According to EA CEO John Riccitiello, Rock Band will be a very hot commodity this holiday season. During a recent conference call with investors, as reported by GameDaily BIZ, he noted that EA likely won't be able to keep up with demand for the game, suggesting that people should line up outside their local stores a day early if they want to secure a copy. We're not sure if it's necessary to go that far, but nevertheless, EA expects they will sell all of their initial supplies and further expects that the title will remain in short supply through the end of the year.
In other news, Riccitiello also intriguingly notes not only additional songs coming to Rock Band, but also "add-on SKUs." Whether these are the individual instruments or something else entirely (custom instrument parts, perhaps?), we'll have to wait to find out.
[Via Joystiq]
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11-02-2007 @ 1:42PM
Josh said...
I pre-ordered mine like 3 months ago so I should be rocking out that night. $170 is steep but there's a ton of play value. Rock Band and Mass Effect should take care of my gaming time for a while.
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11-02-2007 @ 1:50PM
Rich said...
Just tried the Demo at Walmart. The guitar seems bigier and more sturdy that GH3 and the Drum set is pretty cool. I have a copy reserved at my local gamestop. I'm sure that will be doing a midnight opening for this.
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11-02-2007 @ 1:57PM
Tony said...
I wish this wasn't the same day as Mass Effect. Plus I could use a new MP3 player... sigh.
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11-02-2007 @ 1:59PM
AfroCelt said...
isn't 170 bucks for what amounts to one game a bit steep? You could get nearly 3 full priced "normal" games for it....of course, everything is more expensive blah blah blah.
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11-02-2007 @ 2:00PM
Foggy Bottoms said...
hopefully they'll have an add-on triangle or tambourine for those of us with no musical talent
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11-02-2007 @ 2:02PM
Deezul said...
Sounds like EA hype. Remember the stories of "limited" amounts of the Legendary Edition of Halo 3? I have yet to go to a Best Buy/Target/Walmart since the release and not seen multiple copies of the Legendary Edition. I found it no problems on release day at a Best Buy. There were 4-5 on display. I asked if that's all there were and he said they had boxes of them in the back.
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11-02-2007 @ 2:24PM
Bryan T said...
Not to worry for me, I've had mine reserved for a while. And I got to play the demo at Best Buy, and absolutely loved it...although, they were set up on about 10" LCDs, which kinda sucked....but playing Detroit Rock City, Dani California, Tom Sawyer, it was amazing.
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11-02-2007 @ 2:26PM
Tony said...
$170 is a lot for "one game", but it comes with three peripherals, two of which are rather large. I mean, really, it's like $90 for GHIII with just the guitar.
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11-02-2007 @ 3:06PM
Keith McDuffee said...
Maybe a new peripheral will be a cowbell.
Because, you know, we need more cowbell.
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11-02-2007 @ 4:36PM
Pete said...
Looks like I'll just buy Guitar Hero III then. They're only losing customers by not having enough supply, the competitions too stiff when you're charging $170.
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11-02-2007 @ 11:12PM
Mathieu Bonin said...
@10: ...that doesn't make any sense. If you can't have enough supply, even when charging $170, you're doing GOOD business. In fact you could charge more, if people still want the product even at that price, and given its rarity...
Plus, I think it's all bluffing. Who, in an INVESTORS meeting would say "Yeah it's not really going to sell, and we'll lose a bunch of cash on it." Honestly I think it won't be a Wii-like launch at all, it'll grow big, but lunch is still in a tight spot: Huge games around, no brand name recognition, and its quite expensive.
It shouldn't be THAT hard to get early.
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11-03-2007 @ 11:25AM
Pete said...
@11: I feel like that is only true if there isn't an already market-tested product (GHIII) already out. People will just buy that instead.
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11-05-2007 @ 2:17PM
Josh said...
what a hype machine. line up a day early? puh-lease!
on that note, i am excited for this game, but if i can't get it right away, i think i'll survive
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11-13-2007 @ 2:41PM
akatsuki said...
Go buy a guitar and a lesson or two with the money. Seriously.
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11-16-2007 @ 2:27PM
Jake Phillips said...
I totally forgot to reserve my copy, so ill just end up going the night before and see if i can get a copy at midnight, i really hope tho they dont run out, cause that would really suck
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