There was tremendous fanfare this week for The Beatles: Rock Band since the game sold just over 600K units across multiple platforms in its first month on the market, according to NPD. Viacom, the parent company of MTV Games/Harmonix who developed the game, has been vocal in touting impressive numbers. Earlier this year, they stated that over a billion dollars in retail sales have been generated by the game series for the first 15 months on the market.

However, what seemed to have been completely glanced over was a recent report by Credit Suisse which highlights some stunning revelations on the music game series. Quite simply, Rock Band has lost a vast amount of money for Viacom. By the end of 2009, Credit Suisse projects that Rock Band stands to have lost over $90 million. The game series