October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 by Michael Goroff

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)