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Kotaku | by Brian Ashcraft | Thu, Oct 8

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Harmonix's John Drake tells game site BBPS: "Every time we do one song, it's not like Rock Band where we wait for the masters to come in and just author them... It's like, send people to Abbey Road, use the original tape, separate them out... it costs thousands of dollars. We're waiting to see how thi...

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Last Month, lisa@el33tonline.com (Lisa) from EL33TONLINE says (in NPD: September videogame sales increase 1% to $1.28 bil in US, PS3 outsells Wii and 360, Halo 3: ODST sells 1.52 mil copies) Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft, Xbox 360) – 1.52 millionWii Sports Resort with Wii Motion Plus (Nintendo, Wii) – 442 900Madden NFL 10 (EA, Xbox 360) – 289 600Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (Nintendo, NDS) – 258 100The Beatles: Rock Band (MTV Games, Xbox 360) – 254 000Madden NFL 10 (EA, PS...

Thumbnail And Shacknews says (in Halo 3: ODST Tops September Sales as The Beatles: Rock Band Beats Guitar Hero 5) Bungie's stand-alone Halo 3 expansion topped the NPD sales charts in September, beating Wii Sports and Madden NFL 10 by a significant margin with over 1.5 million units sold. Also notable was the performance of The Beatles: Rock Band, which clearly beat Guitar Hero 5 sales on Xbox 360 despi...

Thumbnail And Michael McWhertor from Kotaku says (in Halo 3: ODST Beats Out Madden, Mario & Marvel To Win September [Npd]) 01. Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360) - 1,520,000
02. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) - 442,900
03. Madden NFL 10 (Xbox 360) - 298,600
05. The Beatles: Rock Band (Xbox 360) - 254,000
07. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (Xbox 360) - 236,000
09. Guitar Hero 5 (Xbox 360) - 210,800
10. The Beatles: Rock Band (Wii) - 208,600

Thumbnail And Andrew Yoon from Joystiq says (in Harmonix taking 'wait and see' approach with The Beatles DLC) It's not like Rock Band where we wait for the masters to come in and just author them ... its like, send people to Abbey Road, use the original tape, separate them out," Drake detailed. In addition to the audio work that must be done, Harmonix has also promised to include original dreamscapes for...

Thumbnail And Andrew Yoon from Joystiq says (in EEDAR: Game sales slowdown turned around in September) The music genre may be slowing down, but Divnich notes that "both Guitar Hero 5 and The Beatles: Rock Band have performed at levels ahead of retail expectations," with sales predicted at 800k and 1 million units respectively. The same analyst at EEDAR previously predicted that Guitar Her...

And Brian Ashcraft from Kotaku says (in Why It's Taking Time To Get Beatles Rock Band DLC [Harmonix]) Just because The Beatles are in Rock Band, that doesn't mean every single Beatles album will be in Rock Band as downloadable content. Why, you ask, well here is why. Harmonix's John Drake tells game...

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