The Beatles: Rock Band the masters to come in and just author them ... its like, send people to Abbey Road, use the original tape, separate them out ... it costs thousands of dollars." Drake asserted that Harmonix would take sales of the currently announced albums into consideration before continuing development of downloadable content. Harmonix's Foster stated that solo acts from the Beatles' members will not be included as downloadable content for "The Beatles: Rock Band"; however, he did not rule out the possibility of these acts appearing in other "Rock Band" games. A three pack of songs from Paul McCartney's 2009 live album,
The Beatles: Rock Band quarter of "The Beatles: Rock Band" inventory was sold during its first week of release, exceeding their expectations. Based on current sales projections, Dauman claimed that the Limited Edition Premium bundle of the game could be sold out by November. Dauman attributed some success of the game's sales to the price reduction of the PlayStation 3, which occurred a few weeks before the release of "The Beatles: Rock Band". "The Beatles: Rock Band" was the fourth high-selling game across all platforms in its first week of release in the United Kingdom. According to the NPD Group, "The Beatles: Rock Band"