Australian's are shafted yet again with a super high price on the game Rock Band. The first game is only NOW being released in October, as the second iteration hits the shelves in the US. What are the publishers thinking, we have huge pockets?

Well we know prices are dear here, we sort of expect it as a matter of course, but EA’s official announcement of pricing for Harmonix’s Rock Band is at $AU520 to fully equip yourself out with the full rig, while in NZ the same was announced with GamePlanet beginning to take orders for a game being released in OCTOBER.

Now for a “game” that is ludicrous to a major extent. It smacks of “we don’t care about your market” and you’ll pay it if you want it bad enough. Seriously, that’s more than the cost of a top level SKU console. When we look at prices of the same item in the UK or the US, there’s a huge difference in pricing. Why, don;t tell me there’s a huge difference in the costing of UK Pal game to the Australian PAL game, when they are both supposed to be the same.

XboxOZ360 via xboxoz360gamer.com »