Guitar Hero III Is First Game To Surpass $1 Billion In Sales
See Full ImageDid anyone predict the music/rhythm genre would blow up like this back when they were playing PaRappa the Rapper? Seriously? About a year ago, Activision announced that their famed and acclaimed Guitar Hero franchise had passed the $1 billion mark in North American revenue. That was pretty damn impressive, but here's yet another milestone.
As GameDaily reports, Activision now says that Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock has become the first single game ever to generate over $1 billion sales. Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith revealed this fact during his keynote address at last week's CES, and he also mentioned how the game industry "has a profound effect on other entertainment sectors." Obviously, a series like GH has been very important for the music industry; for instance, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith sold three times as many copies as the band's last album. In regards to the new installment - Guitar Hero: World Tour - Griffith praised the game's user-generated options, as 25,000 songs were created in the first 10 days and over 141,000 have been created thus far. The numbers are almost overwhelming: the GH community now sits at more than 600,000 members and there have been an astonishing 21 million song downloads. And lastly, Griffith echoed something we at PSXE have been saying for quite a while: the gaming industry is going up while the other entertainment venues are...well, not. Said Griffith:
"Movies, recorded music and TV - these are all stagnating or contracting entertainment sectors. Video games are poised to eclipse all other forms of entertainment in the decade ahead."
Couldn't possibly agree more.
Related Game(s): Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
1/12/2009 Ben Dutka
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krono45
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 2:28:02 PM
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Fane1024
Friday, January 16, 2009 @ 4:27:55 PM
When I play RB, I feel like I'm playing an instrument; when I play GH:WT, I feel like I'm pressing buttons.
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Naga
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 1:08:54 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 1:10:13 PM
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PS3_Wizard
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 10:54:08 AM
Or maybe....just maybe they know they can't dance or play guitar, so they want to live a fantasy that their lamness can never fulfil in real life.
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Fane1024
Friday, January 16, 2009 @ 4:29:19 PM
I always find it hilarious when gamers make this argument.
Isn't that the point of all games?
Duh.
Last edited by Fane1024 on 1/16/2009 4:30:13 PM
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Zorigo
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 1:17:00 PM
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have you seen the prices, i'm not suprised.
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Banky A
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 1:45:07 AM
But I swear my electric guitar and amp (together) costs just as much than the instrument bundles that GH has.
What does that say about.. well the game instruments? lolz
:P
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ec0li
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 1:37:27 PM
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Ultimadream
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 1:42:32 PM
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Troy Powers
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 2:39:22 PM
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More Killzone!
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Troy Powers
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 2:47:59 PM
"I GOTTA have more Killzone, baby!"
"I got a FEVER...and the only prescription is more KILLZONE!"
That would be awesome!
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Troy Powers
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 3:21:03 PM
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Troy Powers
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 3:24:41 PM
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PS3_Wizard
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 10:57:38 AM
PSN ID: Tron_04
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robinhood2010
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 2:39:39 PM
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Scarecrow
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 3:03:05 PM
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GHIII makes me sad as a gamer
If this is the future of game we're f*****.
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PS3_Wizard
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 10:59:31 AM
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LightShow
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 3:37:07 PM
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just like the dot com businesses and our once booming economy, the bubble has got to burst eventually. I just don't want to be an employee of Neversoft when it does...
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ckubler
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 4:09:00 PM
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http://www.pspfree.org
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Reccaman18
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 5:38:02 PM
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Douchebaguette
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 6:25:05 PM
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If GH generated more sales than actual guitars per year, i would actually cry.
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somethingrandom
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 7:26:31 PM
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Reccaman18
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 10:23:21 PM
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Naga
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 @ 5:03:56 PM
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Banky A
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 1:52:16 AM
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Guitar Hero also makes me sad as a musician and guitarist.
:(
In the end it can be well fun with friends being random, but in the end, it's pretty much just playing somebody else's' style and gaining no real skill from it.
Yeah it's a game and isn't trying to be guitar or making somebody take on music in life.. but considering the price for everything................... seriously?!
xD
Last edited by Banky A on 1/13/2009 1:53:14 AM
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faraga
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 2:31:29 PM
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the reason i dont really appreciate this game anymore is that if you play the game(s) you dont LISTEN to the music anymore, you're just focusing on ur timing and you dont FEEL it, cuz when i play my guitar, the whole body vibrates with the strings,
with the plastic thing its just like ur playing a game with the sixaxis, ur very concentrated, but you just aren't one with the game (thats why i bought the dualshock 3 controller)
and in the end i was cheaper off with (one of) the gh games (which cost 90 euros each) then with my real guitar, which costed me 75 euros (20 yo secondhand, free old amplifier + 45 euro distortion pedal)
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Deleted User
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 @ 2:16:08 AM
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Why not apply that to any game. Join a real war, play real pro football..You guys getting my drift? A game is meant to be fun. Dont take it so serious.
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Banky A
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 @ 4:03:23 AM
But I don't specifically like people having too much fun for a long time with something that costs you so much that you can buy the real thing :( and then some
And real instruments are more fun. They can help with life. Play to yourself when you're feeling down. Buy a stairway to heaven.. or somethin' xD
:P
Last edited by Banky A on 1/14/2009 4:03:42 AM
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LightShow
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 @ 6:36:52 AM
to someone with musical skill, playing a real instrument can be more fun than GH or RB. That said, the game isn't meant as a replacement for an actual instrument, it's a video game, and by nature very fake.
Those who aren't musicians can have fun with a game based on playing guitar, just like those who aren't pro ball players can have fun playing a game based on football, etc. etc.
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Fane1024
Friday, January 16, 2009 @ 4:36:18 PM
You don't like other people having too much fun?
WTF?
Oh, and both my guitar and my bass guitar cost me more at the pawn shop than any of the three full instrument sets I've bought for Rock Band.
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caliblue15
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Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 12:48:13 PM
Sad day.... :(