Guitar Hero Outsells Rock Band Almost 3-to-1 in November

Nathan Drake - 369 days 17 hours ago

I mean,because Guitar Hero outsold it in one month,that means the Rock Band franchise is dead and the makers should be worried.

Isn't that so Mr.Buffa ;) ?

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KrisXX - 369 days 4 hours ago

Still playing RB2 over GHWT now. with more DLC and a much bigger "game" to complete, I'm already bored with GHWT. I played thru the solo tours and then...blah. I wish they would have set it up like all the gigs and venues in band world tour for rb2. I still enjoy both, but RB2 for me has much more replay value, even tho the music maker is a nice gimmick in GHWT.

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Matsuiichi - 369 days 1 hour ago

I honestly think that while Guitar Hero: World Tour is probably trumping Rock Band in sales (undeservingly, in my opinion), I don't think that they have factored in the DLC sales, which are direct profit.

Rock Band recently announced passing the mark of 28 million DLC downloads. When you consider that the average cost of a song is 1.99, they've made at least $50 million on downloadable content ALONE.

I'm still playing Rock Band, not even touching Guitar Hero at all (and haven't in at least a year). It still doesn't feel like the huge experience Rock Band is now.

Sure, they factored in sales numbers, but I don't think Activision can touch that extra $50m on DLC revenue anyways, which is mysteriously absent from this article.

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Timesplitter14 - 368 days 18 hours ago

It's because of South Park

And I don't really care about these games anyway. To me it's like ''McDonalds outsells Burger King 3 to 1''

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spunnups - 368 days 17 hours ago

3 times to 1 better better than GHWT. Any song track with La Bamba is automatic epic fail.

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name - 368 days 17 hours ago

Guitar Hero selling better means it's the better game and Rock Band is doomed.

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PirateThom - 368 days 17 hours ago

It's funny, because Rock Band is the better game.

Guess quality really doesn't have anything to do with sales.

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Perjoss - 368 days 17 hours ago

lets compare DLC sales? :)

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IzKyD1331 - 368 days 16 hours ago

it's such a shame too, rock band 2 is WAY better than guitar hero WT

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iggypop123 - 368 days 16 hours ago

its all about tracks. if you want hendrix and other artists you go to guitar hero.

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Baka-akaB - 368 days 7 hours ago

i'm laughing so much its hurts ....

This is ridiculous , they are both basically the same game , to the point that one could trick the less Hardcore gamers among us , by labelling a gh4 video with the name rb2 , without them seeing a difference .

Some guys here and around most game forums , are as usual way too bitter and spiteful ... especially when they differences between the two games are far too few and minors .

HERE WE GO HATERS , HERE is the extent of your idiocy :
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Hell they even share many songs ....
I first picked GH WH for a simple fact , the guitar and drums are better .
I still got RB2 because , well i love those kind of games , and couldnt care less about who's the bad guy and stole who ...
I mean why even fight over two greedy entity like EA and activision , they are both the same evil , but it's another subject .

So who care if people bought GH based on the brand , GH is the same game with undeniable upgrades for the material , and a playlist that can appeal to more people . More people indeed ... sorry but when i'm at a party , people are more inclined to ask 3 times over the night "Beat it" than some Judas Priest ...

Now RB2 got imo a more "pure" and rock worthy selection of songs , and a massive edge with dlc and rock band 1 compatibility .

Activision dropped the ball over the dlcs so far , while EA did far too little with the instruments .. but in the end both games own , and if you actually like the genre you get both game anyway , unless one's choice of songs isnt really to your taste.

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Jack Bauer - 366 days 21 hours ago

september and october...? rock band 2 came out on 360 early, so what are total sales?

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Steven Colbert - 368 days 17 hours ago

Who cares? At least you get one version of Rock Band a year instead of 374921906 versions of Guitar Hero with lame soundtracks and limited DLC.

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