Arm not required: Rock Band price cut in Europe, will only cost leg now
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Sep 8th 2008 at 1:10PM }
EA also stated that the PS3, PS2 and Wii versions of the game will release this September on the continent. Hopefully, EA/MTV/Harmonix will work out better pricing for the sequel when it's eventually released in Europe ... or at least come up with a better excuse for the high price.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
T @ Sep 8th 2008 1:22PM
This should come as great news to all those Europeans who were going to hold out because of the insanely high original price.
There WERE Europeans who held out because of the insanely high original price... right?
Jakka(Naked Peach Brigade) @ Sep 8th 2008 1:55PM
This is "only" £25-£30.
If somebody was desperate enough to buy RB, he'd have just payed the extra £30.If somebody refused to buy the game because of the price, this ain't gonna make them change their minds.
I suggest fucking EA, followed by refusal to buy any further HMX games.
M @ Sep 8th 2008 1:33PM
I'm sure that many other comments will bash the s**t out of the pricing/timing. I'd like to as well, but I decided to do a bit of math to back up my claims.
If I were to import the Wii version from Gamestop...
$169 for the game
$45.98 for shipping/handling
$215.98 total.
Unfortunately, the £'s been weakening against the dollar over the last 2 months (check out http://finance.google.com/finance?q=gbpusd), so anyone who still thinks £1 = $2 is sorely mistaken. It's actually closer to £1 = $1.75 :-(
So $215.98 -> £123.42
Add customs/VAT @ 17.5% (£21.60), and it'll cost me (roughly) £145.02 to self-import a copy of Rock Band from the US. RRP for the band pack + game is £149.98.
I reserve the right to say "F**k you EA!"... just more quietly than I would have liked to...
DrunkSte @ Sep 8th 2008 1:40PM
Play.com have been selling it for £100 + £40 for the game since launch and thats still too expensive for me.
Benjamin Gilbert @ Sep 8th 2008 1:47PM
Great headline Alexander!
brandon_r87 @ Sep 8th 2008 2:26PM
I'd rather see it cost an arm than a leg, that way we could call it Rock Band 2: Def Leppard Edition.
brandon_r87 @ Sep 8th 2008 2:28PM
Oops, thought this was for RB2, but just the first one. My mistake.
Haggard @ Sep 8th 2008 2:26PM
I imported Rock Band for PS3 long ago so I no longer care (and it only came to £145, cheaper than it would be anyway...).
But please Harmonix, hurry up and release RB2 here.. if you don't I won't be able to buy the patch to put RB1 songs across.
nate @ Sep 8th 2008 3:02PM
Rock Band: Rick Allen Edition?
Clinton oxendine @ Sep 8th 2008 6:16PM
how do they come up with these things
Purple Haze @ Sep 8th 2008 8:03PM
Can they please release Rock Band in some form in Australia and New Zealand?
MrSpaceCowboy @ Sep 9th 2008 10:14AM
Just hold out for the N64 version, I'm sure it won't be as expensive!