The Beatle’s Change Wii Price Point, Rock Band Style

By now everyone is used to paying more for Rock Band than meets the eye. The game disc is usually packed in several bundles for guitars, drums and, of course, stand alone. With The Beatles: Rock Band, MTV Games plans to release one product SKU, a game only disc. That game only disc, on the Wii is going to cost the same as other consoles: $59.99.

beatlesYou remember when Wii games were $49.99 and everyone made titles that hit this price point or lower? MTV isn’t going to stick to this standard, regardless of “last gen graphics” because you’ll buy it anyway, right? Rock Band is one of those games that has hit huge strides in the market over the last few years as people buy big plastic instruments to rock their house.

Now we’re going to see if those same people willing to pay $10.00 more than normal in order to play The Beatles songs. The Wii has a large audience of gamers but they’re the style of gamer that wants a good value for their product, after all, the Wii is cheaper than every other console and the games probably should match its differences compared to games for the other consoles.

This is an interesting decision, as the market plunges into despair MTV gouges games for $10.00 more because “The Beatles” happens to be in the title. Are you going to pay more for the Beatles? Not us.

(Thanks, 1up)

0 thoughts on “The Beatle’s Change Wii Price Point, Rock Band Style”

  1. That’s nothing, Derrick. The Beatles: Rock Band Ultimate Bundle will run $250, with replica instruments of the Beatles. Wonder if that means it comes with THREE guitars and a drum set, or if a mike is included, too.

  2. That’s nothing, Derrick. The Beatles: Rock Band Ultimate Bundle will run $250, with replica instruments of the Beatles. Wonder if that means it comes with THREE guitars and a drum set, or if a mike is included, too.

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