MTV Games and parent company Viacom spent some major cash for you to be able to play Rock Band as The Beatles.
According to the LA Times, Viacom has promised rights holders a minimum of somewhere around $10 million. On top of that, according to people familiar with the terms of the deal, an additional $40 million will be paid if Beatles: Rock Band performs as expected at retail. Damn. They really wanted to make a Beatles game work! That’s a lot of money to promise, especially seeing as how music game sales are down.
As we told you the other day, EA is slowly stepping away from the plastic-based music games. MTV is singing the same song:
“Our core competency is media,” said Paul DeGooyer, senior vice president of electronic games and music for MTV Games. “Let [Activision] take on the burden of getting those super-tight margin instruments out there.”
I think they’re okay for now, though. The Beatles have plenty of fans.
[via Joystiq]
