Rock Band hit Canadian stores yesterday … we got 8 units?!

So, yesterday Rock Band was finally released in Canada, due to the fact Electronic Arts and Harmonix had to push our release date back twice. [Editor’s note: Harmonix has insisted that initial announced North American date didn’t apply to Canada to begin with.] They didn’t have enough units to cover even the U.S. launch, so they pushed our launch date back in hopes they could handle the U.S. demand at first.
And hey, that’s fine … we’re used to getting screwed. *cough* Xbox Live Marketplace *cough*
But yesterday when I unloaded those puppies from our truck at work (Toys ‘R’ Us), I was greeted by only eight copies of the game; four kits for the Xbox 360, and four kits for the PlayStation 3. We didn’t even know if we were getting any units to begin with, but receiving just 8 was disappointing.
Apparently my work wasn’t the only store to […]

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