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Still, that doesn't mean the game is a slouch. Those sales were enough to place 'The Beatles: Rock Band' at number five on the Xbox 360 charts (254,000 sold), and number 10 on the Wii charts (208,600). Analyst Jesse Divnich of Electronic Entertainment Design and Research says he expects those numbers to only increase in the future. "I have no doubts we will see a resurgence in sales during the holiday months," he says. Plus, the game still outsold its chief rival, 'Guitar Hero 5.'
Chalk up the low numbers to a slumping economy, but we think there's something else going on here: The Beatles should've known better than to tick off Jesus. [From: USA Today]
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Subscribe to commentsfastharryDOTcomOct 21st 2009 6:07PM
Paul is Dead....
gtmustangdaveOct 21st 2009 6:17PM
The only reason I haven't gotten the 'Beatles Rock Band' is because they refuse to release it for PS2 and for the time being (until they get the bugs worked out and the prices down) I refuse to buy the PS3.
mikemaj82Oct 21st 2009 6:57PM
that's because they don't appeal to the kids today and the crap music they listen to.
@gtmustangdave: what bugs? And how much more do you want them to drop the price?
MillersonOct 22nd 2009 3:16AM
What's next? A Frank Sinatra edition of Guitar Hero? I'm amazed that it sold this many copies.
SailorKnightWingOct 21st 2009 8:47PM
My dad bought this game for my mom for her PS3. She LOVES it, he likes it too. So do I, and I'm 22. I think the idea was to make a game that would appeal to the parents of teenagers/young adults who have the PS3s. But as far as I can tell, I'm in an extreme minority of kids who like to play video games with their parents. As much fun of a game as it is, I'm afraid they were planning for what they wanted, not what their customers wanted.
sueOct 21st 2009 8:52PM
Both my kids ,(in their 20s) ,are Beatles fans and we are definately getting this game to share at Christmas...of course the Beatles is pretty much all I play so I guess it kinda grew on them, though my former daughter-in-law who is from Liverpool originally , hates the Beatles and would rather listen to Eminem, probably one of the reasons she isnt my daughter-in-law any longer...LOL
PatOct 22nd 2009 11:54AM
#4 - Why are you surprised it's sold so well? The Beatles are the top selling act of the 21st century. You may not like them and think they are "old", but the fact is, they have sold more albums THIS century than anybody that you like, let alone last century. And this is 40 years after they broke up. It should be no surprise to anybody that this title is selling so well if they are aware of their popularity.
And this article is a very misleading title. The Beatles Rock Band is the number 2 selling game for the month of September. The only people who were "disappointed" were the analysts, who are always notoriously wrong. The number of sales are right in line with what company expectations were. The author of this article should have done research about company predictions and expectations, not some arbitrary prediction from an analyst.
zootOct 23rd 2009 5:55PM
The whole music game industry is down compared to last year. Guitar Hero is not doing well either. In fact, Beatles Rockband beat GH5 handily in September (in both dollar terms and sales.)
Secondly, lots of other Beatles stuff came out in September. Some people, like myself, had to choose between the Box Set(s) and the game. I ended up getting the limited Mono Box Set instead of the limited TB:RB set, and opted for just the software only.