Harmonix has revealed the difficulties it’s encountering bringing the entire Beatles back catalogue to its The Beatles: Rock Band game, despite fans assuming that every Fab Four album will be converted for the title.”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,” says PR rep John Drake. “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 things sell. We’re waiting to see how the albums do. If they sell well, we’ll have a lot more content.”IF they sell well? The hype around the game’s launch suggested it was a cast-iron certainty for huge sales success. However, with reports since suggesting that it’s been walloped in the game charts by Guitar Hero 5, perhaps that extra downloadable content (DLC) isn’t as sure as it seemed.
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