Rumor: Europe's Rock Band rollin' onto PS3, PS2 and Wii Aug. 29

17 Comments by Alexander Sliwinski Apr 14th 2008 4:00PM
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii

VideoGamer reports that EA has slated Rock Band's release on PS3, PS2 and Wii in Europe for August 29. This means the Xbox 360 will have three months of exclusivity on the ~~exorbitantly priced~~ enhanced cost game before it releases on other consoles.

Harmonix's PR states it has not made an official announcement on a European release for any other consoles beyond the Xbox 360. We'll update this story if things change, but for now this release date is still in the rumor territory. Either way, there's still plenty of time for non-Xbox 360 owners to sell a kidney (remember, keep at least one!) to afford the game.

Tags: europe, launch, release, rock-band, rockband

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Benny: Apr 14th 2008; 4:04PM

Damn. I've got to wait three whole months not to buy this game?

Schmobu: Apr 14th 2008; 7:51PM

Aus and NZ are like right next to china, it should be alot cheaper their than in europe right oh well we can see if Harmonix is lying or not about the prices.

taxes
and shipping costs
and corporate america
and uhh, uhh....

Donald: Apr 14th 2008; 4:07PM

PS3 version is region free.

Apparently nobody gives a flying fadoo about the other versions.

So in conclusion, nothing of value is lost.

deaftly: Apr 14th 2008; 4:11PM

How much would someone pay to ship a 10-15 ish pound big ass box from the us to europe?

Donald: Apr 14th 2008; 4:15PM

If Ludwig is to be believed (and he is), it would cost less to buy the game in the US and have it FedExed to him (in South Africa) than it would to buy the game in PAL territories.

JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force): Apr 14th 2008; 5:23PM

Yeah but the price would still be insane. Whever it's $300 or $350 I could still buy a car instead.

Mr Khan: Apr 14th 2008; 4:12PM

Should be a shot in the arm in a territory that is critical for the 360's worldwide performance

Secure in America, Japan is a lost cause, they need Europe

Dr.: Apr 14th 2008; 4:31PM

Didn't PS3 owners already sell a kidney so they could afford the console?

JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force): Apr 14th 2008; 5:26PM

Kidney? What country do you live in?

I tried to sell both of my kidneys and my left testicles and I could barely afford the 20gb one.

Tranando: Apr 14th 2008; 4:34PM

Poor old Xbox360 saps. £180. I bought my region-free PS3 version and had it shipped to UK 3 months back, and it cost me £130 including postage from the US.

Benny: Apr 14th 2008; 4:40PM

That's nice. Now all you need are some friends.

JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force): Apr 14th 2008; 5:24PM

360 users can import the instruments and buy the game in UK too.

A little bit of failed trolling huh?

Haggard: Apr 14th 2008; 5:27PM

Sorry for the noob question (I'm not really), but do I have this correct:

I can have the total Rock Band package shipped to me from America to here in the UK, and it will work fine on a European PS3?

How about when the game actually gets released - will I then be able to have access to the DLC and multiplayer in the european store and PSN, or will I need an American credit card or something to set up a US account?

And if I do have to use an US PSN account, will I then be able to play with my friends on the european servers?

JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force): Apr 14th 2008; 5:31PM

As far as I'm aware it's a yes to all three questions.But well...I don't even have a PS3.

Schuey19: Apr 14th 2008; 7:49PM

"Either way, there's still plenty of time for non-Xbox "Either way, there's still plenty of time for non-Xbox 360 owners to sell a kidney (remember, keep at least one!) to afford the game."

Although if most sensible 360 owners in 'Europe' refuse to bye this at its current price, then maybe by the time it releases on other consoles there may have been a miraculous "price restructure".

n.b. I'm sure it has been stated many times before but 'Europe' does not consist of only 6 countries ;)

KarlW: Apr 14th 2008; 9:47PM

I hate EA. They claim to be platform agnostic, then they hire Microsoft executives and give a high-profile game a 1/4 year exclusivity. Not to mention the half-assed job they did with FIFA and The Orange Box.

Not hating on the 360, but seriously EA: There are PS3 owners out there too, you know? In fact, the PS3 has been doing really well in Europe. Cut the crap. Start showing that you're not an unimaginative, biased, complacent, employee-harassing monolith.

rory1985: May 14th 2008; 6:34AM

I feel kinda silly now, I brought Band in a Box for £100 and the game for £40 (total £140) from amazon the other day for 360 PAL =/
I didn't know that the NTSC PS3 version worked on PAL PS3 systems! >.< AND my sister lives in the US!!!

The only thing thats stopping me from canceling my order is the not knowing if I can play online and get DLC =(

Even though I saved like £50, my sister could have sent it to me for like £100 tops with p&p.

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