Gamespot.com quoted a Harmonix rep stating that Tock Band will be priced at $169.99. The full bundle will pack in the game (obviously!), a wired drum kit and a microphone.
The difference between the Xbox 360 version and the PS3 is that while the former will have a wired Fender Stratocaster guitar controller and USB hub, the PS3 will include only a wireless version wireless version of the Stratocaster controller.
The Rock Band game will allow players to perform music from the world’s biggest rock artists with their friends as a virtual band using drum, bass/lead guitar and microphone peripherals, in addition to offering deep online connectivity.
All genres of rock, including several master recordings from the biggest songs and artists of all time features in Rock band. Metallica, The Who, Grateful Dead, Bon Jovie, Nirvana and Rolling Stone are the artists who star here.
Major music publishers - EMI Music Publishing and Warner/Chappell Music - are allowing unrivaled access to their catalogs of unbelievable songs for use in Rock Band. The record labels - EMI Music, Hollywood Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group’s Universal Music Enterprises and Warner Music Group’s Rhino Entertainment - have agreed to supply master recordings by their artists for use in the game.
The PS2 version of Rock Band, which was announced in August at Leipzig’s Game Convention is slated for a December 10th launch, for $160.
source:techshout.com
