Rock Band bundle only $149 at Target this week

44 Comments by Scott Jon Siegel Feb 17th 2008 11:00AM
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm

If the price is the only thing holding you back from Rock Band, then you might want to swing buy your local Target sometime this week. Starting today, Target's offering the PS3 and 360 versions of the special edition bundle for $149 USD, $20 off the normal price.

The offer's only good from the 17th to the 23rd, and sadly doesn't apply to the PS2 version. Despite those setbacks, it's still the cheapest we've seen the Rock Band bundle thus far. If you've already purchased the game, maybe this is a sign to buy it for a friend (or your favorite blogger who might have a birthday coming up...)

[Thanks, Jon B]

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Keroro: Feb 17th 2008; 11:21AM

Damn, I hate target

kiwi: Feb 17th 2008; 11:37AM

What's wrong with Target?

It's certainly better than Wal-Mart.

Cesaria: Feb 17th 2008; 11:41AM

Target rocks. Damn, I hate you!

Fernando Rocker: Feb 17th 2008; 11:47AM

Yeah Target rules!

Cesaria... Friend Code? =)

sicsided: Feb 17th 2008; 12:01PM

you might like target to shop, but it is the worst place ever to fucking work.

get paid a little above minimum wage, and when the annual "pay increase" comes around, no one ever gets the full amount, they cut your hours to nothing (i was cut recently to one day a week, almost got fucking evicted cause of it), and if you do get another job they don't talk to anyone outside the company so its like you're working for nothing, no creditability.

Basically anyone you meet who complains about their job a shitload, 65% of the time I bet you it's target. Well at least that's my experience. Fuck Target.

B3astofthe3ast: Feb 17th 2008; 3:22PM

Yes! Unfortunatly, Im also a team member there, and I despise it with a passion. After X-Mas, your hours are cut to about one day a week, and the raises there are a joke. The ONLY thing I like about target is the cool ppl that I work with. Oh, and that 10% discount came in handy when I bought my PS3.

Gehodra: Feb 17th 2008; 11:31AM

Meh, until it rivals the price of Stepmania(free), I'll pass.

Dr.: Feb 17th 2008; 11:57AM

hahaha, Stepmania is so incredibly irrelevant here I don't even know where to start...

Gehodra: Feb 17th 2008; 2:38PM

Start anywhere.

I'm well aware that they are different. But for a rhythm game, Stepmania works well enough for me.

Dr.: Feb 17th 2008; 3:12PM

It's a fine rhythm game. It's a terrible guitar, drum, and singing game.

Though I'm very tempted to use the argument elsewhere now... "Until the PS3 rivals the cost of stepmania, I'll pass!"

Gehodra: Feb 17th 2008; 4:34PM

Fair enough, but I don't really care if I'm following the drums on a imitation drum set or on a keyboard.

Also, I might pick up a PS3 if it was free. :D

Tiptup300: Feb 17th 2008; 4:54PM

Hell, I'd pick up anything of value if it was free.

ELUNO: Feb 17th 2008; 11:32AM

After taxes, it's cheaper to buy it from Amazon at $160.

jonbo298: Feb 17th 2008; 2:00PM

Actually, it depends on state. Here, tax is 7%. So $149 plus $10.43 comes to 159.43 and I get it NOW rather then waiting until whenever UPS/Fedex delivers it.

vidGuy: Feb 17th 2008; 11:36AM

I wonder if Best Buy would pricematch this? There's exactly 0 on the shelves of my Target but approximately 100 in an aisle at BB.

baby sea tuna: Feb 17th 2008; 12:22PM

My god, I went to BB yesterday and they had like 1000 of them. They were everywhere!

Apparently they have the drums separate now for $80, as well.

vidGuy: Feb 17th 2008; 1:06PM

Haha, tell me about it. I think they had four separate piles at my store taking up tons of floor space. I'm sure they'd be glad to get rid of them, even at $20 below MSRP.

Cesaria: Feb 17th 2008; 11:43AM

God, I can't wait til the government hands out those $600 rebates! I'm getting a 360 and Rock Band. Oh, and maybe COD4. i don't really like the game that much, but all my friends play it. Does it get better with time?

wickedpheonix: Feb 17th 2008; 7:46PM

COD4 is really awesome in the beginning but it gets worse in time - the game just becomes about getting all the challenges and as soon as you get there (a couple weeks dedicated play) it's boring and not so much fun anymore IMO.

Cesaria: Feb 17th 2008; 8:29PM

I'm more of the arcadey style shooter fan myself, than realistic. It just seems more fun to me to shoot plasma rifles than real ones, and to be in different environments i.e. Halo. All my friends hate halo and that's the sole reason I'm picking up an 360 is to play with my friends I can't see all the time. Everyone seems to say COD is better, though.

