Rock Band: Pay Sky-High $520! Official Australian Pricing!

solidt12 - 501 days ago

F that, I wouldn't pay that much for any game.

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yesah - 500 days 22 hours ago

soon it'll cost less to buy a plane ticket fly to the states, and smuggle it back to Australia then the game itself.

including days you missed off work of course

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sa_nick - 500 days 9 hours ago

GH:WT will cost just as much (or more) plus it's a crappier game.

Also, Yesah, there's a dude from europe flying to the US to pick up RB2 and an Ion drum kit... pretty crazy.

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facepalm - 501 days 8 hours ago

About $450 USD...

For comparisons:
The X360 Elite cost about $649 AUD, and the PS3 cost $699 AUD...

EDIT ADDED: In other words...massive rip-off!!

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gaminoz - 501 days 8 hours ago

And you can get old Pro 360s for $388 at WOW. Who's going to buy all that kit for that price, over a hundred more than the console itself???

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XboxOZ360 - 501 days 6 hours ago

Yeah, and considering Rock Band II sells for $US189.99 from Amazon and GameStop for the full kit, that's a HUGE $US difference in pricing. I doubt many will buy it, unless of course they are those who are compulsive about "having it" . . .

While EA have changed their Development acquisition style with their new COE, they need to get the team at the marketing and sale areas under the same thought process. As it is seen as a whole company rather than separate entities. We have the Publishing/Development arm, and then there's the Marketing and Sales arm. It would be great if both of them talked to each other more often

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XboxOZ360 - 501 days ago

Thanks mate, we pay a premium over here, and NZ is actually a tad dearer most of the time. While our RRP prices range from the norm of $AU99.95 - $AU109.95 up to the top end of $119.95 for the Bigger AAA titles and many CE's are around the $AU150 mark - give or take.

That doesn't mean we pay that full RRP, as the competition is strong here, and a good gamer can get games for around the $AU80 mark if the shop-smart. So when you see something like this for a RRP of $AU520, yu sit back and really ponder, is it all really worth it.

I don't even want to do the math on the games I have for the 360, but if we said I paid an "average" of say $AU85 for mine, I have 42 games, you do the math on that, look at our Dollar to the US"s and then look at what the US pays for games, Which they complain are too expensive, then look at what we pay Dollar for dollar, and I think the Americans have it damn well off.

But it's good that you can see our plight mate . .

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gaminoz - 500 days 9 hours ago

For the PS3 we have to change power (we have much higher voltage) and we can't watch all blu-rays, but we can play all games (as they are region free). As for 360 games or packs, some are region free and some are not: EA games are not.

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yesah - 500 days 22 hours ago

uhhh....180£ is about the same as $360.

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Fishy Fingers - 500 days 22 hours ago

Depending on the current exchange rate, it flutters up and down but for the most part £1 = $2. So yes £180 is roughly $360

Of course UK prices are higher due to V.A.T duty.

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gtafan - 500 days 23 hours ago

For that kind of money you can take classes to learn how to play all the instruments. Can you say rip off. That is bs wtf, are they thinking. I don't even think it's right to charge 200.00 dollars. I got suckered into the first one and i hardly even use it. It's not worth it.

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XboxOZ360 - 500 days 21 hours ago

Well it depends a lot on what work you do. While the Stats will say one thing, which is usually quite high, and NOT representative of real wages, the reality is that most ppl have huge bills and it all evens its self out.

I pay $AU400 a week rent, yet I'm on a pension that only pays $330 per week. If it wasn't for the fact I get some $$'s for doing some other stuff on the side, I'd be up the creek without a paddle. And that's not including phone, internet, food electricity etc etc.

A good friend gets $35 per/ann. which is about Average really.

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harv052 - 500 days 21 hours ago

Ok. I was just asking 'cause I know there's so many factors when it comes to a country's economics...but I have to say, 520$ for a game is just ludicrous....

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Mark - 500 days 17 hours ago

I'm on $45k p/a at the moment and after tax, mortgage, car payments, internet, phone, food and fuel then there's hardly anything left. Then there's the electricity (which i just got a notice is going up), council rates, car registration ... you get it. Everything is expensive here in Aus and our "big" salaries don't last.

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XboxOZ360 - 500 days 22 hours ago

I agree with you there mate. While I was in a band when I was "younger" shhhhh we won't go there - okay, I just can't see how someone can justify spending that amount on a game when they could get a proper electric drum kit and small amp and some real guitars and have fun anyhow. Sure, you need to learn how to play, but that is half the fun - isn't it.

These companies make a killing with the DLC which is where they know they will clean up. You (the companies) create a huge desire and demand rises, and no matter what you charge, they will still buy it, even if they DO complain about it. Odd as it sounds.

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XboxOZ360 - 501 days ago

Try $120 for the top line ones and $100 for the lower end ones. Of course a good shopper can get them cheaper, but we are simply discussing RRP's . .not sale prices. SO when we hear American's complaining about having to pay $US60 . . we just wonder what they'd think if they were here instead.

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Shane Kim - 500 days 23 hours ago

here in Sweden we pay around 600SEK for a new game. That makes it 95.5 USD as it stands now. That's why I was shocked at how cheap the PS3 was in US at launch...it was 599USD, that would equal 3769 SEK. Now we paid 6000SEK wich should make it 955USD. Now that's something.

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XboxOZ360 - 500 days 22 hours ago

The PS3 here was at $AU999 in stores on release, without a game andonly one controller. Most ppl walked out paying around $AU1500 by getting one PS3, two games and an additional controller and a charge kit for the controllers.

Now that is a heft piece of funds for a gaming console ...

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Shane Kim - 500 days 20 hours ago

wooah, okay now that's expensive.

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