Harmonix: Wii Needs a Hard Drive for Rock Band DLC

Last month Harmonix and MTV Games finally confirmed that Rock Band would be coming to the Wii on June 22. And while the Wii version is getting five bonus songs, one of the popular game's top selling points – that you can expand the song list through downloadable content – was noticeably absent.

That's because Nintendo did not include any hard drive in its Wii console, which has many gamers wondering where they will store all their WiiWare games as well. Speaking to CVG, Harmonix design director Rob Kay lamented the fact that a lack of a hard drive is preventing the developer from including downloadable content on Wii.

"Come on Nintendo, we need a hard drive," Kay said. "That's what we want. The whole problem is there's nowhere to store it."

Kay did offer a glimmer of hope, however, noting that Harmonix has talked to Nintendo about it. Perhaps Nintendo will consider launching an external hard drive in the future.

"If the platform could do it, we'd jump on it," Kay continued. "It's something that we championed to Nintendo, that we'd like to do it. Who knows what will happen down the line, I don't know what's coming down the line, but that's the reason there's no DLC in Wii Rock Band."