The garage rock band has now turned into the living room rock band, and as Electronic Arts “Rock Band” approaches its release date for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 on Nov. 23, reports are stating that only the bundle will be sold initially.

According to gaming site, The Bits Bytes Pixels and Sprites, the report claims that customers will only be able to purchase the Rock Band all-in-one bundle at $169, and that individual instruments won’t be available until early 2008.

Retail factors were a major role in the move.

“The components in the bundle are not cheap and thus creating a bundle and three other separate packages (guitar, drums and vocals) would increase costs which could lead to less bundles available at ship,” a Harmonix rep told The Bits Bytes Pixels. “Second, retailers weren’t overly keen on having four large packages taking up precious store space during the jam-packed holiday season. “

The Rock Band bundle includes the game, one guitar, one drum kit, and one microphone.

With the release of RedOctane’s Guitar Hero 3 on October 28th, musically inclined gamers will be treated to one hell of a rocking month. Which game will you choose?

Tags: EA, Rock-Band

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3 Comments » Playstation » Becoming The Next Great Rock Band Won’t Come Cheap on October 16, 2007 12:17 pm [...] kayes00 wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe garage rock band has now turned into the living room rock band, and as Electronic Arts “Rock Band” approaches its release date for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 on Nov. 23, reports are stating that only the bundle will be sold … [...] Brad on October 16, 2007 3:13 pm I will be buying both Rock Band and Guiter Hero 3…All for the PS3! steve j on October 16, 2007 3:54 pm Same here because I hear the guitars in RB and GH3 are interchangeable so both for PS3 for me. RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.