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EA has confirmed the price for Rock Band, following the European date announcement this morning.Europe, unlike the US, will not get all of the instruments bundled together with the game.Instead, you will have to fork out for an Instrument Edition at GBP 129.99 / EUR 169 - comprised of the drum kit, guitar and microphone - then buy the game separately for GBP 49.99 / EUR 69.99.Anyone after the whole lot will be looking at a total of GBP 180 / EUR 240, then. That's rather more than in the US, where you can buy the game and all the instruments for USD 169 - equivalent to around GBP 85 / EUR 107.Wireless guitars will be sold separately for GBP 59.99 / EUR 79.99, while the drum kit will be GBP 69.99 / EUR 89.99.Hopefully retailers will be offering their own bundles.Rock Band will be out in Europe exclusively for Xbox 360 on 23rd May. PS3, PS2 and Wii versions will follow later this summer.
Were you drooling over Europe's Rock Band track list, but ultimately happier that you didn't need to buy peripherals separate from the game for an astronomical price? Yeah, we were too. But MTV Games has confirmed that the UK-exclusive tracks will actually be reaching US Xbox 360s and PS3s through optional DLC. A price, a date and just how the powers that be are going to divide up the 9-track list have yet to be divulged. But we're betting that we'll see typical 3-track packs for standard prices.Hit the jump for the list of tracks that you may or may not be buying.• Blur "Beetlebum" (English)• Oasis "Rock 'n' Roll Star" (English)• Tokio Hotel "Monsoon" (English)• Muse "Hysteria" (English)• Les Wampas "Manu Chao" (French)• Playmo "New Wave" (French)• Die Toten Hosen "Hier Kommt Alex" (German)• Juli "Perfekte Welle" (German)• H-Block X "Countdown to Insanity" (German)
"It is more expensive, when you just straight to straight convert the prices you see on the website for the US version, but there's a myriad of these little differences that all add up. One thing is VAT, which is included in all the UK prices, 17.5%. There's no tax included in the US prices because tax is different per state. There's a bunch of little reasons that add up to make the price difference."He added: "We're not trying to screw people. We want to give people the chance to get into Rockband and embrace it. We think that when they do play it then they'll be like then this is worth the money. We understand that people are going to feel a little bit aggrieved about it but we hope that the game will override that feeling."
