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360 Rock Band 2 exclusivity for just one month?
Ben Parfitt Aug 5 2008, 12:34pm
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US retail schedules suggest that EA’s upcoming music game might be blocked from PS3 for just four weeks
Microsoft was coy about its Rock Band 2 exclusivity deal when it was unveiled at E3 recently – but now it seems that its agreed deal to see the game locked out from PS3 could last for just one month.
Eagle-eyed Spong has noticed that a handful of North American retailers, including the likes of EB, GameStop, Best Buy and Amazon, have listed the release date for the PS3 as November 23rd – just a month after the October 19th release date.
Of course, retailer listings are notoriously unreliable – but the number of outlets picking these dates does make it more noteworthy, even if the PS3 date is a Sunday and not the usual North American Tuesday.
Bare in mind though that this is all US news – the PS3 version of Rock Band is yet to see the light of day at UK retailers, so we should not expect the North American situation to reflect the European plan.
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“Dates at GameStop”
Posted by: JavaDevelop - Aug 5, 2:00pm
I have screen shots of the dates that GameStop has listed. It's earlier than you list, check it out:
http://blog.javadevelop.com/?p=207
“Re: Dates at GameStop”
Posted by: lb-deviant - Aug 5, 6:44pm
Amazon notified me that my RB2 purchase for the PS3 has been rescheduled to ship mid October.
“Where's the 1st one for PS3”
Posted by: Rocket Science - Aug 5, 9:06pm
Does anyone know what is going with a European release date for the first Rock Band on PS3? Will it ever see the light of day now?
“Re: Release dates at best buy”
Posted by: Nathan - Aug 6, 5:37pm
If you look at best buy you will see the release of rock band 2 for the xbox360 is in September and the PS3 version is going to be released in October