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Canadian Rock Band Delay Confirmed, Now Dec. 17

by Chris Faylor, Nov 12, 2007 1:48pm PST

Related Topics – Rock Band, Top Spin 3, Delay

MTV Games, which owns Rock Band developer Harmonix, has confirmed to Shacknews that Canadian stores will not receive any version of the musical supergroup simulator until December 17. Publisher EA previously announced that the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions would arrive in North America on November 20, with the PlayStation 2 version following on December 18. The November 20 launch of Rock Band in the United States is not affected by this news. No reason for the delay was provided, though a Harmonix representative previously told bits bytes pixels & sprites that need for bilingual documentation in Canada could slightly delay the game. Conspiracy theorists, meanwhile, speculate the delay may result from EA's anticipated problems meeting the Rock Band demand.

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By: jimvolk x Show Full Post

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that's ok....I'd settle for FREE HEALTH CARE in exchange for a slight delay in video game releases. Oh yeah, and to get away from George Bush.

Dec 12, 2007 3:20pm PST

that's ok....I'd settle for FREE HEALTH CARE in exchange for a slight delay in video game releases. Oh ye... : jimvolk

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By: cookblaze x Show Full Post

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FUUUUUUCK!
Quick...someone find me an online store I can pre-order and have it shipped to Canada.

Nov 12, 2007 3:09pm PST

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FUUUUUUCK! Quick...someone find me an online store I can pre-order and have it shipped to Canada. : cookblaze
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By: asura x Show Full Post

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Yes since the Canadian dollar has been higher retailers can't lower prices untill back stock is sold. As a Canadian it's cheaper to buy game in the US online.. it's cheaper even if it came out at same time.. if you don't have a credit card make a paypal account or go to money mart and get a pre paid mastefard for free.

nuff said

Nov 13, 2007 1:26am PST

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Yes since the Canadian dollar has been higher retailers can't lower prices untill back stock is sold. A... : asura
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  how is it easier to buy games online. unless it's not on steam you'd have to pay extra shipping (if they... : dantastic
  - no duty if its manufactured in the north american free trade agreements signees (canada-usa-mexico) : derean

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By: The Key x Show Full Post

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Heres the thing--it doesn't make a lot of business sense to delay in the CDN market, does it? I mean, you could sell out in the US, and still not collect as much money as you would make selling out in CDN, because of the higher CDN dollar. Personally, I never try and leave easy money on the table.

Nov 12, 2007 3:26pm PST

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Heres the thing--it doesn't make a lot of business sense to delay in the CDN market, does it? I mean, you... : The Key
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By: Rice-Rocketeer x Show Full Post

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BULL SHIT.

Nov 12, 2007 11:31pm PST

BULL SHIT. : Rice-Rocketeer

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By: thejm4n x Show Full Post

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Can they order it from a US site and have it shipped to them?

Nov 12, 2007 1:50pm PST

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Can they order it from a US site and have it shipped to them? : thejm4n
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- Probably not from any of the major players. Amazon has a lot of listings that say "for shipment in US on... : Waverider

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By: manlyman x Show Full Post

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Is this serious? They didn't even give a reason for their delay?

Both EA and MTV Games are publishing this game, and they can't even meet demand? Is it really that difficult to pump out all these fake instruments? If they can't even get a game to properly launch in one country they need to get their act together. EA needs to die soon.

Nov 12, 2007 8:25pm PST

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Is this serious? They didn't even give a reason for their delay? Both EA and MTV Games are publishing ... : manlyman
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- Neither MTV nor EA made a formal announcement of the delay. I heard rumblings and asked for clarification... : Chris Faylor
- hahahahahahahha : Bantis

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By: jarek99 x Show Full Post

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canada eh? delayed eh?

Nov 12, 2007 5:49pm PST

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canada eh? delayed eh? : jarek99
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- Yep, hyuck hyuck. : carrioN luggagE

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By: derean x Show Full Post

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the game is actually all in english, so this is totally retarded, who cares about the stupid wasted trees that comes with the game?

Nov 12, 2007 7:15pm PST

the game is actually all in english, so this is totally retarded, who cares about the stupid wasted trees... : derean

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By: gokart. x Show Full Post

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another decent reason to take the 45min drive across the board and save like $50

Nov 12, 2007 6:17pm PST

another decent reason to take the 45min drive across the board and save like $50 : gokart.

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By: stelth x Show Full Post

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I honestly call bullshit on "bi-lingual documentation".
Go buy it in the USA and get no French on your box. Looks better that way.

Nov 12, 2007 2:36pm PST

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I honestly call bullshit on "bi-lingual documentation". Go buy it in the USA and get no French on your ... : stelth
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Come on! How hard is it to put a second language on a box. We ship international games on 8 different languages with a single sku and it doesn't take a whole month to print new boxes for each localization...

Nov 12, 2007 1:58pm PST

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Come on! How hard is it to put a second language on a box. We ship international games on 8 different l... : MrLobo
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- Lack of time probably. I am sure they wanted this as fast as possible before the holidays. December 17th ... : razlebol
- Yeah..this is a fucking lame ass excuse. : cookblaze

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By: -=kodiak=- x Show Full Post

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lol

every company that has a delay in canada always fucking blames it on bilingual
documentation

which is always 100% total fucking bullshit.

Nov 12, 2007 2:58pm PST

lol every company that has a delay in canada always fucking blames it on bilingual documentation ... : -=kodiak=-

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By: Mantle x Show Full Post

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Canadians might find it worthwhile to go down and buy in the US anyways since they are generally getting shafted by Canadian retailers on exchange rates...

Nov 12, 2007 2:12pm PST

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Canadians might find it worthwhile to go down and buy in the US anyways since they are generally getting ... : Mantle
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  If supply problems are to be believed, that might not be easy. : Chris Faylor
  - Better than waiting until December 17th... : stelth
  - If there weren't going to be supply problems in the U.S. before, you can bet that there will be now. : cpt. ken
- exactly. : cpt. ken

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By: Tom Ohle x Show Full Post

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Bullshit. This might actually make me cancel my pre-order... way to drop Rock Band right into a period where I probably won't have the money for it, EA. Bah!

Nov 12, 2007 2:42pm PST

Bullshit. This might actually make me cancel my pre-order... way to drop Rock Band right into a period wh... : Tom Ohle

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By: Dragonhill x Show Full Post

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Most unfortunate......

~D

Nov 12, 2007 2:16pm PST

Most unfortunate...... ~D : Dragonhill

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Someones been looking at the Nintendo Pal delay excuse book....

Nov 12, 2007 2:10pm PST

Someones been looking at the Nintendo Pal delay excuse book.... : shavenewok

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By: barichnikov x Show Full Post

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even if I wasn't planning on getting it right away, this is a ridiculous way to fix the demand problem in the US. It sucks hard for all those canadians out there that have money and time :D

Nov 12, 2007 1:50pm PST

even if I wasn't planning on getting it right away, this is a ridiculous way to fix the demand problem in... : barichnikov

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