It's Official: The Beatles: Rock Band Outsold Guitar Hero 5

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Posted October 19, 2009 - By pklepek

The coordinated marketing blitz behind The Beatles: Rock Band was unprecedented, but with interest in music games on the decline and Guitar Hero remaining a continuing top performer, were the fab four enough to topple Guitar Hero 5? As it turns out, yes. The NPD Group has informed me The Beatles: Rock Band, across all platforms, outsold Guitar Hero 5 in September.

According to the numbers, The Beatles: Rock Band sold 595,000 copies across all platforms (it was released on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii), while Guitar Hero 5 sold 499,000 copies across all platforms (the game was released on PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii).

Which one did you pick up? Or were you fortunate enough to grab both?

Tags: Music, PlayStation 3, Videogames, Wii, Xbox 360

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Notafanboythatiknow

Suck on that Activision. I love gh1, gh2 and gh3, but after that, it has been only trash.

Posted: October 19, 2009 5:28 PM
ReiverBell21

wow i can't believe i don't don't have this game yet =( i <3 the beatles

Posted: October 19, 2009 5:19 PM
-John-

So not only are The Beatles bigger than Jesus, but they're also bigger than Guitar Hero! That's amazing!
Thank FSM!

Posted: October 19, 2009 5:15 PM
aztecyankee

@vinny87
My thoughts exactly!!!! I remember that post 10 days ago where Activision was bashing Beatles Rock band on there sales!!! Talk about Dewey defeats Truman!!(wow I'm old!!!)lol

Posted: October 19, 2009 5:12 PM
aztecyankee

@vinny87
My thoughts exactly!!!! I remember that post 10 days ago where Activision was bashing Beatles Rock band on there sales!!! Talk about Dewey defeats Truman!!(wow I'm old!!!)lol

Posted: October 19, 2009 5:12 PM
Spoonpwner

damn straight

Posted: October 19, 2009 5:09 PM
vinny87

Wow i guess some people at Activision lied. I played Guitar Hero 2 for like 2 minutes a couple of years ago and that was the extent of my music game experience. I'm happy though that the better game sold better. I hope it continues to do well.

Posted: October 19, 2009 5:08 PM
erob90

The Beatles = Win

Posted: October 19, 2009 5:05 PM
Kanaye

Beatles: Rock Band. Oh, I had so much fun with this game...it was worth it.

Posted: October 19, 2009 5:04 PM
gamermoney

on the name alonee it was bound to make money, I fir one picked up neither am content with gh metallica

Posted: October 19, 2009 4:57 PM
kergiby

Beatles Rock Band of course.

Posted: October 19, 2009 4:52 PM
DreamingDarklyRobin

Considering the amount it cost to make, I would certainly hope it makes money.

Posted: October 19, 2009 4:45 PM