Later this year Harmonix plans to update Rock Band 2 to allow users to connect to the Rock Band Network. The tools for the service were developed using Microsoft's XNA toolset, meaning that all the content will be available to Xbox 360 users. According to a Harmonix PR Representative they would "love to get it running on Wii." What this means is that the service will be unavailable to users on Wii. The reason for this? Companies, other than Nintendo, cannot patch a game after it has been released. Only one game so far has even had a "patch" through a firmware upgrade and that was Wii Sports Resort. The only way to do this would be through a new disc release or possibly some kind of server side update for Wii owners, but I'm not sure just how possible that would be. If you're looking to get user generated content on Rock Band 2 and you play the game on Wii, you'll have to hope that some of the songs might be released through their weekly download service.
Source: Joystiq
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