[Multiplatform] Rock Band: Soon to be available for thirty billion Euros

Originally Posted by Shin

There's no reason that American peripherals wouldn't work over here is there? It'd probably be a fuck load cheaper to buy the PAL game here and import all the bits and bobs to go with it. Exchange rates being what they are, I imagine the saving would more than pay for the shipping.

No reason at all. Importing the peripherals is a great idea. In fact, the saving might well even pay for an American PS2. They aren't exactly expensive right now. That way you don't need to buy the PAL release at all, and whoever decided on this insane price can get stuffed.

Oh... wait... this game isn't coming out for PS2? Forget I suggested that. The peripherals for 360 will work fine no matter which region they origina te from. I'm certain of that. I apologise for getting confused over that. I'm only marginally interested in the release...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Qwarky

So you're saying a, say, US bought Ace Combat 6 flight stick would work here.. Interesting ::chinstroking::

I wonder if the PAL version of the game will recognize it.

Although I'm quite certain that it would work, I have no actual direct proof. I just thought I'd say that. What I do have is past experience of all kinds of imported peripherals working with PAL consoles. There usually isn't even the slightest difference between peripherals from different regions.

I have both Japanese and American peripherals for several of my older consoles. but I must admit that I've not actually been using anything imported on my 360 yet. I've just not had it long enough. I've used an imported arcade stick controller on my PS3 though, which goes to show that the current generation consoles don't have to be any different.

As for whether the game will recognise it... that depends. If they just released the American version in Europe with the only change being the regional coding and some additional languages... then yes it would. I'm confident in stating that controllers, no matter how unusual, aren't region coded. Ever.

On the other hand, it's possible that when they mastered the European version they took out the code for the stick. I can't imagine why they would do that... but it is not impossible that they did.

The AC6 controller is a sweet piece of equipment, I grant you. I'm confident you'll be successful, but the tiny chance that it won't work does exist. It wouldn't be fair to pretend I've actually tried anything on the 360. I just know that as a general case, peripherals don't care where they are from.

There's nowhere I can't reach.