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The Rock Band bundle to cost £95 more in the UK for Xbox 360 Users!

tidus04 | April 08, 2008 | News | Playstation 3 XBOX 360 Company 
Reports are currently claiming that the UK release bundle's for Rock Band are going to cost £95 more then in the United States for the Xbox 360.

Gamers in the US will be able to buy the complete bundle for $169 (£85) where as in the UK, EA has decided to split the bundles up and sell them individually so if you buy them all together it will come to around £179.98 ($360).
Following the announcement that Rock Band will be released on May 23 for Xbox 360, a report claims the full package will cost UK buyers around £95 more than the equivalent bundle in the US.

While US gamers can buy Rock Band, complete with bundled instruments, for $169 (around £85), in the UK, EA has decided to split up the US bundle and sell it all separately.

According to Eurogamer, EA plans to charge around £180 for the Rock Band bundle, offering the standalone game for £49.99 and an instrument package for £129.99. This gives a total cost of £179.98 - almost £95 more than the same package in the US.

EA also plans to sell separate wireless guitars for £59.99 and a drum kit for £69.99.

Responding to the news, one gamer said: "Once again we get stiffed in Europe on pricing. It disgusts me. There doesn't appear to be the mention of buying the microphone on its own so people like myself who have two Guitar Hero guitars can't simply buy the solus game, a drum kit and a separate mic".

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  • 0 thumbs!
    Jaseyboy12 | April 08, 2008
    Really *bleep*ing Ridiculous

    looks like i'll be searching ebay for a US one
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    joshthegreat | April 08, 2008
    Oh my WORD! That's INSANE!
  • 0 thumbs!
    Donnelly | April 08, 2008
    Yeah, I've just scratched a certain game off my "to buy" list.

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    Tank | April 08, 2008
    lol *bleep* off! £180 for one fricking game?
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    Cdemon | April 08, 2008
    If you have guitar hero, no worries. Just buy the drums if you want them and use your GH controller since the fender sucks ballz.
  • 0 thumbs!
    tidus04 | April 09, 2008
    Just found;

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    Thank god these are just recommended prices and not what we'll actually be paying when the game hits the shops. UK online retailer Play.com has just revealed its own pricing strategy which differs significantly. It has knocked £30 off the price of the instruments and if you buy it with the game (why on earth wouldn't you?) then it'll discount a further tenner formt hat, bring the package price down to around £140. Which is a fair bit more reasonable, I think you'll agree.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Xenctuary | April 09, 2008
      That's still amazingly expensive.
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    Xenctuary | April 09, 2008
    And there I was thinking £85 would be expensive. £180 is just extortionate.

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