Rumor: The Who could be the next supergroup to get its own Rock Band game

Roger Daltrey, frontman of legendary band The Who, may have let a secret slip about his band being the focus of an upcoming Rock Band game.

He told MassLive “they’re going to be doing a Who one next year,” in response to a question about The Beatles:Rock Band.

That news, of course, spread like wildfire getting picked up by gaming and music sites alike. Harmonix has a good relationship with the band already with numerous Who songs already available in Rock Band games. But, there’s the rub. Could it be a case of too much Who? (Why do I suddenly feel like Dr. Suess?)

As Rolling Stone points out, the album Tommy had enough concept to be turned into a rock opera. It would certainly help to create a great game atmosphere similar to what Harmonix did with The Beatles game. But, as Gamertell mentioned recently, The Beatles:Rock Band has not been selling all that well. If that game isn’t moving, it is hard to imagine that a Who-themed one would do much better regardless of how good the content was.

It is isn’t hard to imagine executives waiting for sales data before looking at some of the next steps for the franchise. For Harmonix’ part, one of its’ spokespeople told Kotaku that the company is “working closely with the Who but has nothing new to announce at this time.”

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