Retailers in the UK are not adhering to the suggested retail price for the Euro
Rock Band kit and are selling the whole thing for 40 quid cheaper than it was supposed to. The game disc alone costs a staggering £50 while the instrument set originally tacked on an extra £130. Listening to customer disapproval of such inflated prices, places like
Play have dropped the price for the disc down to £39.99 and the instrument set down to £99.99. That's a huge difference with all things considered.
Now, before you get all excited, just remember the PS3 version is yet to come out in Europe and doesn't even have a solid date -- this new pricing scheme is related to the Xbox 360 edition that came out last Friday. However, it should follow logically that the PS3 version, when it gets a release date, would see a similar discount. At least, we're hoping so for the sake of our UK readers.
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5-27-2008 @ 3:56PM
Nate said...
...PS3 users can just import from the US anyway since the PS3 is region free. I sold my spare Rock Band disk to someone in the UK like 4 months ago. Even with shipping it's far less than 40 freakin' pounds for the disk alone.
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5-27-2008 @ 4:07PM
benny boy said...
Exactly. Even with this lower price, it's still nearly twice as much as the US version.
5-27-2008 @ 4:13PM
Hyams said...
But would you be able to download the DLC if you imported it?
5-27-2008 @ 6:55PM
Marc B said...
If you set up an American account and fund it, you can.
5-27-2008 @ 8:06PM
Bellerophon said...
Don't forget taxes/duties. Its massive box doesn't exactly help things either.
5-27-2008 @ 4:13PM
JaseH said...
" At least, we're hoping so for the sake of our UK readers."
Not everyone from Europe lives in the UK, Majed.
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5-27-2008 @ 4:21PM
mathab said...
And not all European countries are making price changes, JaseH.
5-27-2008 @ 5:11PM
Jevanzz said...
owned
5-28-2008 @ 7:05AM
JaseH said...
Haha okay, I now realize UK was in the heading, my bad. I refute my statement.
However I could swear I read "Euro Rock Band" somewhere in the article...
Nevermind.
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5-27-2008 @ 5:44PM
tan said...
ahhh
by the time this comes out here in the uk it'll be so close to gh:wt
we should all just blow this off and get that.
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5-27-2008 @ 5:53PM
Darkage said...
Good news, And it shows that the retailers know that people are not going to buy a game at such high prices.
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5-27-2008 @ 6:03PM
Silverbullet767 said...
I got the instruments for £94.99 and the game for £36.99
score!
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5-27-2008 @ 6:24PM
Mike said...
I imported the PS3 version 4 months ago for MUCH less than the 360 asking price.
suckers...
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5-27-2008 @ 8:54PM
xrich said...
99.99 pounds + 39.99 pounds = 139.98 pounds = $276.61 US = still a complete rip-off...
and the ps3 doesnt even have a release date yet...
absolutely no way i would buy rock band if i lived in the uk
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5-28-2008 @ 2:13AM
finelicker said...
I see no reason why the downloadable content wouldn't work. The online works perfectly on the game despite being in Europe. Thats through my UK PSN account too.
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5-28-2008 @ 4:38AM
clif said...
Don't forget, not only Gh: World Tour but Rock Band 2 will be out this fall as well. Man, people in Europe are just be off importing it for the PS 3.
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5-28-2008 @ 6:05AM
Dark Archon said...
Source for Rock Band 2 info, please?
5-28-2008 @ 7:38AM
tan said...
guitar hero will be better anyway.
5-28-2008 @ 8:34AM
alien said...
Just wait for the new Guitar Hero. EA doesn't deserve your money considering how they treat non-US customers.
Rockband sucks anyway (just look at the tracklist).
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