Get ready to be aggravated with consumers around the world because Activision is claiming that Guitar Hero 5 is comfortably outselling The Beatles: Rock Band. If you take a look at our reviews of each game one can clearly see that the better game is not the game that is selling the best. Plus, IT'S THE BEATLES! Now, GH5 did have the ever popular guitar/game package that The Beatles did not, and the series also has a larger install base (people still don't seem to understand that you can use GH controllers for Rock Band, and vica versa), but that doesn't excuse GH5 outselling The Beatles four to one in the U.S. and nine to one in other markets during launch week as Activision is saying it did. Hear that UK? We like the fab four more than you.
In some news that won't make you shake your fist at the sky and shout "You damn kids don't know what music is!", "All You Need Is Love" has broken the record for the fastest selling Rock Band song ever. It took the Beatles classic only two days. No numbers were released on how quickly the 360 exclusive DLC actually sold, but Microsoft says that it has raised "tens of thousands of dollars" for Doctors Without Borders with at least $17,600 of that coming from the one-of-a-kind Beatles 360. If you haven't yet helped the children of the world live fuller and healthier lives by downloading the song, don't worry, the song's proceeds will continue to be donated to Doctors Without Borders so you still have a chance to be a good person and entertain yourself at the same time.
So, to wrap these two stories together, here's the plan: Go buy The Beatles: Rock Band and support a great game over a not as good game. Then, once you've got it, support a great cause by downloading "All You Need Is Love."
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5:00 PM on 09.19.2009
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I thus have no interest in this game.
Guitar Hero 5 has bands I like.
Thus I am not interested in that because I already own those songs on Rock Band 2.
TBRB is a 45 song game based on one band. It's a spinoff cash in whether you like it or not. You couldn't have possibly expected it to do better than GH5.
And on the "larger install base" note, Rock Band has existed for years now, and is a multi-million selling franchise with four (soon to be 5) games. That excuse doesn't cut it anymore.
Also, I bought All You Need Is Love, too, so I'm good to go!
It's a game with only one band...that may not appeal to everyone.
I hope it wins out in overall sales once the GH5 momentum dies down a bit.
I really didn't think this was gonna happen...I wish I hadn't bought Guitar Hero 5 as well as Beatles Rock Band now.
Cockboxes.
I agree. They're the same damn game.
Also, what is with the ludicrously large bias in this? That's not fucking journalism! Some blogger's are useless! This is why a lot of big companies don't take gaming 'blogs' seriously most of the time :(
And you people who are bitching about journalistic integrity really need to STFU. Dtoid has always been closer to a blog than anything else. And at least no one here is anywhere near as biased as that idiot Summa was/is. This is still a much better place without that prick.
Holy shitballs, truer words never have been said.
Teenagers don't really like The Beatles that much.
@EternalDeathSlayer: Some teenagers don't really like The Beatles that much.
And you stated yourself how quickly it accomplished being the fastest selling Rock Band song ever. Two days.
I guess nobody's getting my money...
I apologize for the blanket statement.
But I would imagine there are more that do not like The Beatles than there are that do.
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I have RB:TB and generally prefer the feel of the Rock Band series. In saying that though, I own every GH to date and will buy GH5 within the next few weeks. As bad as it sounds, I AM THE AUDIENCE.
I bought All You Need Is Love the day before I got the game by the way.
RB series feels better. HMX knows how to make you feel as if you are playing the instruments. Neversoft makes it into a note frenzy.
You just offended a ton of gamers just because you disagree with them about one game. What a nice guy.
Also, RB feeling better is your opinion, even though I agree with it. You shouldn't talk like it's the word of God.
Excuse my typos.
@EternalDeathSlayer I didn't say it was Halo.I mean it could be, or not. ^__^
Ever since HMX no longer worked on GH, it declined in quality. Neversoft just can't recapture the magic. It all went to RB. I'm not the only one who feels this way. Just ask any gamer which is the better series, 70% will say Rock Band.
Why? Because Activision milked GH and it just isn't as good as RB with its constant DLCs. So how could i have offended gamers when i'm saying what they're saying?
However TB:RB was a completely different experience. I haven't touched GH5 yet since it came out and I don't plan to. For the record U am a Beatlesmaniac so that may factor in there too.
But really this news surprises no one. But unlike past years I'm not upset over it. GH5 was pretty fuckin' fun. The charting has improved by lightyears.
Agreed. GH5 disrespects dead people, even though RB:Beatles has dead people, they don't disrespect it like GH5