Beatles Rock Band DLC Not A Sure Thing

Numerous reports today reveal that beyond the initial three Beatles albums that are scheduled for release as Downloadable Content (DLC) for The Beatles: Rock Band, any other releases are not a certainty.  The three albums already announced are Abbey Road on October 20th, Sgt Pepper in November and Rubber Soul in December.  Pricing will be $1.99 per song.  The bonus is if you buy Abbey Road as a complete album, you will be able to play the big medley from side two as one complete song.

At Microsoft's X09 press event in Toronto, Harmonix PR rep John Drake was asked about additional albums for the game and how long until all Beatles album would be available.  The answer he gave was not the answer anyone expected.

Every time we do one song, it's not like Rock Band where we wait for 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. We're waiting to see how things sell. We're waiting to see how the albums do. If they sell well, we'll have a lot more content.

That being said, I think everyone expects the Beatles DLC will be huge.  All You Need is Love is the fastest selling piece of Rock Band DLC ever and it's only available for the XBOX 360.

I know I bought a 16GB SD card for the Wii in advance of the first three albums.  I'd hate for that to be in vain.