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Boy, time sure flies, doesn’t it? Yet another month is in the books, and we’ve got NPDs to prove it. Now all that’s missing is… oh, good timing – thanks, MTV! Let the post-NPD trash-talk begin!
“We outsold them two-to-one on a revenue basis and we outperformed on a unit basis as well, despite the fact that they had an eight-day advantage, and were giving away free software,” said MTV Games general manager Scott Guthrie to Gamasutra.
“At the end of the day, The Beatles: Rock Band clearly outperformed them, and we’re not done yet. We’re anticipating a very successful holiday period.”
Guthrie also gave out a bit of advice while standing on the winner’s podium.
“I think when you’re giving away a great artist like Van Halen, to me it marks a little bit of desperation in trying to move their product,” he said. “Van Halen is a great artist, and it’s a pity that they went from trying to sell that product this December to giving it away in September.”
Aw, Van Halen, you look cold. Here’s a blanket and some hot cocoa. Yep, good ol’ Harmonix’ll treat you right.
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Blerk said:
What? Really? Not over here it didn’t.
mescalineeyes said:
best game I’ve ever worked on. not that I did much, but still. chest swelling with pride.
Tonka said:
Beatles > Mohammed
Bringit said:
Interesting to see this, Beatles: Rock Band was pwned in the UK by Guitar Hero V
The_Deleted said:
I’m glad GH5 was a relative failure somewhere. Everything about it was fucking offensive to me.The god awful Playboy bunnies ad, which just showed you up as the cunt you were while playing, rather than the ROCK GOD! I thought I was.
The god awful tracklist that seemed to just spunk mediocrity all over the place. Hopefully the next RB will be a have a bit more grit.
pracer said:
I bought the Beatles, played, and went back to RB2. It just didn’t do it for me. I like the beatles music, but compare the complexity of of the beatles music to say Iron Maden. I enjoy signing the Beatles, but I can almost never find anyone to play it with because of the sheer variety and selection found in my RB/RB2/DLC mix. I prolly won’t play Beatles very much at all.
As for GH5? Who cares. I don’t need another “hero” game. Nesides if I miss this one I will just catch the next hero game next month. A dime a dozen.