Despite selling 595,000 copies in the U.S. in September, Beatles Rock Band is still in the red. Viacom, parent company of MTV Games published its quarterly earnings report a few days ago,
“Rock Band was a negative contributor to margins in the third quarter,” said Chief Financial Officer Tom Dooley. “We expect it to break even or be slightly profitable in the fourth quarter from a margin point of view. It really depends on how many units we sell in the holiday season.”
Everyones favourite Crystal Ball gazer, Michael Pachter had estimated that The Beatles: Rock Band would sell 1.3 million units so well done Mikey, spot on as usual. Guitar Hero 5 also underperformed selling 499,000 units. Has the (fat) bottom (girl) dropped out the rhythmic rock game market?
