From my review of "The Beatles: Rock Band":
The game comes packaged with only 45 songs out of the Beatles 200+ song catalog, and a LOT of really great songs are missing. I can understand why somefavorites like "Yesterday" and "Eleanor Rigby" are absent, but where is "Hey Jude", or "A Day in the Life" or "Strawberry Fields Forever" or "Help!"? To put this in perspective, the first Rock Band had almost TWICE as many songs on the disc. And with the complete "Abbey Road" and "Sgt. Pepper" albums already announced as DLC, I can't help but feel somewhat shafted by EA, Harmonix, and Apple Corps.
Fortunately, I was able to get a pretty good deal on the bundle, so I do not feel too terribly bad about buying some of the DLC when its released. But I can definitely see how someone who blew $250 for the bundle and maybe even another $100 or $200 for one or both stand-alone guitars could feel completely ripped-off. That amounts to basically $10 per song!!! Plus, one of the guitars you bought won't even be useable (since the game did not separate John and George's guitar tracks), AND, you'll still have to shell out another $20-$50 or so for a second and third microphone, and maybe even more if you want microphone stands, AND if you want the cymbal expansion for the drums, it'll be an extra $30+! All added up, that is well over $500 for a game with only 45 songs.
Don't get me wrong, its a good game, and if you're a Rock Band and/or Beatlesfan and already have the instruments, its worth picking up.
But be warned, if you are expecting a game that contains the complete works of the Beatles as interactive songs, or a detailed interactive documentary on how their music was made, then you might be very dissapointed when you play the game and discover that you spent $550 for you and up to 5 friends to complete the Story Mode in under 4 or 5 hours.
So in addition to the game being a whopping $10+ per song, it is also well over $100/hour! For the same price, you can buy 6-Day Park Hopper tickets to Disney Land and California Adventure for a family of FOUR. Granted, the Disney Land trip will cost you significantly more in transportation costs, logding, food, and inevitable gift shop purchases. Regardless of the hidden costs of Disney Land, its pretty ridiculous that I'm comparing the cost of a video game to tickets at a world-renowned amusement park.