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The Beatles may be the most celebrated music group in human history, but that doesn't mean they're the right choice for a video game. According to MTV Games' Scott Guthrie, Green Day is better suited to gaming than The Beatles.
“We were pleased with the performance of Beatles: Rock Band but we were expecting higher sales,” he said. "Our core audience of 16 to 34-year-old males are much more familiar with Green Day music than The Beatles."
“This isn’t a band that has been around for a short period – they’ve been going 21 years," Guthrie says of Green Day. "They have a great history. It is in fact a much wider audience than some people might give them credit for. Green Day probably has a much higher awareness than perhaps The Beatles did.”
I don't know... it seems to me that just about everyone between the ages of 16-34 is aware of both groups, at least, everyone who has the slightest interest in music or music video games. In fact, it seems to me that the lower-than-expected sales of The Beatles: Rock Band might have more to do with a generally glutted market for the music game genre. I love music games, but the possibilities of the genre wear out pretty quickly compared to, say, shooters.
What do you think? Are you unfamiliar with The Beatles? Do you think Green Day is a better choice for a music game?
Speaking of Green Day: Check out our article with the band in which Billy Jo and company talk Green Day: Rock Band, prove their gaming bonafides -- Green Day has been gaming since Joust -- and teach us all a little something about rock and roll.
Source: MCVUK
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ninjamatt52
BEATLES: ROCK BAND REVOLVER AND WHITE ALBUM DLC NOW. PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSE!!!!!!!! !
JohnnyRotten73
I think the problem I have with the Green Day game is how they just left Beatles out to dry.
The idea was that they would examine releasing new content based on the buys from the DLC they had. And then nothing.
It's a shame really. I don't know of any other band in music that made as much of a jump in the quality & sound of their music in such a short time as the Beatles did.
MacPhisto
If they want to make a band-centered Rock Band game that will actually be popular, they should make one with a band that has a broader appeal over multiple generations, like U2: Rock Band. That would be without a doubt the best-selling band-centered Rock Band game if it's made (or if hell freezes over and Led Zeppelin: Rock Band actually happens).
greeknerd
I love rock and heavy metal music and most of the sub-genres that go with it. The Beatles are a great band that deserve a music game. Green Day is a very average punk band. Not the ideal choice for a rock band game for two reasons:
1.) Many tracks will probably feel repetitive.
2.) There are better and more influential punk bands than Green Day (Sex Pistols and The Offspring come to mind).
I personally think that a rock sub-genre specific game would be better than a band specific game. Seriously, my mind would be blown if there was a thrash-metal specific rock band featuring Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Testament, and others. The game would include 5-7 songs from each band (songs that are both well known or core fan favorites) and it would solve the problem that many people have with band specific games: the alienation of the consumers that aren't hardcore fans of a specific band. There are easily more hardcore fans of a sub-genre than one artist that is with in the genre. Please tell me if you believe I'm wrong.
scatman94
I believe The Beatles Rock Band are way better than Green Day. The only reason for why they say Green Day will suit better as game is because Beatles Rock Band didn't sell as well as they expected, so now they will try a more mainstream band so they can get more money out of it.
It's really disappointing how The Beatles didn't sell all that good, and it's even more disappointing the fact that they could have done so much with the game, but they obviously didn't take advantage of the opportunity. There are over 13 Beatle albums, each with its own personality, but instead we get 3 albums with no new announcements to date. They could've re-enacted scenes from The Beatles movies or maybe release downloadable content of each of the beatles' best solo work.
Instead of releasing good DLC for a good music game, we instead get Green Day Rock Band, so all the cool kids can related to them. What a shame. But still, let's just wait and see what happens when the actual game gets released.
teac77
The Beatles: Rock Band was $249.99 at launch. Surprise, Surprise! poor sales. -_-
BertSaxby
I don't have anything against Green Day, but there have been much better bands that have also had releases that well....%@%@%d....I'm looking at you VanHalen/Aerosmith/Activision garbage. I'm sure Harmonix won't churn out drivel like those, but I question the band choice when some clear standout legends are passed over. Methinks there are Green Day fanboys at Harmonix.
Notafanboythatiknow
This is pure BS from Guthrie. MTV/Harmonix just wants to justify the release of another group-centric game. I am very familiar with the Beatles and loved The Beatles: Rock Band. I am disappointed that the game did not sell well. But I think Green Day will also fail short of expectations, and it is not a great choice for a game because of its limited catalog.
