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
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
Amazon notified me that my RB2 purchase for the PS3 has been rescheduled to ship mid October.
Where's the 1st one for PS3
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?
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