... is a complete piss take. It actually almost sickens me. £180 for the full (read "proper") experience. I could buy a new XBox 360 and a new copy of Gears for that price and still have enough change to ride the merry go round and buy some penny sweets for the journey home.
I read the interview over at Eurogamer and I found myself cheering internally at the moxy displayed by Ellie Gibson. Check it out...
Eurogamer: Let's pretend this is Watchdog and I'm Nicky Campbell. We've had dozens of calls and texts, alright comments on the website, and I'd like to put some of them to you. One reader says, "If I wanted to spend EUR 240 I'd buy a real instrument and join a band."
Rob Kay: So they should. Go and do that, yeah... If someone wants to go out and buy a real guitar instead, that's awesome. More power to them.
...Eurogamer: So if you weren't working on it, if you were a plain old gamer, would you pay GBP 180 for Rock Band?
Rob Kay: Yeah. Maybe I'd try it over at a friend's first, to see if I liked it or not. Rock Band is a fantastic game for playing at a party, so lots of people will get that opportunity, and maybe they'll want to take that opportunity before they invest the money. I wouldn't blame them; it's not a cheap game, it really isn't. But it's a game that delivers that much more in terms of its fun factor and the experience it gives you.
Eurogamer: Perhaps Eurogamer readers could pop round yours to have a little go and see if it's worth it?
Rob Kay: [Laughing] Yeah, give me a call...
