I'm sure it's amazing, but at that price...

your lucky,i really want it but i cant afford it

Another problem is the boxes are ginormous. How many can a store really stock? It takes the shelf space of several dozen games. That kind of real estate costs a store money.

yeah at my local wal-mart and gamestop they have no room for it

yeah its mostly beacause its cheaper and doesnt take up as much space as rock band does

Neither can I. But you are missing what I am saying...so I give up.

This game has several massive disadvantages going against it. Obviously you have that crazy price, the issue with retail space, and finally (the biggest IMO) is the fact that you pretty much NEED a group of friends to enjoy this game. As a Single Player game, it's obviously much inferior to Guitar Hero. I don't doubt that this game is amazing with four friends, but how many people are going to be willing to spend close to $200, and then always play the thing together in a large group?

Rock Band will be fantastically well received by a niche audience of fans. But that's the problem; in the end, it's a niche game. I can't see it ending up with a lot of mainstream appeal, especially releasing shortly AFTER Guitar Hero. Having just bought a $90 guitar game, how many people are going to spring $170 for another, similar game?

Cough... Cough... The Wii has had a music game which Guitar Hero was based on since day one. The Nintendo version of Taiko Drum Master. You can get it most places for less then 20$ with the instrument and it's the exact same game but with a drum. Go pick up Donkey Konga 1 and 2 plus jungle beat if you haven't already. Ton's of fun and next to no cost anymore. Plus the drums are easy to hide when done playing.

Nintendo was dumb to not continue Donkey Konga on to more mainstream appeal (Wii).  All it needed was more games and licenced songs.  A Wii version with online play would have been cool.  Nintendo should never have backed out on it so soon.