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'Rock Band' Street Date Broken

Posted by Stephen Johnson - Thursday, November 01, 2007 11:14 AM

Although its official release date is November 20th, upcoming videogame Rock Band has slipped the bonds of its company and appeared in the retail wild, and consequently on the eBay.

eBayer Timenz believes this is the "only one in the country you can buy right now...This is the special edition which includes the guitar, drum kit, microphone and game."

How much would you pay to play this game early?

EDIT: Harmonix says:  "I just wanted to officially talk about the sudden influx of broken street date bundles that are being sold. First of all they aren't "real" versions of the game, they are demos for the store that are getting accidentally sold. Retailers don't have bundles sitting in the back room just waiting for November 20th. These demo builds are kind of hobbled - for one the drums don't have kick pedals. Some of the demos don't have mics. And the build isn't a full-real retail version of the game. It is hobbled a bit and, obviously, the bass drum autoplays since there is no pedal that comes with the demo.

I guess what I am saying is beware of any auctions that might show up the next few days, and please alert me to them if you see them as it is quite obviously a huge mistake. I know how badly y'all want to get your hands on the game but it is only 19 more days until it comes out."

eBay: Rock Band Special Edition for Xbox 360 GET IT NOW!




Comment(s)

Posted by Tribute - Thursday, November 1, 2007 12:08 PM

first post....

but, i think this is a scam... on harmonix's part. They say that it isn't a complete set, but i think it is, they just don't want people playing it before the release date.

Posted by sparky2024 - Thursday, November 1, 2007 12:11 PM

I just checked this out on ebay, the seller just ended the auction as I was looking at it. Maybe he realized it was a demo version?

Posted by choral_music - Thursday, November 1, 2007 1:17 PM

If you look at the picture of the opened box, you can see the drumsticks on a cord. The version I played at Best Buy had those same cords. They bind the sticks to the drum set.

Why would they ship the retail version with the cords attached to the drumsticks?

Also, the white sheet of paper in the same picture looks just like a PR statement from the company (when I worked for GameStop, we'd get those all the time with game and pre-order freebies.)

Posted by Tmidiman - Thursday, November 1, 2007 3:10 PM

I just played RB at Best Buy and yes the bass drum pedal was gone and the part played automatically.

BTW, the game rocks majorly! I tried all the instruments and they are solid, with the guitar being more solid than in GH3. Yes I even sang and played bass ala Geddy Lee. This is going to be so cool Nov 20th.

Posted by HALOscorpian - Thursday, November 1, 2007 3:58 PM

the gh3 guitar isnt bad at all, all the notes are easy to hit

Posted by 1mikeg - Thursday, November 1, 2007 4:27 PM

Looks like someone's getting in trouble for re-selling promotionals. Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Posted by EcKo07 - Thursday, November 1, 2007 6:00 PM

its scam we have same box at my work, best buy ,its the demo for them to set up.. im sure ur see them at wall mart game stop ect.... dont buy... just wait

Posted by jdsonic14 - Thursday, November 1, 2007 9:26 PM

if u buy it now, ur most likely gonna get the box and that it. if you have a box he or she probably stole it from work. so yeah, go to a best buy or a game store that has the demo going until the real street date.

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