increase our player base and available songs, or will it hurt us? Will HMX send us a CND? So many questions, and I'm ferociously going thought the Reddit thread on this for as much information I can get.

[NZCreast]

I backed $50 for the game. I'm gonna see if I can use my Electric Drum Kit with it and I seriously hope it will work. I never bought RB4 because I never owned a PS4 or Xbox One. But if this get funded, I sure as hell will be playing it for many MANY more hours than I have put into it in the last 10-15 years (Appox. 8000+ Hours)

[raynebc]

This is interesting. I just might pledge some cash for it IF they confirm support for the Xbox 360 Ion drum kit.

[NZCreast]

They did state in the info below that they are going to have to make new drivers for the ION kit but they said they would.

[raynebc]

That is not publicly confirmed. I PM'd one of the HMX guys and they said they probably wouldn't be able to 100% confirm Ion drum support until after the end of the crowd fund campaign.

HMXJosh can't confirm, but he agrees it's likely that the Xbox 360 Ion kit will work in a PC port of RB4.

[hokieman]

Mar 1, 2016 21:44:00 GMT raynebc said:

That is not publicly confirmed. I PM'd one of the HMX guys and they said they probably wouldn't be able to 100% confirm Ion drum support until after the end of the crowd fund campaign.

HMXJosh can't confirm, but he agrees it's likely that the Xbox 360 Ion kit will work in a PC port of RB4.

I hope so, I still don't think they have ion support yet, and if they can support other instruments other than rock band like they do on consoles that would be a plus.

[vandorb12]

By biggest beef right now are the reward tiers. They need to introduce more lower pay tiers between $50 and $500 to make it more enticing for potential backers. Also, having such a high pay wall for artists to contribute art assets for the game is absurd. "Give us $1000 and we'll put your design on a hat and a shirt!" or "Give us $25K to put your song in Rock Band for FREE". Those paywalls should be lowered a bunch, or at LEAST toss in some Fig shares from this campaign as a thank you for those assets. Also, too many PAX East rewards.

Currently contemplating getting the game and a shirt for my reward tier. Shirts are cool.

[vandorb12]

As predicted by a lot of hardcore members of the rhythm gaming community, RB4PC fell short of about $750,000USD.

I have to say, three quarters of a million smackers is a lot! Here's hoping that we've all learned from this (eyes Harmonix's marketing team) and will improve ourselves for the future.

I have a feeling this might bring some additional foot traffic to Phase Shift.

Hey David, any more ideas to flesh out Expert+ on guitar/bass? How about an update to song library or to Phase Shift? *nudges like a good buddy*

[Freen in Green]

It definitely drove me to work closer with Phase Shift, especially to bulk out the setlist and try to bring a well rounded experience to a wide variety of people of all skill levels. I'd love to have some hand in future Phase Shift developments if we're going to continue moving it forward.

[epickay123]

It's a shame its not done, But 750,000 Smackaroo's Is a lot, It shows the love that people have for rock band and or any other rhythm game!

[brand]

i would have thrown so much money at them if they planned a mac release. but nope.