The Beatles: ROCK BAND - Rumors and Facts

[cherokeesam]

Hate to sound n00bish, but was The Ed Sullivan Show where they made their American debut? "I Wanna Hold Your Hand?"

[Ferocious Q]

please god let me import these songs into rb!!! or better yet, import rb2 songs in RB:beatles!

[Droosies]

This is just pure speculation on my part, but here's what I'm thinking could happen based on me reading "in between the lines" on the facts.

1.) The Beatles will have the game released in AC/DC Track Pack style Dec. 2009. By AC/DC-style I mean the songs will be able to be exported. I am basing this on: "This is not just a Rock Band expansion pack, it is much much more than that."

2.) The Beatles will not have any DLC on Rock Band apart from this game, just like AC/DC, but they will have a song released through Rock Band 3. I am basing this on "Reuters notes rather matter-of-factly that "none of the Fab Four's songs will be available for download on the existing Rock Band franchise."" Since Rock Band 3 does not exist at the moment, this would techincally be correct.

So that's just me trying to find loopholes in the logic that would get the Beatles music along with the rest of my 500+ songs on Rock Band.

[mugs]

This is just pure speculation on my part, but here's what I'm thinking could happen based on me reading "in between the lines" on the facts.

1.) The Beatles will have the game released in AC/DC Track Pack style Dec. 2009. By AC/DC-style I mean the songs will be able to be exported. I am basing this on: "This is not just a Rock Band expansion pack, it is much much more than that."

2.) The Beatles will not have any DLC on Rock Band apart from this game, just like AC/DC, but they will have a song released through Rock Band 3. I am basing this on "Reuters notes rather matter-of-factly that "none of the Fab Four's songs will be available for download on the existing Rock Band franchise."" Since Rock Band 3 does not exist at the moment, this would techincally be correct.

So that's just me trying to find loopholes in the logic that would get the Beatles music along with the rest of my 500+ songs on Rock Band.

The fact is, this is not a Rock Band product.

While the Rock Band instruments will be supported in the Beatles game.

This is not a Rock Band product.

The Beatles songs will only be playable in the Beatles game.

I am also just another speculator. But knowing that Viacom/MTV/Harmonix have already spent millions just to get the Beatles to agree to have their music in their own title... I am sure that the Beatles would also demand more money for their music to be "importable" into other "Rock Band" titles.

Key Point:
This is not a Rock Band title.

[XSirPsychoSexyX]

All I can say is I'm glad they got ahold of this before Neversoft. They would of probably ruined this somehow.... Maybe making Metal songs out of the Beatles music........ God... Thank you Harmonix for getting this... All you need now is the Led and you are GODS

[Ramirez16]

There is no mention anywhere, but I would love to have a venue set up for the rooftop concert... I have a bootleg of that concert and think it would be very cool if the first official release of that material were on this new Harmonix game...

That would be ****ing awesome

[mugs]

Honestly, there will be MOOOOOOOORRRRREEEEE than enough Beatles fans out there that just have to own this so to all of these

"make it exportable or I'm not buying" people don't really matter.

It won't be exportable, and it will sell out ACROSS THE WORLD!!!

[whofan]

The fact is, this is not a Rock Band product.

While the Rock Band instruments will be supported in the Beatles game.

This is not a Rock Band product.

The Beatles songs will only be playable in the Beatles game.

I am also just another speculator. But knowing that Viacom/MTV/Harmonix have already spent millions just to get the Beatles to agree to have their music in their own title... I am sure that the Beatles would also demand more money for their music to be "importable" into other "Rock Band" titles.

Key Point:
This is not a Rock Band title.

Actually, it is not a Rock Band BRANDED product is what they said in the interview.

Also, if you look closely, they also say that it's "Not JUST a Rock Band expansion" (Emphasis Mine), implying that it will also work as a Rock Band expansion pack.

I suspect that there will be a one time export code. However, I also think that there will be something more on the disc that will not come over during the export (i.e. an in depth career mode or something of that sort)

[Sayburr]

I personally believe you are incorrect. I don't see Harmonix making a brand new game out of the Beatles tapes and then letting the songs transfer to Rock Band. They have said many times that this Beatles Project will not be part of the Rock Band platform.

If the Beatles game is not part of the Rock Band platform then the songs will not transfer over, simple as that.

[cherokeesam]

I'm inclined to agree with Droosies that the songs *will* be exportable to the RB series:

"This is not just a Rock Band expansion pack, it is much much more than that."

Key word, "just." If they'd wanted to say it's a completely separate standalone, they would've said "This is not a Rock Band expansion pack." The fact they included "just" indicates that it *is* a Rock Band expansion pack, with lots more added features.