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Australia Has the Right to Rock

Rock Band--the original--is finally coming to Australia.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, relaxing at home.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, relaxing at home.
With all the rumors swirling around surrounding some classic music from Australia's AC/DC making its way into Rock Band, it's only fitting that the game will finally be more-easily playable in the band's native land.

Electronic Arts has announced plans to bring Rock Band--that's the original Rock Band--to Australia on November 7. It will be made available on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, and Wii in a variety of instrument bundles. The full kit will sell for 250 Australian dollars. I believe that's somewhere around $275,000 United States funbucks.

Of course, here in the land of bank closures and awesomeness, we're all playing Rock Band 2. Shouldn't they just pump out both games as a bundle in Australia so they can catch up all at once? After all, the original Rock Band is effectively worth around $10, if you consider its worth to be nothing more than a rental fee combined with the $5 needed to license its content into Rock Band 2.
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