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Rock Band finally dated for Australia

September 22, 2008 in News comments 10

Earlier today, EA finally set a date for the first Rock Band to come out in Australia. That glorious day will be on November 7th, with much speculation surrounding the Aussie stores that the game would be out in October.

The game and instrument pack will be available for $250 AUD.

image credit - sfweekly blog

Although music fans may be understandably frustrated with Rock Band's year-long delay in Australia, EA has made a significant step towards appeasing fans by pricing the game quite a bit cheaper than Guitar Hero: World Tour. Activision announced pricing for its game earlier this month, which has it priced at $330 AUD for the instrument and game bundle on PS3 and Xbox 360 (it's a little cheaper on PS2 and Wii).

Although more expensive, Guitar Hero: World Tour has the advantage of being released on time (12 November), with instruments that have seen a year's tweaking over the original Rock Band. Also, we can't help but wonder why EA didn't opt to release Rock Band 2 (which went on sale earlier this month in the US) and simply offer Rock Band as a standalone software bundle.
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    Gamesta100* Sep 22, 08
    If I even wanted to play it, I wouldn't buy it.I'm a spiteful person and I wouldn't buy the game simply because there's no excuse to delay the game that long for us.

    Like I said, I don't want to play the game but am still pissed that it took so long to come out here.
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    Bale Fire Sep 22, 08
    Such a long delay, expect to sell like 10 copies with business tactics like that EA.
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      Gamesta100* Sep 22, 08
      If only no one bought it.Sadly the game will still sell like hotcakes because a lot of people don't go to gaming sites and probably don't know about the HUGE wait and the fact that the instruments are crap.

      If I could, I would tell every other Aussie that want's to buy this game all the reasons they should not buy it.I would love to see to it that not one copy was sold in Aus.EA don't deserve a single Au$ for this game.

      Waiting is fine, but not when that wait is something like a year.

      Did I mention I'm a spiteful person!? lol
  • 0
    Aussie Legend Sep 22, 08
    Seriously, does anyone care?
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    Supernouva Sep 22, 08
    Wow, late much? And Rock Band 2 is out very soon, if it isn't already.
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    Twisted Sep 22, 08
    Yeah, Rock Band 2 is already out.

    But wow, never thought they'd delay it this much. That's just aweful. I hope no one buys it.

    Makes me wonder when they will release Rock Band 2...
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    King X2 Sep 24, 08
    Poor Australia. We're getting Rock Band II very soon, and I don't even want to know how long that will take for the Aussies to get it. It ruins the game a bit when you've already seen so many people in other countries talk about it.
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    Aussie Legend Sep 24, 08
    Myeh, Rock Band is virtually dead in Australia anyways (its EA's own stupid fault).
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    Killosity Sep 24, 08
    Boycott! Bloody EA deserve it too.

    Theres no plausible excuse for the game to not be in Australia of all places yet, when the 2nd installment of the franchise is out already in other places.
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    Aussie Legend Sep 25, 08
    Australia is like, the 5th biggest gaming nation (I can't confirm that, its just from memory)... why they treat us like a bunch of retarrds?

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