Harmonix Very Pleased with Beatles Rock Band Sales - Staff Sacked

A spokesman MTV Games has stated that, "MTV Games and Harmonix are very pleased with the sales of our Rock Band titles and we expect to continue to see strong sales throughout the holidays across all of our titles."

Adding to the general very pleased tone was the statement that, "The Beatles: Rock Band has sold over 1 million units worldwide to date".

All good news then? Not if you actually work for Harmonix. Apparently, a spokesperson for MTV Games "confirmed to Joystiq that 39 positions at developer Harmonix were eliminated today".

In standard santised-speak, these eliminations were carried out in order to "better align [the] staffing to best suit [Harmonix's] product development plans and schedules moving forward."

It's okay, though because (as ever) "those affected were primarily in QA. The others affected ranged from administrative to other various roles within the company."

Amazing how 'very pleased with sales' doesn't turn into 'well done, you can keep your job'. All you need is love, eh?

^{See Industry Gamers and Joystiq}