Rock Band dev: "We're not trying to screw people".

By Wesley Yin-Poole - 08/04/2008 - 7:15pm GMT

Harmonix man tells VideoGamer.com that high UK price "will be worth it".

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Posted at 10:06 on 09 April 2008
SnakeShady	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post **** EA. i bought this game on EBay from USA for 200€ (all included) Reply

Posted at 10:38 on 09 April 2008
Zoe	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post I'd love to know how the 'high UK price "will be worth it".' Why should we pay a higher price for the same 'worth' as the US, these 9 extra 'European' songs we are getting are hardly going to make us love this game and make us forget about the big hole in our bank accounts. His excuses are totally devoid of any truth. VAT = 17.5% how does that make it cost over 100%?! Say no to Rock Band, vote with your wallets!...at least until a hefty price drop! Reply

Posted at 10:50 on 09 April 2008
Pete	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Okay, VAT @ 17.5%, now justify the other 90% increase!!! Reply

Posted at 11:50 on 09 April 2008
Anon	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Pricing in the US aside, the price is just way too high for a single game. Reply

Posted at 12:07 on 09 April 2008
Si	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post I hope that sales suffer because of the pricng. It's not just the cost of the game and accessories but when you take into account downloadable content that is & will be on offer is going to be charged at then they need to rethink their strategy. I for will not buy Rock Band at that price. Reply

Posted at 16:16 on 09 April 2008
Dave	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post He didn't tell the reason for the double priced DLC. Why do europeans have to pay 160 MS points per song versus the 80 MS ponts you pay in the States? Reply

Posted at 20:58 on 09 April 2008
dudester	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Why do you have to pay for dlc at all surely for paying full whack for the game all dlc should be included for a year or something? Report Reply

Posted at 20:10 on 10 April 2008
Jim	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Yeah, okay, we get that there's some extra tax to be involved. That's going to lead to SOME higher pricing. But for it to cost more than the 360 console itself? IT DOESN'T ADD UP. Reply

Posted at 20:13 on 10 April 2008
Jim	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post p.s. For the MS points thing, I don't know where you're getting 80 from. In America, 67 out of the current 70 available DLC songs cost 160 points each as well. Reply

Posted at 21:29 on 12 April 2008
mattbellamyisg	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Another nice little piece of BS to try to justify this banditry. (I'm paraphrasing this, in as near to verbatim as I remember. The post has since been taken down) "Energy costs are far higher in Europe, so this contributes to overall shipping costs. Anyone who has taken a macroeconomics course will know this" As well as being patronising and a little insulting, it's also spurious beyond belief. Yes, petrol is far more expensive over here...But the distance travelled compared to American versions is tiny! The peripherals are shipped from China, which means they have to make the journey to even central cities like Wichita or whatever. Which is a road journey roughly the distance of Europe. So nice try, dickhead, but it still doesn't add up. Reply

Posted at 12:02 on 26 May 2008
Reynir	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post The real problem here is region lock. Without it they wouldn´t be able to divide the world into seperate markets and screw us like that. But there is one thing we can do to protest... PIRATE GAMES ON CONSOLES. Region lock is a stupid, immoral thing.. it should be illegal, really... but there aren´t many laws that span the world yet, so the corporations get away with it (and besides old senators aren´t very motivated to make laws to protect gamers). SO I SAY WE PIRATE EVERYTHING WE CAN ON CONSOLES, not on the PC like the situation is worldwide at them moment. Come on you lazy *******s, it´s a lot easier than you think to put a mod chip in a console. (oh and btw, when you buy PC games, try to buy them online.... we need to encourage digital distribution, the sooner it gets going for real the sooner it can save consumers loads of money.) Reply