Rock Band release end of November says Amazon 'oops' email [update]

by Alexander Sliwinski { Sep 28th 2007 at 1:00PM }

Update: All has been revealed.

Earlier this week Amazon.com dropped the ball and freaked a lot of pre-order customers out by sending emails saying Rock Band was delayed until 2008 -- it wasn't true. Interestingly, in their "oops" letter today to those same pre-order customers Amazon says: "'Rock Band Special Edition' [Video Game], Estimated arrival date: 11/27/2007 - 11/29/2007."

The person we received this info from uses Amazon Prime, which gives faster shipping on items, so those dates should be the week of release. Of course, Amazon already screwed up the year this week, so what's another week? Most guesstimates have had the release the week of Nov. 20. The official Rock Band release announcement is expected next week. Still no word yet on official peripheral pricing though.

Update: After receiving more of these letters, it turns out there are apparently two versions. One with an 11/23 date and another with 11/27 date. We spoke with Amazon.com and they say that there is an algorithm in the system that decides these dates based on location, but because there's no official date yet, these delivery estimates are still subject to change. The difference in date are not related to console platform. Boy it'd be nice to finally get a solid release date.

[Thanks Tim]

Tags: price, ps3, rockband, xbox360

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

mr nimblewick (SegaDF - Jogurt Ring) @ Sep 28th 2007 1:12PM

Is that for all platforms?

phattie @ Sep 28th 2007 1:13PM

Yes, minus Wii... it cant handle the graphics or physics.

mr nimblewick (SegaDF - Jogurt Ring) @ Sep 28th 2007 1:18PM

@ the fat guy

I know, really?! My Wii is so bad with graphics it didn't even come with the cables to connect to the TV.

MariosInferno @ Sep 28th 2007 3:00PM

"Yes, minus Wii... it cant handle the graphics or physics."

Last I heard it's coming to the PS2 in 2008...it'll be on the Wii also. If you think they're going to ignore the largest install base, you're pyscho.

The rest of you're comment is useless.

MariosInferno @ Sep 28th 2007 3:06PM

"Yes, minus Wii... it cant handle the graphics or physics."

Useless comment. If it's coming to the PS2 in 2008, it'll be on the Wii also. Yeah...let's just ignore the largest console user base on the planet. Good plan.

copa @ Sep 28th 2007 1:21PM

There is no way in Hell they are going to release this after Black Friday. That would be financial suicide.

The software is done, and they are focused on peripheral production.

Even if smaller amounts of inventory have to trickle in over time, they will release this before Black Friday.

It is rumored that EA/Harmonix will be announcing a hard release date later today.

copa @ Sep 28th 2007 1:37PM

What platform did the guy preorder? One customer who preordered the 360 version just got an 'Oops' e-mail showing a week earlier:

We are writing about the order you placed on July 24 2007 08:55 PDT
(Order# [order number removed]). The item(s) listed below will actually
ship sooner than we originally expected:

"Rock Band Collection" [Video Game]
Estimated arrival date: 11/21/2007

Nick @ Sep 28th 2007 1:25PM

DOH!

blooh (CDF - Ass Ring) @ Sep 28th 2007 2:21PM

rock band's guitar is wired?

will gh3's wireless one work with rock band? (for 360)

jsn @ Sep 28th 2007 2:24PM

they're all compatible with each other. It's just a gamepad shaped like a guitar.

J. Kyle @ Sep 28th 2007 2:38PM

Last I heard, any existing guitar peripherals should work with Rock Band, they just might not provide access to the new features like effects switching.

I don't think the reverse is true, though, which is too bad -- I was really hoping to be able to play Guitar Hero 2 and 3 with the Rock Band strat. I'll take comfort over wirelessness any day.