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Rock Band Finally Priced In AU?

Post by Steve Farrelly @ 10:28am 15/08/08 | 20 Comments

Kotaku have pointed out the EB Games website has prices up for Rock Band ahead of its eventual (and long overdue) release here in Australia citing $289.95 for the drum kit, guitar and mic alone. The game will then come in at $119.95 and if you want an extra guitar to have the full band rocking, it's another $109.95. That's a lot of clams.

What makes all of this worse is Rock Band 2 is on the horizon elsewhere, while Activision's Guitar Hero World Tour, though not officially priced here yet, is also just around the corner. Decisions, decisions. Apparently, to add insult to injury for EA, there are reports of Aussie retailers not being interested in stocking the original Rock Band at all due to it's size and price point. Whether this carries across Nation-wide though is not known.

In the meantime, we've secured a copy of the original game on both Wii and Xbox 360 and will be working on giving you the skinny about both in the not-too distant future, so stay tuned.

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Taipan
Posted 10:54am 15/8/08

I messed around with this with a couple of friends while I was in the US. It's a heap of fun but they didn't pay anywhere near that price for it. I can't remember the exact figure they gave me but I do remember it wasn't anything like the quoted price above.

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ravn0s
Posted 10:56am 15/8/08

boycott it imo, or buy guitar hero instead.

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Khel
Posted 12:02pm 15/8/08

Yeah, its about $190 in the US, thats what I got mine for, and thats the game plus the drums, guitar and mic. I don't think anyone was ever expecting it to be priced reasonably over here though, will be interesting to see what price point activision set for guitar hero world tour over here considering they charged $170 for just a game and 1 guitar in the past.

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boba
Posted 01:04pm 15/8/08

where's sprayandwipe to tell us those prices are wrong and to wait for more info?

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Midda
Posted 02:02pm 15/8/08

The girlfriend tells me that EB aren't even bothering to get it in stock, If someone wants it, they have to give a down payment and get it ordered in. I've read that other retailers aren't even bothering to do that.

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darkjedi
Posted 02:12pm 15/8/08

I've heard the story about EB not wanting to stock it too - Purely based on the size of the damn thing, plus the fact you have to rebuy the guitars & stuff, whereas GH4 will work with the old guitar controllers fine.

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Skyhawk
Posted 02:18pm 15/8/08

rockband works fine with GH controllers.

I enjoy it but Would not pay the near 400 for it, it does get old after a while. + The network code sucks major, Can't play with others on xbox live in a game with more than one other person. Otherwise you get MAJOR mic lag.

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Khel
Posted 02:56pm 15/8/08

Yeah, 360 rock band works fine with guitar hero controllers, its only the ps3 one that doesn't work with guitar hero controllers, and only cos Activision are cunts.

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VRBones
Posted 03:11pm 15/8/08

rockband works fine with GH controllers.
Not on the PS3 it doesn't.

GH:WT = win purely for the ability to make your own songs. Gets around the whole music industry schemozzle.

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paveway
Posted 04:28pm 15/8/08

why would you both just getting something into stock as it's sequel is going to be released pretty soon

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DM
Posted 04:37pm 15/8/08

It's really sad that places may not even bother to stock it. The only reason i'm not jumping on the GH:WT bandwagon is that when you look at GH3's download content, its bloody shocking. Rock Band has like how many songs? like 150? GH3 has like 30. When I get enough money i'm gonna find some place on ebay that will ship a set of drums, and buy the UK version of RB. Will still be cheaper than buying the game when it finally gets released here it seems

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Obes
Posted 09:38pm 15/8/08

and only cos Activision are cunts

nah ... everyone involved with the Crapband franchise is worse... far worse.

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Dan
Posted 10:07am 16/8/08

http://au.xbox360.ign.com/articles/898/898716p1.html

The chequered history of Rock Band in Australia could be set to take yet another turn, as an undisclosed retail source told us today that the game's release may be delayed indefinitely. Word is that retail buyers simply aren't interested in stocking a bulky product that's a year old and will cost more than its similarly bulky – and up to date - competitor Guitar Hero: World Tour.

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Khel
Posted 01:15pm 16/8/08

owned

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reso
Posted 01:27pm 16/8/08

Has anybody (EA, Harmonix, or whoever else) ever mentioned the reason it was delayed this long anyway? Production costs of the instruments or just short supply?

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ravn0s
Posted 02:23pm 16/8/08

what i heard is that they couldnt make enough instruments

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parabol
Posted 02:45pm 16/8/08

boycott it imo, or buy guitar hero instead.

or a real guitar ..

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Khel
Posted 02:45pm 16/8/08

Yeah, I'm guessing it was just a production or logistics thing, EA not experienced enough in the plastic instrument making business.

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VRBones
Posted 08:52am 18/8/08

I was suprised to see RB in my local Gametraders store, and at $400 for the works too. Turns out he's been importing the PS3 version for months since it's region free. I'll still hold out for GH:WT though as I'm pretty pissed I can't use the GH guitar.

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Obes
Posted 09:57am 18/8/08

Sorry khel are you that retarded ? Logistics ? ie. Shipping ?

You were able to get it shipped here from over seas for less then they could manage and they would be shipping them over in a container (bulk discount and shit).

As for the no experience making plastic shit... may their franchise rest in pieces

There is no reason just excuses.

RAGE!!!@!eleventeen

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