He told analysts during a conference call that plenty of resources had been poured into the game to provide a " significant leap forward in innovation" on all platforms.

" We' ve put a lot of additional development resources, a lot of additional music licenses resources, a lot of additional hardware supplier resources against the title to fuel growth over next year," said Griffith.

" We' re excited by the increased musical content and innovation we' re bringing. We do expect a leap forward in innovation with our holiday launch, and we' re about two weeks away from providing very specific details on that."