PlayStation Store - Burnout Paradise demo available, Rock Band patch blocked

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This week's PlayStation Store update is a little anemic:
  • Burnout Paradise demo
  • Rock Band Punk Pack 1 ($5.50, or $2 per track) with "I Fought the Law" by The Clash, "Rockaway Beach" by The Ramones and a cover of "Ever Fallen in Love" by The Buzzcocks
  • High Velocity Bowling characters Amber and Mike ($1 each)
  • Need For Speed ProStreet unlockables AKA cheat codes you pay for ($3-10)
  • Game Videos: Burnout Paradise, Gran Turismo, Ratchet & Clank Future and Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
  • Movie Trailers: Cloverfield and Untraceable
What's more interesting is what was NOT released this week. Harmonix created a PS3 patch for Rock Band to permit compatibility with Activision's Guitar Hero III axe, but Activision asked Sony to hold it - and they did, citing "intellectual property" concerns. What's the problem?! If the code to support the controller had made the game disc, Activision wouldn't have been able to stop them. But they can block a patch to Harmonix' own game code? If they want to support rocking out with a DDR dancepad, they should be allowed to! Activision claims they tried to work out an agreement with Harmonix to support each other's hardware, but the speculation is that they wanted money to do so. Ridiculous.

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