Rock Band 4 is a 2015 music video game developed and published by Harmonix. Rock Band 4 allows players to simulate the playing of music across many different decades and genres using instrument controllers that mimic playing lead and bass guitar drums and vocals. As the fourth main installment and the 7th major console installment in the Rock Band franchise it was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on October 6 2015. Mad Catz who also developed new instrument controllers for the game marketed and distributed the title worldwide at launch; Performance Designed Products (PDP) took over manufacturing and distribution by the end of 2016. The game shipped with more than sixty licensed songs; additional songs are available as downloadable content which includes a library of over 2000 existing songs from prior installments.