I almost imploded when I read the pricing structure on RockBand in the UK this morning. Gamers are furious over what they see to be definite price hiking by EA and Harmonix. Rob Kay of Harmonix has defended the position saying it's all down to VAT (a UK tax) and the general high price of games in the region.Fair enough to a degree, but when you look at the figures they're awful nasty: RockBand complete in the US retails for around 85 UK pounds. The price it will cost you in the UK is 180 UK pounds, over double what US gamers are paying (US pricing $160 or so to the UK price of $355).
As for Aussie gamers, you'll have to wait and see. We'd lay a bet RockBand will launch here for $299 Aussie dollars (about $280 USD), at least that's what we're hoping. Chances are if it follows the massive pricing in the UK the RockBand price in Australia could be as insane as $350 ($325 USD / 165 UKP).
There's no Australian release date set for RockBand as of yet, but it finally launches in the UK May 23 for Xbox 360.
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