So what? All games over here are more expensive than in the US, but then again we earn twice as much as they do so it's swings and roundabouts.
Are you not going to buy any games ever again because they're available elsewhere for less?
I'm a huge fan of the
'music on consoles' kind of games: I've played more GH and SingStar on the PS2/360/PS3 than any other kind of game in the last 18 months-ish.
If I still want to play them, and given that RB has received some fantastic reviews and I fully expect it to be a brilliant experience, then I will happily pay it.
GH2 on the 360 was, what,
£70 on release? Given that that had but one peripheral and RB has three including a huge xxxx-off drum kit, it suddenly starts to seem more reasonable.
The extra increase in costs is likely to be down to the actual manufacture of the instruments: If done in Europe it'll cost more due to increased labour rates, and if still made in the US you've got import costs involved instead.
As for the DLC, I have no argument for the extra cost there at all.
Maybe to stop the US market moaning that we'd technically be getting them half-price if ours were 80 MS points? That said, I still don't feel that even 160 MS points is extravagant, and I'll only be choosing the songs I like anyway
(much like I already do for SS on the PS3).
GTA4 costs
£40, yet given how incredible it is I'd have paid twice that for it and still felt like I got my money's worth.
If Rock Band is rubbish, then I'll feel cheated.
If it's as good as I hope, then I'll consider it a bargain.
WTF this is for the whole band in a box plus game
