If you're one of the many post-plastic rockers who, feeling a distinct sense of music genre malaise after so many years of clicky guitars and downloadable Miley Cyrus songs, found themselves unable to muster enough excitement to go out and purchase Rock Band 3 when it hit stores last year: congratulations. Your indifference toward one of the best games of last year has led to a tremendous discount for everyone. Way to go.
 
Harmonix today announced that going forward, all game-only copies of Rock Band 3 will be $20 at all major retailers, including the usual suspects like Amazon and Walmart. GameStop will probably get with the times eventually, but as of now, they're still selling for $49.99, because GameStop is jerks.
 
Incidentally, this new price puts Rock Band 3 $10 below the current retail price of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, a game that, despite being by all accounts dead, still continues to produce new DLC. Sort of like the part of the zombie brain that remains active and instinctively hungry for your money long after any identifiable humanity has ceased to be. 

If you're one of the many post-plastic rockers who, feeling a distinct sense of music genre malaise after so many years of clicky guitars and downloadable Miley Cyrus songs, found themselves unable to muster enough excitement to go out and purchase Rock Band 3 when it hit stores last year: congratulations. Your indifference toward one of the best games of last year has led to a tremendous discount for everyone. Way to go.
 
Harmonix today announced that going forward, all game-only copies of Rock Band 3 will be $20 at all major retailers, including the usual suspects like Amazon and Walmart. GameStop will probably get with the times eventually, but as of now, they're still selling for $49.99, because GameStop is jerks.
 
Incidentally, this new price puts Rock Band 3 $10 below the current retail price of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, a game that, despite being by all accounts dead, still continues to produce new DLC. Sort of like the part of the zombie brain that remains active and instinctively hungry for your money long after any identifiable humanity has ceased to be. 

whaaaat?

Lemon loves Miley Cyrus, Alex. I must inform him.

Damn.

lol, Alex.

I may buy a second copy :D

because GameStop is jerks.    

Gamestop is jerks.

Found the present for my bro's b-day this week.

Hi Alex.

I guess they made their money back on RB3 and at this point it's all profit, but still.

The lowest I can find in Canada on the internet is $33 at Amazon.ca 
 
Anybody got a better one?

sooo when do we get the real guitar?

good luck finding it anywhere for that price.

TL;DR
 
Who lets this guy talk about Rock Band anyway? You'd have to be nuts to let him be a mouthpiece about games.

How come this is worthy of front page news? Many games have price drops but they aren't reported on yet this game is? 

The price of the game itself doesn't really matter when they're still charging well over 100 for the pro guitars which are the only real way to play RB3.

I'm SORRY Alex! I was busy and didn't even have a console!

you welcome, internet

"  because GameStop is jerks"

Kinda feel like this news post needs a disclaimer.

" @Methodis:   Maybe I'll start writing more significant discount stories now? "

" TL;DR  Who lets this guy talk about Rock Band anyway? You'd have to be nuts to let him be a mouthpiece about games. "

" TL;DR  Who lets this guy talk about Rock Band anyway? You'd have to be nuts to let him be a mouthpiece about games. "

Now when does the keyboard go on sale? It's still like $80 and I need to get one for my girlfriend's K-On cosplay...

Rockband still kicks ass. I bought it full price and have put more hours into that than any other game out there. I must have spent like 7 hours playing through the road tours again yesterday while doing laundry (There was a lot of laundry) So yeah let me just add to this and say that everyone should buy the most amazing rhythm game to date.
 
@Johntdrake:
 
I love you.

So if I continue my indifference will we eventually get paid to take copies of Rock Band? One way to find out!

But seriously, this is pretty cool, I just don't "get" rhythm games at all. That probably makes me a bad person, but I'm ok with that.

Getting it tomorrow. 

" TL;DR  Who lets this guy talk about Rock Band anyway? You'd have to be nuts to let him be a mouthpiece about games. "

" sooo when do we get the real guitar? "

Read article > go to Amazon.com > buy Rock Band 3 > happy.

Also: this is far from newsworthy, what is this, Kotaku?

I hope ca.giantbomb.com will let me know when it goes on sale in Canada. ;)

" @alex:   Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock is available for a really good cheap price and is pretty good!  "

:O

" @Methodis: I agree, but it's not heinous. Harmonix and Giant Bomb have a healthy relationship, it seems to be fuelled (at least partly) by actual friendship rather than business, especially as Harmonix are fairly independent now. I'm all for alex promoting his mates in a funny way.   The huge dig at guitar hero, on the other hand, was uncool. "

DJ Hero 2 is also a very fine game that is on a reduced price regime but doesn't get any attention from "Giant Bomb". 

Got it for PS3 at Launch, will snag a copy for 360 at that price. Why? Why the Fuck not?
All I need is a 360 Pro Adapter and can play my Squire on either or.

" @Tylea002 said:

" @Methodis: I agree, but it's not heinous. Harmonix and Giant Bomb have a healthy relationship, it seems to be fuelled (at least partly) by actual friendship rather than business, especially as Harmonix are fairly independent now. I'm all for alex promoting his mates in a funny way.   The huge dig at guitar hero, on the other hand, was uncool. "

Jesus, some of you are taking this shit way too seriously. "

If it's any consolation, GameStop is selling DJ Hero 2 with turntable for $29.99

" @Tylea002 said:

" @Methodis: I agree, but it's not heinous. Harmonix and Giant Bomb have a healthy relationship, it seems to be fuelled (at least partly) by actual friendship rather than business, especially as Harmonix are fairly independent now. I'm all for alex promoting his mates in a funny way.   The huge dig at guitar hero, on the other hand, was uncool. "

Jesus, some of you are taking this shit way too seriously. "

" The price of the game itself doesn't really matter when they're still charging well over 100 for the pro guitars which are the only real way to play RB3. "