Darthjacob22
@RickAstin, I agree with you for the most part, but there's is something you got wrong. Just as a legion of people began to dislike the Beatles for changing their sound, there currently are a legion of people who dislike Green Day for changing their sound as well. Green Day certainly has gained mainstream popularity, but most of it actually does not rely on so called "fans" of their music, but on people who have only been listening to them for a small while. With every Green Day album, a legion of people jumped out, just as a legion of people jumped out.
Pabl007Gunner
Of all the music games that I have played especially music games that concentrate on one band I would say that Beatles Rockband is the best. I have never known much about the Beatles and was never a hug fan but once I played Beatles Rockband I was blown away and fell in love with them and their music. Not only that but the game itself was fantastic. It had the greatest visuals/graphics of any music game that I had ever played. The story mode was great and the extras were perfect for hardcore fans. I like Green Day especially their new stuff but as far as one band music games go you can't top The Beatles whether or not what the demographic is.
RickAstin
The Beatles will always be one band that changed the music landscape forever..
Green Day is great...but no...they did not have such an impact...
Beatles music still stands up with current music..and I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't love at least one of their songs...even if they never realized it was a beatles song...
Green Day is certainly popular...deservedly so I'd say...certainly their more recent songs would fit better in rock band then some of the later beatles songs...
Beatles got more and more out there as time went on and they began breaking rules that they themselves created while experimenting with different styles and sounds...
No one band has been through such a gauntlet of variety and remained as successful as the Beatles...
Whereas green day has gone on and become more and more mainstream then when they started...they've developed a tight formula that works quite well for them...
shorter(foe the most part) songs that are theoretically easier to break up into playable chunks...not to mention easier for music on demand services that have all but swallowed the old ways of distribution...
As for the fanbase.....yes it's very likely that GreenDay will make more sales....not necessarily because they have a bigger influence....but rather because they have a bigger influence over the people these games are aimed at...yes there are exceptions....but a green day fan is simply more likely to be playing videogames then the old school beatles fan....
klix333
I don't like very much of the Beatles stuff. I like pretty much everything Green Day has done up to the newest album which wasn't amazing, but it's hard to follow up a complete rock opera with another one. I prefer the pre-American Idiot Green Day even though I think American Idiot is quite good. I don't know why people give the Beatles a godlike status. @ravenhermit Do you even play any musical instruments yourself? I don't mean to come of as a troll with that question, I'm just curious because Green Day was a huge influence when I started playing the guitar. I'm more familiar with Green Day because I prefer to listen to them over the Beatles. On another note, music games are pretty much dead in my opinion. I rather play Green Day on a real guitar than Rock Band. I'm going to get thumbed down for being honest. ='(
Spartan593
everyone knows the beatles that i know. Most people know green day as well. Green Day has a lot of repetitive songs though. And the green day train wagon died here at least. Everyone doesn't seem to be into new green day so I don't think this game is better for rock band at a sales point.
DreamingDarklyRobin
Green Day isn't bad , it's just a bad follow-up to a band as beloved as the Beatles.
IRObotDave
How about Rock Band: Led Zeppelin? Or Rock Band: Jimi Hendrix? Or even Rock Band: Any other Band BUT Green Day? Seriously, Green Day? I downloaded the Green Day tracks already available for Rock Band for parties/my wife LOVES Green Day... and according to everyone that's played them, the drums are the only fun part. Playing guitar (my favorite instrument in Rock Band) on Green Day's tracks is SO BORING!!! Rock Band: Green Day is a purchase I definitely WILL NOT make.
Thunderkleize_
If Green Day outsells Metallica, I will have lost all faith in humanity.
BONERJAM
I'm 25 and within that age group but I cant stand Green Day. TBH you couldn't pay me to buy a Green Day game but I bought Beatles: Rock Band day one and I wasn't even much of a fan before I purchased it. Activision simply over saturated the market with music games and that is the main reason The Beatles:RB didn't sell as well as they thought. Oh and a overpriced instrument pack didn't help sales either.
optimum5
I'm thinking the reason they wanted more sales for The Beatles : Rock Band (despite the fact it sold a lot of units as it is) is because they probably spent a boatload to get the license in the first place. It's like a $200 Million budgeted movie that only made $150 Million in the box office.
XxIRIUISIHIxX
None of them. I wish they make an Iron Maiden: Rock Band!
SirCitadel
no.
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