The Down Under Gets No Rock Band Love
It’s a classic case of PAL territories getting left in the dirt, while we here in North America gleefully hog the games; and of course Japan scoops up all the RPG’s and Nintendo products they can possibly get their hands on. Rock Band will not be releasing in either Australia or New Zealand this year, but will be coming out sometime in 2008. Longer than normal waits are fortunately something they are well accustomed to.
No word yet if a similar delay will apply to Europe, though at this point it only seems all too likely. Chief operator of Red Octane has gone on the record of why they truly hate Australia can’t release this game in time for Christmas:
“We’ve had many, many years of working with peripherals and we know how difficult it is to produce sufficient quantities for a worldwide launch. I’m not singling out Australia–probably it will be multiple territories that will not see Rock Band this Christmas is my guess. It took us a tremendous amount of effort and a tremendous amount of time to increase the factory production. It took Nintendo a tremendous amount of time and effort to increase Wii production. Those things, done by companies with years of experience, are difficult, and to come straight out of the gate globally–even on two platforms–is extremely challenging, especially with all the technology that’s involved with 360 and PS3,” he said