Has anyone been able to hack Rock Band on PS3 and then burned DVDs with downloadable songs playable on the PS2?

January 3, 2008 11:23 PM

Has anyone been able to hack Rock Band on PS3 and then burned DVDs with downloadable songs playable on the PS2?

I have Rock Band for the Playstation 2, and while it isn't as cool as the PS3 version, the gameplay is the same. Unfortunately, I've already played it enough that I've begun to get tired of the existing songs.

The PS3 version allows for downloads of a growing number of songs. I'm hoping they'll release new disks for the PS2 with more tunes, but I haven't read any indication they plan to do this.

Alas, I'm wondering if anyone knows if someone may have been able to hack the PS2 version yet, and add downloaded songs from the PS3 console? It seems technically possible...

posted by Unsomnambulist to Technology (2 answers total)

Try looking at scorehero.com - you can make a custom PS2 GHII disc with custom songs, but need a modded PS2. Pretty sweet - I have an awesome custom disc.
posted by lrodman at 11:52 PM on January 3, 2008

I doubt it's possible since the infrastructure for reading the PS3 files (in all their HD glory) wouldn't be compatible with the PS2. In fact, PS2 files aren't really backwards compatible on the PS3 without additional hardware which they are actually phasing out.

Heck, Harmonix isn't even sure if the ps2 disk for Rock Band is fully compatible with the ps3's emulator.

I would normally recommend getting some guitar hero games like Irodman suggests for at least part of your "band", but the Rock Band guitar isn't compatible with any GH games.
posted by yeti at 7:18 AM on January 4, 2008