DISQUS

VentureBeat: Did the Beatles bomb with the video game generation?

  • Lena Cardell · 1 month ago
    Not sure that all sales units are created equal here. Beatles Rock Band has 3 different retail price points, $250, $180, $50, compared to Halo 3's $50.
  • facebook-591759669 · 1 month ago
    I just can't justify getting the game alone as I'll want the guitar controllers. If you get the whole kit it's over $500 with tax just for 2 guitars, the bass and drums-no mic and the game. That does not include a console. I expect it will drop in price for Xmas and thereafter.
  • facebook-500453029 · 1 month ago
    Recession + high price points = lower sales than expected. Remember that the 18-35 demographic (particularly the 25-35 demographic) DOES know who the Beatles are and that the Beatles have a good following in that demographic, but that it is also the demographic hardest-hit (fresh out of college or grad school and/or freshly laid off from their first/second job) by the recession.
  • Name · 1 month ago
    The Beatles are a 40 year band. Get real.
  • Brice Morrison · 1 month ago
    I was surprised when I saw a game coming up about one band, even if it was the Beatles. I suppose there isn't as much overlap in classic Beatles fans and Guitar Hero/Rockband players as we would like.
  • Renata · 1 month ago
    I dislike the Beatles intensely. More so for their being continuously brought up as if they are the most culturally relevant thing ever. They are ugly, pompous, untalented products of the beginning stages of modern media hype. Find an open crater and throw the footage in there and give us all a rest.