MTV owner seeks money formally paid in bonuses to Rock Band developer Harmonix

Viacom wants Rock Band repay

MCV Staff 15th February 2010 Publishing

With falling sales of Rock Band blamed for a three per cent year-on-year decline in sales for Harmonix owner Viacom, the company has said that it wants a partial refund of bonuses paid to the developer in 2008.

Viacom enjoyed strong profits of $694m for the quarter ending December 31st, but sales fell to $4.1bn – a drop pegged on declining year-on-year sales of the firm’s Guitar Hero-rivalling music series.

“In 2008, we paid $150m under this earn-out agreement related to 2007 performance,” a Viacom SEC filing revealed, according to Gamasutra.

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