Rock Band 4 details its plans for next-gen consoles

Rock Band 4 developer Harmonix recently revealed its plans for bringing the game to next-gen consoles, and the good news is that pretty much everything should work just fine.

Starting off, the game and all its DLC will be backward compatible on next-gen consoles. Xbox One players can bring their progress over to Series X or S with cloud saves, while PlayStation 4 players can either use cloud saves on PS5 with a PS Plus account or bring their save data over with a hard drive.

If you want to play with friends on current-gen consoles, that’s fine. Rock Band 4 will support cross-gen play within the same console family, so Xbox Series X owners can play with their Xbox One friends. Same goes for PS4 and PS5 players. Players on next-gen consoles, however, will get to enjoy the game’s improved load times.

As for all of those plastic peripherals you’ve got lounging around, most of them should work on next-gen consoles. Harmonix tested a good amount of the peripherals available, and these are the ones that the developer confirmed will work on next-gen:

  • Mad Catz RB4 Fender™ Stratocaster™ Guitar (Xbox)
  • Mad Catz RB4 Drums (Xbox)
  • PDP RB4 Fender Jaguar™ Guitar (Xbox)
  • PDP RB4 Drums (Xbox)
  • Mad Catz RB4 Fender Stratocaster Guitar (PS4)
  • Mad Catz RB4 Drums (PS4)
  • PDP RB4 Fender Jaguar Guitar (PS4)
  • PDP RB4 Drums (PS4)
  • Mad Catz RB3 Fender Stratocaster Guitar (Xbox, Mad Catz Wireless Legacy Adapter required)
  • Mad Catz The Beatles™: Rock Band Gretsch™ Duo-Jet™ Guitar (Xbox, Mad Catz Wireless Legacy Adapter required)
  • Mad Catz RB3 Drums (Xbox, Mad Catz Wireless Legacy Adapter required)
  • Mad Catz RB2 Fender Stratocaster Guitar (Xbox, Mad Catz Wireless Legacy Adapter required)
  • ION® Drum Rocker (Xbox, PDP Wired Legacy Adapter required)
  • Mad Catz RB3 Fender Stratocaster Guitar (PS3, Dongle required)
  • Mad Catz RB3 Drums (PS3, Dongle required)
  • Mad Catz RB2 Drums (PS3, Dongle required)
  • Mad Catz RB2 Fender Stratocaster Guitar (PS3, Dongle required)
  • ION Drum Rocker (PS3)

Source: Harmonix

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