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Rock Band X360 Hits UK as Timed Exclusive May 23; UK Edition Has New Tracks, Ridiculous Prices
by Chris Faylor, Apr 08, 2008 7:27am PDTThe Xbox 360 edition of Harmonix's multi-instrument opus Rock Band will arrive in the UK on May 23, studio owner MTV Game and distributor Electronic Arts have announced.
Released in North America last year on PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Rock Band will be a timed X360 exclusive for European territories, with the other versions said to arrive later in the summer. EA previously stated its intent to release the three editions in Europe by the end of June, though it is not known how the upcoming Wii version, due June 22 in North America, fits into that schedule.
Unlike North America, where the title was sold both by itself for $59.99 and in an instrument-packed bundle for $169.99, the game and its instruments will only be sold separately, according to Eurogamer. The game itself will run GBP 49.99 / EUR 69.99, with an Instrument Pack--containing a drum kit, guitar and microphone--going for GBP 129.99 / EUR 169. Wireless guitars will be sold for GBP 59.99 / EUR 79.99.
Going by those prices, it will cost Europeans GBP 239.97 / EUR 319.97 to assemble a full four-instrument band: two guitars, a drum kit and microphone along with a copy of the game. At today's exchange rates, that comes out to a startling $472.29 / $502.98, whereas the same products would only run a paltry $229.98 in North America.
The European edition of Rock Band will pack nine exclusive songs, which are listed below. All of the existing downloable content, which Harmonix has delivered every week since the game's debut in North America, will be available in Europe upon the title's release. Future content will release simultaneously across the multiple territories and carry the same price point, generally 160 Microsoft Points ($2) a song.
The nine songs added to the European editions of Rock Band are:
- Blur "Beetlebum" (English)
- Oasis "Rock 'n' Roll Star" (English)
- Tokio Hotel "Monsoon" (English)
- Muse "Hysteria" (English)
- Les Wampas "Manu Chao" (French)
- Playmo "New Wave" (French)
- Die Toten Hosen "Hier Kommt Alex" (German)
- Juli "Perfekte Welle" (German)
- H-Block X "Countdown to Insanity" (German)
Update: MTV has confirmed with Shacknews that the nine new tracks listed above will be released in North America as downloadable content for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions of Rock Band.
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He said: "It is more expensive, when you just straight to straight convert the prices you see on the website for the US version, but there's a myriad of these little differences that all add up. One thing is VAT, which is included in all the UK prices, 17.5%. There's no tax included in the US prices because tax is different per state. There's a bunch of little reasons that add up to make the price difference."
http://www.videogamer.com/news/08-04-2008-7981.html
I guess I can just use my GH3 guitar and buy the drums and the game to save some money.
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Heck if you imported the instruments it would cost around £75 + importing it. Seems like it would be best to get the game locally and import the rest.
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U.S. Box = $229.98 = 157 EUR + Euro Game = 69,99 EUR = 227 EUR
plus shipping the box ? EUR should be much cheaper than the Euro prices.
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WHAT THE FUCK.
XOXOX,
Europe
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Nonetheless, unless I see a lot of US shackers now posting that it's definitely worth £180, EA can fuck right off. Even giving us every single piece of DLC presently released for *free* wouldn't make it worthwhile.
if i was in europe i'd be making friends with someone from US / canada to purchase and ship this stuff over. might be a little pricier but still less than a 110% markup.
Terrible with the price reaming.