Rock Band Canada disappointment
p2pnet news | Games:- A guy in Australia is, presumably, a happy camper. He paid more than $9k for just one copy of the video game Guitar Hero.
But that’s not Rock Band and in Canada, devotees and would-be devotes are most definitely not happy.
Because even if they were willing to spend their life’s saving on a single game, they can’t. They won’t be able to get their copies until after Christmas, “leaving retailers who did get copies of the sought-after game holding a golden ticket,” says CTV, going on:
“Edmonton’s Play Me Games received 54 packages from a U.S. broker” and, wait for it, their sale price is …
… $500.
Retailers still aren’t sure how many copies they might be on the way, if the shipments would how up, or even how many copies might be available if they do arrive, says the CBC.
“We have no idea,” it has an EB Games store in Toronto saying. “It could be 10 or 100. It might also be late, a day or more.”
And, “It’s a total crap shoot,” said a manager at a Toronto HMV store.
Rock Band, which builds on the Guitar Hero franchise, “by adding drums and a microphone to recreate a full band simulation, s already a full month behind its release in the United States, the CBC states, continuing:
“A disc-only version of the title has already been released in Canada, but it does not come with any of the instruments necessary to play the game.”
Says comicbookbin.com:
“Best Buy Canada and Future Shop both listed some very odd and even conflicting dates and prices for the game. As if that wasn’t confusing enough, a quick check at other retailers showed that they were still maintaining the initial delayed release date of December 19th. Best Buy Canada and Future Shop both had the game listed as releasing post-Christmas.”
Rock Band turns players two members of virtual bands by, “providing up to four players with the ability to play three different instrument-based peripherals (a guitar peripheral for guitar and bass guitar sequences, a drum peripheral, and a microphone),” explains the Wikipedia, explaining:
“These instruments are used to simulate the playing of rock music by hitting scrolling notes on-screen. Players using the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 consoles can interact through both online and offline multiplayer capabilities. In addition to the songs shipping on the game disc, potentially hundreds of new tracks will be made available as downloadable content.”
The European version will include localized content for the different countries in the region, both downloadable and on disc, it adds.
Also See:
more than $9k – Guitar Hero vs Mary Jane, December 18, 2007
CTV – Rare copies of ‘Rock Band’ sell in Canada for $500, December 20, 2007
CBC – Rock Band shortages sure to anger gamers, December 19, 2007
comicbookbin.com – Rock Band Arrives In Canada, December 20, 2007
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December 21st, 2007 at 7:04 pm
hmm, newsgroups come to mind
December 22nd, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Hmmmm… Isnt this what EBay is for?
December 25th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
hmm newsgroups come to mind for the simple fact that delaying the release of games, movies etc drives a huge percent of consumers to alternate avenues be it legal or not, and i believe that selling media through distribution networks like ebay or any other without prior permisions, liscenses, etc to a country where the media cartels have yet to release, could end up putting the sellers and possibly purchasers behind bars or sued to bankruptcy.
till the media cartels adapt to the digital market, free worldwide distribution will dominate, and im not pro free for all either, basic economics must exist, without it where all doomed.
i hope for the best in 2008, the internet needs more people like Ray Beckerman, Micheal Geist, Jon here at p2pnet as well as the many other pro internet icons that work very hard for us, so that the users of the free internet can be heard.
i personaly want to thank these folks for standing up and fighting for my freedom to do or say whatever i feel fit to the world through the net , and thank you for not being cowardly and backing down to the presures of the real world , i can only imagine the flac that some of you may get for going against the flow , it has to be a tough job.
most people would rather ride the gravy train , who wouldnt want to be friends with such wealthy people , most lawyers would be out of there mind to make enemys with such deep pockets , same goes for places like p2pnet, im sure jon could make much better money running a riaa fansite, but these are special people who are compasionate about there beliefs and stand behind them regardless of financial gain.
oh and sorry for falling of topic , i felt that second comment was unfair and just not practical, so with that , best wishes to all in 08 , lets make this a year for change and a year to be more compasionate to everybody around you .
GOD bless