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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Importing Rock Band to Australia

We've been playing RockBand on the Xbox 360 for numerous hours now and we have to say we're mightily impressed with the overall package. We imported Rock Band to Australia in what is probably the simplest way if you're in a lucky position like we were. We had family coming over from the UK... bam.. stick it on the plane as excess baggage. Aside from the fact it went missing at Sydney airport, Rock Band showed up the following day, in one piece and was delivered to our door whew.

If you want to import Rock Band to Australia you do actually have a few options open to you and the only real issue is going to be a whopping postage bill because Rock Band with the instruments comes in a mighty big box. Some Game Trader's stores are allegedly selling the Rock Band kit in Australia and they're selling it for not much more than the converted UK price, so be sure and check your local store. Failing that, there are surprisingly a few on eBay at the moment, shipping from Australia, but remember eBay can be a hive of scum and villainy when it involves the purchase of expensive gaming items that are hard to get.

REMEMBER: If you import from the USA (which is a lot cheaper) you will need an NTSC console to play it on. So really you're better off importing Rock Band into Australia from the UK, since they're a PAL region and it works on your Australian PAL console.

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