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    Rock Band

    Game » consists of 13 releases. Released Nov 20, 2007

    Rock Band expands on the concepts Harmonix established in its Guitar Hero franchise by allowing players to play guitar, bass, drums, and sing to a variety of songs from various sub-genres and time periods.

    Rock Band 1 Hardware Price Cut

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    Edited By jeff
    Do your part in the fight against overstocked shelves! Buy Rock Band today!
    Do your part in the fight against overstocked shelves! Buy Rock Band today!
    MTV Games has announced immediate cuts to the Special Edition bundles of the first Rock Band. Here are the updated prices.

    • PS2 and Wii: $99.99
    • Xbox 360 and PS3: $139.99

    The bundles include the game, a drum kit, guitar, and microphone.

    It's being billed as a "special holiday price," but I doubt that means they'll be going back up next year. If anything, all this means that they're trying to help retailers get rid of old stock. I don't know how it is where you're at, but most of the Best Buys and other big retail places around here seem to be swimming in old Rock Band hardware.

    So if you're looking to get into the plastic instrument scene on a budget, all that stuff is now a bit more affordable.
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    #1  Edited By jeff
    Do your part in the fight against overstocked shelves! Buy Rock Band today!
    Do your part in the fight against overstocked shelves! Buy Rock Band today!
    MTV Games has announced immediate cuts to the Special Edition bundles of the first Rock Band. Here are the updated prices.

    • PS2 and Wii: $99.99
    • Xbox 360 and PS3: $139.99

    The bundles include the game, a drum kit, guitar, and microphone.

    It's being billed as a "special holiday price," but I doubt that means they'll be going back up next year. If anything, all this means that they're trying to help retailers get rid of old stock. I don't know how it is where you're at, but most of the Best Buys and other big retail places around here seem to be swimming in old Rock Band hardware.

    So if you're looking to get into the plastic instrument scene on a budget, all that stuff is now a bit more affordable.
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    #2  Edited By Cube

    Man, we have shitloads of rock band where I work

    Like, a whole warehouse full.

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    #3  Edited By HandsomeDead

    Any word on if Europe will be getting a cut?

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    #4  Edited By OmegaPirate

    any word on when ps3 version of rock band 2 hits europe? im not buying rock band 1 now when 2 could be round the damn corner >.>

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    #5  Edited By HandsomeDead
    OmegaPirate said:
    "any word on when ps3 version of rock band 2 hits europe? im not buying rock band 1 now when 2 could be round the damn corner >.>"
    Rock Band 2 is coming out in the UK this week or next. Not sure about elsewhere i Europe though.
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    #6  Edited By OmegaPirate
    HandsomeDead said:
    "OmegaPirate said:
    "any word on when ps3 version of rock band 2 hits europe? im not buying rock band 1 now when 2 could be round the damn corner >.>"
    Rock Band 2 is coming out in the UK this week or next. Not sure about elsewhere i Europe though."
    Is that just the 360 version though or is it a simultaneous multiplat release?

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    #7  Edited By HandsomeDead
    OmegaPirate said:
    "HandsomeDead said:
    "OmegaPirate said:
    "any word on when ps3 version of rock band 2 hits europe? im not buying rock band 1 now when 2 could be round the damn corner >.>"
    Rock Band 2 is coming out in the UK this week or next. Not sure about elsewhere i Europe though."
    Is that just the 360 version though or is it a simultaneous multiplat release?

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    I have no idea. I've only seen it on the 360 advert.
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    #8  Edited By OGCartman

    Sweet
    I gotta play that shit one day, still never tried it =/

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    #9  Edited By imayellowfellow

    u can get it as low as 89.99 used...

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    #10  Edited By Destroyeron

    And now that the new stuff is cheaper, the used stuff will be too.

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    #11  Edited By smallville123

    Eww why would you wanna buy the hardware used?  Anyway i say the rock band 2 kit is worth the price difference plus you can always rent rock band 1 and import it into rock band 2.

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    #12  Edited By Media_Master

    Good, just plastic anyway

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    #13  Edited By TheHBK

    Best Buy has had these prices since RB2 came out a few weeks ago.

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    #14  Edited By Sniffulls

    The awesome thing is that I got my rock band for PS2 (brand spanking new, from walmart) for the price that's going to be, thanks to an online sale. =P

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    #15  Edited By Terranova

    It's only the 360 version of rock band 2 that's released in Europe this year as they have a timed exclusive as they did for the first game.

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    #16  Edited By OmegaPirate
    Terranova said:
    "It's only the 360 version of rock band 2 that's released in Europe this year as they have a timed exclusive as they did for the first game."
    That sucks :( ah well, cheers for clearing that up dude :D
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    #17  Edited By Graymalkin

    The Rock Band 1 Bundle is being sold for EUR 99 on the German Amazon site for a couple of weeks now.
    As far as I'm informed Rock Band 2 will be available as the game only version for XBox 360 in Europe.
    At least for the time being.

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