The only thing I would like is more character customization. It is already in-depth but it could always use more stuff. They could even expand their DLC offerings to it.

If the developers are reading this- Rockband 2 needs a better co-op career mode. I have reached a point with my friends where the only way we can really progress more than we have is to play on expert, which not all of us can physically do. I have since obtained dozens of dlc songs, almost enough for another career mode, but no one wants to restart out of fear of having to play "Creep" another twenty times. If the career mode better implimented the DLC, or didn't cap out the experience at certain difficulty levels, I would be getting a lot more play time with my friends.

I will cry if there is no PS3 version. Nothing against the 360 version, though. Don't make me break out the hankies! :)

Yikes! It helps if you read the original press release! Why doesn't this article at least /mention/ the PS3 version?

In the first article it mentions being a "timed exclusive fo the Xbox 360", meaning it's coming to other systems. It just doesn't mention how long that exclusivity is for.

At the risk of being controversial: is there any way we can ditch the obsession with content unlocking? I picked this up for my birthday party (thus becoming one of the few in Europe willing to part with USD300 for the game) and while the night was fun, it would have been better if we'd had access to all the songs. Doing the maths, with 67 songs in the European release and an average of 4 minutes per song, you need a minimum of 4 hours solid game-playing to unlock all the songs. Which is ludicrous for a party game. Especially when the manual offers no real help in working out how to unlock songs.

I'd also like to see an improvement in the profile management: it's all highly confusing (though this may partly be the Xbox 360's profile management system). The fact that you can't change the lead singer of a band without losing all your unlocked content is a complete joke, as is the way you have to navigate the menu with the instrument you want to play with (for single-player at least). Whatever happened to keeping things obvious and simple?

There's a lot of fun waiting to be had in this game, but the confusing and restrictive surround on top of it leaves a lot to be desired. Still, that's what sequels are meant to be for!

What were the sales numbers for the X360 Rock Band versus the PS3 version? I just fear this could hurt the Rock Band brand, especially with the next Guitar Hero looking strong.
I even think the Wii version of both Rock Band and Guitar Hero have seen the strongest long-term sales. Timed-exclusivity for a multi-platform brand is a bit risky, in my mind, dpending on the respective release dates of Rock Band 2 versus Guitar Hero