While Rock Band 4 may not have worked out so well for controller maker Mad Catz Interactive Inc, Harmonix still thinks it may be worth porting to PC. Today, the studio launched a new campaign for a PC version of Rock Band 4 on equity crowdfunding platform Fig.

“The past eight years have been all about building a community of music and game lovers who are as passionate about Rock Band as we are,” Harmonix said on the Rock Band 4 Fig campaign page. “But since the very first Rock Band release on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 back in November 2007, there is something we keep getting requests for, something we’ve never had in the series’ eight year history …  a version of Rock Band for PC!”

“We’ve been planning, scheduling, scoping and preparing this PC version since the day after we launched on console back in October, and we’re now ready to launch this Fig campaign to ask for your help to make this happen; and also provide you an opportunity to invest and get something back in the process.”

Harmonix is asking for a somewhat surprising $1.5 million for its campaign, which may seem high for a game that has already been developed. Part of the cost involved comes from the studios plan to outsource the PC port to Sumo Digital, which Harmonix says would allow its core Rock Band 4 development team to continue producing new content for the game.

The studio says that it wants to bring all of the features of the console version of the game to PC, and it also plans on adding a few PC-exclusive features.

Most notably, the game will be getting user generated content by allowing players to upload and sell their own songs on Rock Band 4 using the Steam Workshop.

“Nobody is more passionate, creative, or innovative than the PC modding community, ” Rock Band 4 designer Matthew Nordhaus said on the game’s Fig campaign video. “And we can’t wait too see what happens when we give you the tools to put your own music into Rock Band 4.”

Why Fig?

With such a beloved franchise, Harmonix could turn to almost any crowdfunding platform and have a fairly good chance of success, but it specifically chose Fig, a relatively new service.

“We chose Fig for this campaign because it’s a new crowdfunding platform that focuses on the highest quality indie games like Psychonauts,” Alex Rigopulos, co-founder of Harmonix, said on the campaign video. “That’s something that really speaks to us at Harmonix and something we really wanted to support and become a part of.”

Rock Band 4 is the fifth campaign launched on Fig, and it is one of two currently active campaigns along with Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch.

The most successful campaign on Fig so far is Psychonauts 2, which raised over $3.8 million earlier this year.

Image credit: Harmonix / Rock Band 4