Harmonix has announced, via their Rockband site, that you can now download previous bought tracks from PS3 and Xbox 360 for use in Rockband 4.
The DLC tracks and albums that you might have previously paid for on the last generation of consoles can be re-downloaded on to your current gen console, but only from the same manufacturer (so Xbox 360 to Xbox One or PS3 to PS4).
It’s a slightly convoluted process that Harmonix have detailed, but worth doing if you’ve invested in previous games and want to re-play the same tracks in the new game, due out on 6th October. Â You can find the instructions below:
HOW TO RE-DOWNLOAD YOUR LEGACY ROCK BAND DLC ON XBOX ONE:
- Turn on your Xbox One.
- Sign in to the Xbox Live Gamertag that you originally purchased your legacy Rock BandDLC on.
- Navigate to the Xbox Live Marketplace titled “Store”.
- Select “Search”.
- Search for “Rock Band 4“
- You will see multiple products for the title. Select the game “Rock Band 4“.
- Navigate to “Add-Ons” and select the ellipses (the big “…” at the bottom of the featured Add-Ons) to view all Add-Ons.
- Select the individual Add-On you want to download. There will be a monetary value on an individual Add-On if you did not previously purchase the product. If you purchased it previously, select “Install”.
- The download should automatically begin. Once completed, you should see that where the “Install” prompt used to be on this individual Add-On, it will now say “Installed”.
- There will be no update to notify you that this content has completed downloading. There is no visible way to confirm if your DLC has been installed to your console until you first launch Rock Band 4 on that console. The content should be on your hard drive, but will remain invisible until you first play Rock Band 4.
- Repeat step 8 for as many Add-Ons as you would like downloaded to your console.
- And that’s it! You can now play this content in Rock Band 4 when the game is loaded into your system!
HOW TO RE-DOWNLOAD YOUR LEGACY ROCK BAND DLC ON PLAYSTATION®4:
- Turn on your PlayStation®4.
- Sign in to the PlayStation®Network ID that you originally purchased your legacy Rock Band DLC on.
- Navigate to the PlayStation®Store.
- Under Search, type in “Rock Band 4” and select the “Rock Band 4” Game.
- Navigate to “Add-Ons”.
- Select “View All”.
- From here, you can do one of two things.
- Filter the list to see ONLY “Free” Add-Ons.
- Sort Price by “Low-to-High”.
- You should see individual DLC tracks come up as “Purchased”. These are the entitlements that you are able to re-download based on your account’s purchase history.
- Select the individual Add-On you want to download and select “Download”.
- The download should automatically begin and be added to your PlayStation®4 Downloads. Once completed, you should see that where the “Download” prompt used to be on this individual Add-On, it will now say “Installed”.
- You can always check your download history by navigating to Notifications –> Downloads from the PlayStation®4 Main Menu!
- Repeat step 9 for as many Add-Ons as you would like downloaded to your console.
- And that’s it! You can now play this content in Rock Band 4 when the game is loaded into your system!
