[Multiplatform] Rock Band: Soon to be available for thirty billion Euros

Originally Posted by OmagnusPrime

As for the Japanese release, this should be interesting. I wonder if any songs will be available as DLC

I'd suggest that it's unlikely as the tunes on the game would be licenced to the new publishers, not the publishers of the UK version or Microsoft. One of our clients has licensed tunes to Harmonix for some of their other games and the contracts are really specific as to what versions and so forth the tunes can appear on. I mean, it still might happen but with all the contract negotiations, I'd say it's not much more likely than any other tunes being available as DLC.

Tee hee. Aussie release confirmed for late October. A month after America gets the sequel.

$400 ($385 US)

$400 ($385 US)

$400 ($385 US)

LAFFO (HUNDRED BUCKS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN A BLOODY 360)

Jesus, no wonder Australia is so gay for Nintendo.

Originally Posted by Infernal Monkey

Tee hee. Aussie release confirmed for late October. A month after America gets the sequel.

$400 ($385 US)

$400 ($385 US)

$400 ($385 US)

LAFFO (HUNDRED BUCKS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN A BLOODY 360)

"WEHLCOME TA OZTRAILYA, MAYT. PREPAIR TA SPEND YEH LOIF SAYVINGS BILLDING YEH HOUSE OUT UV ROK BANNED BOXIS!"

I see Australia is getting the Europe pricing model, with extra shitty release schedule. It's such complete bollocks.

Although Australia glorious country, it have problem too: Social, Economik and Nintendo

Christ, Infernal, won't you be importing anyway? Who cares by now if the minnow market gets shafted as usual?

Now would be a good time to release a line of cheapo 3rd party peripherals I guess.

Seems it might be a case of no Rock Band for you aussies after all:

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Australians love the rock music just as much as the inhabitants of any other country, but did you know that they've yet to receive Harmonix's rock star simulator, Rock Band? According to an unidentified retail tipster on IGN, Aussies may remain Rock Band-less indefinitely -- it seems retailers are hesitant to transport and shelve the bulky bundles, especially since the title is nearly a year old. The same tipster also disclosed that Australian stores are much more likely to sell the cheaper and newer Guitar Hero: World Tour when it drops later this year.

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Damn it, I may just have to purchase Rock Band now. "Charlene (I'm Right Behind You)" by Stephen and the Colberts was released as a free download today.

Originally Posted by nuttyturnip

Damn it, I may just have to purchase Rock Band now. "Charlene (I'm Right Behind You)" by Stephen and the Colberts was released as a free download today.

If you live in the U.S., might as well wait for Rock Band 2. >_>

True, but how come the Rock Band 2 bundle is $189, whereas the Rock Band 1 bundle was released at $169 (and can be found for $149 or lower now)? I shouldn't complain in light of the PAL release, but what's changed that they're charging $20 extra?

Originally Posted by nuttyturnip

True, but how come the Rock Band 2 bundle is $189, whereas the Rock Band 1 bundle was released at $169 (and can be found for $149 or lower now)? I shouldn't complain in light of the PAL release, but what's changed that they're charging $20 extra?

Probably the new drums, which are supposedly much better than the old set.

Originally Posted by nuttyturnip

True, but how come the Rock Band 2 bundle is $189, whereas the Rock Band 1 bundle was released at $169 (and can be found for $149 or lower now)? I shouldn't complain in light of the PAL release, but what's changed that they're charging $20 extra?

$20 extra. Boo fucking hoo. Once you start getting stung with real rip-off prices, not to mention shitty release dates, then you can complain. Until then, get out with your fucking $20 more.

It cost the extra $200 in Europe to give you guys those 9 bonus tracks and instruction manuals in your native languages. Do you think that people to translate the instructions from American English to actual English come cheap?

$20 more to do less than what the Guitar Hero one does is actually pretty insulting.

Originally Posted by OmagnusPrime

$20 extra. Boo fucking hoo. Once you start getting stung with real rip-off prices, not to mention shitty release dates, then you can complain. Until then, get out with your fucking $20 more.

I'm not complaining, Lord British, as my quote says. I just wanted to know if their was something extra I was missing, or they were just jacking the price for lulz (which would be really stupid, since the Rock Band 1 bundles are bound to drop in price now).

The Special Edition (with all the instruments) RB2 doesn't come out until November. With the increase in price, seems like I'd do just as well to buy the game, wireless guitar, and drum set piecemeal, use my XBL microphone, and rent RB1 so I can import the songs. Not saying I'm going to rush out and buy it, but I've considered it for awhile now, and the song list just keeps getting better.

The Guitar Hero Bundle should work with your Rock Band stand-alone game. That's what I'm doing on the Wii. That way I can just buy the Rock Band 2 game.

Are they releasing a non-shitty guitar with RB2 or is it still the same one?