Fulluphigh: Feb 17th 2008; 11:51AM

We price match it at best buy. But we don't get our discount on price matched items, so for us it's no different.

Ramifications: Feb 17th 2008; 7:52PM

I just bought it yesterday from best buy. Will they pricematch for me since its within 2 weeks or something like that?

fulluphigh: Feb 20th 2008; 8:20PM

We do that on TVs and stuff, but we don't do it on games.

Naota: Feb 17th 2008; 12:08PM

Blast, why must I be broke!

anilramcharand: Feb 17th 2008; 12:12PM

That carmera seems to be a great deal.

Lone Starr: Feb 17th 2008; 5:51PM

The camera does too.

Ken Seang: Feb 17th 2008; 12:15PM

Man I work at Target and at the electronic section and Im probably gonna get a lot of calls for this... O and it is a great place to work compare to my other job, its probably bad management @ the target you work sicsided. Trust me, there are worst jobs than working at Target, try Hollywood videos....

Kasey Johnson: Feb 17th 2008; 12:25PM

I bought it at Sam's Club last Tuesday for $149.66, so if you have a Sam's Club membership and can't get it at Target during this sale, $149.66 is the regular price at Sam's.

Hakkerjak: Feb 17th 2008; 12:28PM

FYI - it has always been $149 at Sam's Club. It's where I got mine. So if you have a membership or know someone who does you might want to check it out.

Hakkerjak: Feb 17th 2008; 12:29PM

Sorry, Kasey beat me to it.

Raikage Apple freaking DF (Wii FC 5508 0487 4434 0992): Feb 17th 2008; 12:53PM

I'd hit it.....

NukeAssault: Feb 17th 2008; 12:54PM

Hmm, still waiting on Rock Band 2 and better quality peripherals. Only reason im not running out to buy this.

vidGuy: Feb 17th 2008; 1:12PM

Seems kind of silly. RB2 is probably 12-18 months away and isn't really necessary thanks to DLC. And other than the guitar's strum bar, the periphs are rock solid. Just use a GH guitar, you can get those for sub-$40.

wickedpheonix: Feb 17th 2008; 7:52PM

I'd be waiting for RB2 also. I mean seriously - rhythm games are expensive! Even at $150 that's two seperate, new, full-length games AND an older one or a decent number of MS points for XBLA/DLC. Considering the peripherals, I'm waiting for the all-peripheral version to drop to $100 before I even think of buying it.

As for the matter of DLC replacing the need for a sequel, I'm not familiar with half the music they put in these games anyways. Odd's are, the games (out of about 70 songs) end up with about 10-20 songs that I really like and will keep on playing often. I don't want to pay for a song that I might not end up liking - the song is just as much the actual music and lyrics as it is the notes on screen - I really like Killswitch Engage as a song, but it was a crap song to play in GH3.

wes: Feb 17th 2008; 8:42PM

The instruments are pretty much rock solid now,The strum bar problem has been fixed...Magnetic strummers FTW...Go out and buy the game,Its pretty much the awesomest family/friend game ever.

ApolloIV: Feb 17th 2008; 1:08PM

See, being a Sams club member does pay off..

Cyantre: Feb 17th 2008; 2:19PM

I just bought the 360 version of Rock Band at Target less than a week ago. *sigh* Though they did only have one in stock, so at this sale price I bet it would be even harder to come by.

AK: Feb 17th 2008; 2:55PM

If it has been less than a week, take your receipt back to the store, and you can get the difference back.

Cyantre: Feb 17th 2008; 2:59PM

Really? I bought it on the 11th, so I need to go before the 18th. Do you know if it has to be the same Target or can it be any Target? Thanks for the heads-up.

AK: Feb 17th 2008; 5:19PM

You can take it to any target.

Cyantre: Feb 18th 2008; 8:33AM

Thanks AK. I just went to Target and got the price adjustment and you saved me $22.46

umm....hello???: Feb 17th 2008; 3:30PM

too bad I already bought this the 1st day it came out....although am tempted to get another set of drums--that way I can get a Y-splitter and have dual bass drum kick pedals.

MrMustard: Feb 17th 2008; 5:01PM

This is the first week I've ever hated buying Rock Band over Guitar Hero...

...then again, the joy I had over the past months compared to 20 bucks is irrelevant.

Trunks: Feb 17th 2008; 10:57PM

Am I really the only one who realizes that they marked the original price as $69.99

It says it. Right there. On the ad. "Reg. $69.99"

Silly Target.

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