ROCKBAND to cost $170

It is now official that Rockband will cost a reasonable price of $169.99 though it's still expensive for a simple video game but that's just it. It's not just a simple video game. It puts you in the band of a rockstar. It sure is better then the previous $200 dollar price tag amazon was taking orders for.

The XBox 360 and the PS3 will cost $169.99 and the PS2 will cost $159.99. All bundles will come with the Guitar, Drums, Mic and the game itself. You could also still buy them seperately. The guitar will cost $60 for the wired and $80 for the wireless, the drums will cost $80, the mic will cost $30 and the actual game cost $60 dollars for the XBox 360 and PS3 while the PS2 will cost $50.

So if you buy them seperately it will cost you $250. Subtract $60 if your thinking of not buying the guitar because you have already the X-plorer Guitar (eventhough the Rock Band guitar has extra fret buttons closer to the base) then your at $190 and it will still cheaper to buy the bundle.

The XBox 360 and PS3 version will come out on November 23 and the PS2 version will shortly follow up on Dec 10. Just in time for the holidays. I'm sure this one will also sell out. Get your pre-orders!

PGR4 Realizm showcase

I was blown away when i saw this commercial. Project Gotham Racing 4 shows off their graphics and making real life not so distant from the capabilities of the XBox 360. This commercial of PGR4 starts out with real streets and real people and later going to real-time game footage. It's really hard to see where it ends and starts. See for yourself and see if you can figure out where it ends and starts.

Microsoft Mission Accomplish: Halo 3 World Record $170 million in 24 hours

Microsoft predicted that Halo 3 will beat all entertainment sales in its first 24 hours of release beating Spiderman 3 and the Harry Potter movies. $170 million in its first day of release including all preorders and release day purchases beats Spiderman 3's $120 million record. Even though movie tickets cost $10 and compared to the $129, $69, $59 prices of Halo 3 it still shows value of sales in the 24 hour period. Wow! I guess this is how Microsoft will get their money back from losing alot of that production cost of the consoles and still losing for every unit sold until now. Go Master Chief!!!

Microsoft's XBox 360 to be Powered Up!

From Joystiq comes the new holiday line up for Microsoft's XBox 360 and will be powered up!! An atempt to convert more Sony fanboys to join into the 360 pool (those who still has the PS2 and waiting to happen to the PS3), Microsoft is bundling alot of extras to all the SKUs currently in selves coming October. I made a little chart for you to check see for yourself.

XBox 360 Elite	HDMI port 120GB HDD Wireless Controller HDTV Component Cable HDMI Cable Games included Forza Motorsports 2 Marvel Ultimate Alliance Release Date: October 23, 2007
XBox 360 Pro	HDMI port 20GB HDD Wireless Controller HDTV Component Cable Games included Forza Motorsports 2 Marvel Ultimate Alliance Release Date: October 09, 2007
XBox 360 Arcade	HDMI port 256MB Memory Card Wireless Controller AV Cable Games included: Boom-Boom Rocket Pac-man Uno Feeding Frenzy Luxor 2 Release date: End of October

As you could see that the before Core package, now going to be dubbed Arcade like they have in UK, will have the most power ups. From a wired to a wireless controller and from without a HDMI to with a HDMI port. Also to be dubbed Arcade because it will come with 5 Live Arcade games pack in the 256MB Memory Card that its going to come with.

So this might not be a price drop because all will still cost the same $449.99, $349.99, and $279.99 but having all the extras maybe costing about $50 to $100 more then without it.

Is Microsoft being Sony to the punch again knowing that rumors going around that Sony might have another price drop? I think so.

Nintendo Japan is #2 in Mega Giant Companies

Nintendo being the strong video game company that it has been for the years it has been in the market with its ups and downs are now the #2 company in Japan.

Nintendo has 8.34 Trillion yen in its pocket and only being 2nd to japan's mega company Toyota. Nintendo recently beat Canon which has 8.12 Trillion. Don't expect Nintendo to overtake the reigning champion anytime soon because Toyota has 24 trillion in its bank. That's 3 times more so unless nintendo has 3 times more game, consoles, accessories, marketing that's equally as successful as the currrent Wii and DS then it won't happen.

Sony New SKU Rumor Gets More Evidence

The rumor has been out for a while now and though they didn't announce it at the Tokyo Game Show, we have new evidence that it will happen. The picture above is the new FCC approval of a new model Playstation 3. Sony likes to renumber every new hard drive that they put in. So though it's not confirmed, this is a light to the upcoming price drop that everyone has been talking about. Let's hope it happens. But when it does happen, will this help out in the sales of the console?

Capcom to make Platinum Games

Capcom's Clover Studios which is responsible for the cool game Okami was liquidated and fromed the company Seeds, with talents of Viewtiful Joe's Atsushi Inaba, Resident Evil's Shinji Mikami and Devil May Cry's Hideki Kamiya. This was an awesome line up. But even before making a single game they had to stop operations.

Seeds was to be merged with company ODD. Now to be called Platinum Games, they will be having a bigger work force then ever before. Lets expect from these guys one heck of game. We'll fill you in when news starts to surface.

Halo 3 Goodness

Lately I haven't been posting much and it's because of all the Halo 3 madness going on. I've been trying to gather some people to go with me to the Wal-Mart midnight sale for this game. I have some friends that has the game already and so the news is true that the game is already in consumer hands.

There is also an event at GameCrazy (Hollywood Video's game section) that will be giving away extra stuff like TShirts and Used games along with your purchase. Not bad!

I also saw and AD that a guy is selling the legendary edition for $250. I called him up and it was sold. Lucky or unlucky buyer?

As for the end of this article, here is a commercial for Halo 3 and wow did this give me goosebumps.

Radio Shack to have Games!!!

Radio Shack is now venturing to new things in fear of sales are going down. So they have decided to get into the gaming industry. As a first step they are starting out with major games and not all. Starting September 24 they will have Halo 3 for sale and some major ones. Not more then 14 games from the big 2 consoles. Yes I said 2 and not 3. They have decided not to have the PS3 in store. I feel bad for Sony.

Radio Shack's stocks has gone done 6.6% last month and is taking steps to prevent it from happening again. The growing industry of video games was the step to go. And this is how they are starting out and said if all goes well they will have the full line up. Hey! Maybe they'll have PS3s now also!

World Of Warcraft Account sells for $10,000

We know that online gaming accounts has been sold before but not as much as this. 7,000 euro dollars was the price ($9,700) for a Rogue with the best items. The character had Legendary Swords from Illidan Stormrage and 4/5 of a Tier 6 armor set. The guy that sold it, Zeuzo, is currently making another character also a Rogue.

What's more sad is that the guy that bought the account has not been seen since Sept 3. There is only a few explanations for this. One could be that he's tired of playing WoW and retired or and emergency and has to do something else or the account might of been banned because selling of accounts is not permitted in the terms and conditions of Wow. Sad!!!!