April 10, 2008 · Filed Under Gaming, PS3, Xbox 360 

EU Rock Band Dated, Priced

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EA / Harmonix have finally announced the release date and pricing for the European version of their 2007 US smash hit Rock Band. The game launches on the 23rd of May, as a timed exclusive for the Xbox 360, with the PS2, PS3 and Wii versions following later this summer.

The game will be sold separately from the “Instrument Edition”, comprising of a Microphone, Drum set and Guitar, for the high price of £130. Adding the price of the game (£50) on top, makes the RRP almost the same cost as the console to play it on (for comparison, when the game was released 7 months ago in the US, the entire pack sold for $170).

When questioned on why there was such a high mark up between the two regions, Rob Kay, design director at Harmonix, said the price difference is caused by “a myriad of little differences that all add up.”

Kay explained that VAT adds 17.5% to the total UK price, adding, “We’re not trying to screw people.” He goes on to say that he believes people who purchase the game will think it’s worth the money.

As minor consolation to the massive price hike, the EU version of Rock Band will come with an additional 9 localised songs from bands such as Oasis, Blur and Muse (full song list below. The games extensive online store will open on May 27th, featuring new downloadable tracks every week.

EU Version Songs

  • “Beetlebum” by Blur
  • “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star” by Oasis
  • “Monsoon” by Tokio Hotel
  • “Hysteria” by Muse
  • “Hier Kommt Alex” by Die Toten Hosen
  • “Perfekte Welle” by Juli
  • “Countdown to Insanity” by H-Block X
  • “Manu Chao” by Les Wampas
  • “New Wave” by Playmo

Full Setlist

  • Rolling Stones “Gimme Shelter”
  • Aerosmith “Train Kept a Rollin’”
  • The Who “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
  • Boston “Foreplay/Long Time”
  • Mountain “Mississippi Queen”
  • The Police “Next to You”
  • David Bowie “Suffragette City”
  • Black Sabbath “Paranoid”
  • Blue Oyster Cult “Don’t Fear the Reaper”
  • The Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop”
  • Deep Purple “Highway Star”
  • KISS “Detroit Rock City”
  • Molly Hatchet “Flirtin’ With Disaster”
  • The Outlaws “Green Grass & High Tides”
  • Sweet “Ballroom Blitz”
  • Rush “Tom Sawyer”
  • Bon Jovi “Wanted Dead or Alive”
  • The Clash “Should I Stay or Should I Go”
  • Faith No More “Epic”
  • Pixies “Wave of Mutilation”
  • R.E.M. “Orange Crush”
  • Iron Maiden “Run to the Hills”
  • Foo Fighters “Learn to Fly”
  • Metallica “Enter Sandman”
  • Nirvana “In Bloom”
  • Stone Temple Pilots “Vasoline”
  • Weezer “Say It Ain’t So”
  • Smashing Pumpkins “Cherub Rock”
  • Radiohead “Creep”
  • Beastie Boys “Sabotage”
  • Hole “Celebrity Skin”
  • Garbage “I Think I’m Paranoid”
  • Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun”
  • The Hives “Main Offender”
  • Queens of the Stone Age “Go With the Flow”
  • The Strokes “Reptilia”
  • Jet “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”
  • OK Go “Here It Goes Again”
  • Nine Inch Nails “The Hand That Feeds”
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Maps”
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dani California”
  • Coheed & Cambria “Welcome Home”
  • Fallout Boy “Dead on Arrival”
  • The Killers “When You Were Young”
  • New Pornographers “Electric Version”
  • Anarchy Club “Blood Doll”
  • Bang Camaro “Pleasure (Pleasure)”
  • Crooked X “Nightmare”
  • Death of the Cool “Can’t Let Go”
  • Flyleaf “I’m So Sick”
  • Freezepop “Brainpower”
  • Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives “I Get By”
  • The Acro-Bats “Day Late, Dollar Short”
  • The Konks “29 Fingers”
  • The Mother Hips “Time We Had”
  • Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld “Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld”
  • Tribe “Outside”
  • Vagiant “Seven”
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2 Responses to “EU Rock Band Dated, Priced”

  1. 1
    James Says:
    April 10th, 2008 at 3:59 am

    In Addition to that, Rock Band is Region ‘Locked’, So people hoping to import copies of the game from the US to avoid the high pricetag will not work.

    Jim

  2. 2
    Alex Says:
    April 10th, 2008 at 4:01 am

    It’s not region locked to the PS3 though ;)

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