Rock Band developer Harmonix seem to be gauging interest for a new title in the music-rhythm series, sending out a survey to a fair few people online.
The survey asks questions such as ”Which Rock Band titles have you regularly played?” and ”Which Rock Band title is your favourite?” with answers including Rock Band 3, Green Day: Rock Band and the mobile title Rock Band Blitz.
More interestingly however, are the questions that come at the end of the survey, asking what players would like to see in a ”new Rock Band experience”, with options such as ”compatibility with existing DLC” and ”compatibility with exisiting hardware” being among the selections. We are also asked how we would like to receive a new game, with the options ranging from a download code, to a full band-in-a-box package that was popular when the games first launch in 2007.
It’s all very intriguing. Rock Band and Guitar Hero were once some of the most popular franchises on the console market, before interest began running low and both series were put on hold. Moreover, just this week, Harmonix surprised everyone by releasing a set of three new DLC songs on to the Rock Band Store. Perhaps this was another test just to see how well received the new set was, and if the market was still there.
The last release in the Rock Band series was Rock Band Blitz for mobile platforms in 2012. Would you want to see a new entry in the series? And would you pay out for new peripherals, or would you want some sort of backwards compatibility? Let us know in the comments below!