MTV, Harmonix Announce Rock Band Track Pack For PS2, Wii

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Gnizmo said:

rocketpig said:

 

These publishers can't just put DLC on the Wii by themselves. Nintendo would have to set up some kind of system that allows it to happen. The publishers also need permission from Nintendo to add content to the console.

Besides, there shouldn't be a storage problem on the Wii. If Nintendo would just un-gimp the add-in memory and what it is allowed to do, this wouldn't be an issue.

I'm sorry but this entire situation is squarely in Nintendo's lap.

But other publishers have been able to get dlc to work on the Wii. I am not saying it would be a good idea, but Harmonix's excuse just sounds too fishy to me. They wanted to do a quick and dirty port of the gimped PS2 version and be done with it. The problem with this specific game almost certainly falls squarely on Harmonix.

If you look at the amount of effort going into Rock Band's DLC and how bloody successful (and profitable) it has been for MTV, EA, and Harmonix, I doubt they're just phoning this in because they don't care about the Wii. It wouldn't be unlike Nintendo to be holding things up on their end for some stupid reason. God, that company reminds me of Apple so much at times and it drives me insane (and I'm a Mac user).

Why can't Nintendo fans just admit that Nintendo's online strategy is f***ing retarded? It's ridiculous to see something so restricted and backwards in 2008.