'The Beatles: Rock Band' Beats 'Guitar Hero 5' In September Sales

'The Beatles: Rock Band' Beats 'Guitar Hero 5' In September Sales
artist: rock band date: 10/21/2009 category: general music news


As album sales soften and the industry turns to alternate ways to get music to fans, the battle between the big music video games has become increasingly heated, and new sales figures indicate The Beatles: Rock Band has a bit of an edge on Guitar Hero 5. According to Billboard, The Beatles: Rock Band sold 595,000 copies following its September 9th release, while GH5 moved 499,000 units since it hit stores on September 1st. In all, both games help fuel a revenue increase of 72 percent for music video games compared to September 2008.


Guitar Hero 5 kept pace with the opening month sales of its predecessor Guitar Hero: World Tour, which sold 534,000 copies last year, Billboard reports. However, the Beatles helped push MTV Games to new highs, as TB:RB more than doubled the 238,000 units of Rock Band 2 that were purchased in its first month. The Beatles: Rock Band, which was only outsold by Halo 3 and Madden ‘10 last month, came in second in overall revenue due to its higher price tag and all the add-on replica instruments that were available either separately or as a deluxe package.

The Beatles: Rock Band is set to get a bump starting today when the remaining tracks from Abbey Road become available for download.

Thanks for the report to RollingStone.com.

It was outsold by Halo 3 which has been out like a year? xD

You all know my I feel about The Beatles but I'll throw it out there again cos I feel like it: god damn they're the most overrated and overhyped band ever. Their music never impresses me and I can't understand why they have sold so much. I fail to see what makes their songs superior to any other guitar band's. And before someone goes off on rap music, realise I like pop punk and Indie rock about as much as I do hip-hop. So I'm a big fan of bands not too far off the genre of The Beatles, I just can't see what's so special about them at all.

I can say the samething about every single rapper to ever rap.

I can't help it, I have to go off on Rap music It is in my blood to jump on that every chance I get.

I played Beatles at a friends house it totally kicks ass. I can't say I didn't see this coming...

I love The Beatles. I understand that they are a bit overhyped and overrated, but they're still awesome, ESPECIALLY in their time. They had to work alot harder than the big bands of today to reach their status. I hold them in high esteem, not best ever, but still very epic.

I wanna play this game so freakin' badly.