Sadly, the press release doesn't tell us what songs were most popular, nor does it tell us what platforms people were downloading the most songs on, but we have a feeling we know what will be the most downloaded song. You heard it here first, folks!
NPD: Rock Band surpassed $1b in retail sales in North America
by David Hinkle 
on Mar 26th 2009 12:30PM
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Sadly, the press release doesn't tell us what songs were most popular, nor does it tell us what platforms people were downloading the most songs on, but we have a feeling we know what will be the most downloaded song. You heard it here first, folks!
Reader Comments (24)
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 12:36PM (Unverified) said
See what overpricing the hardware in Europe can do for your profit margins?
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Posted: Mar 26th 2009 12:42PM pyr0 said
Exactly what I was thinking Oshi. You beat me to the point!
Song selection was far superior on Rock Band in my opinion, too. Many Guitar Hero: World Tour songs simply sucked!! Who wants to play "Antisocial" in French by Trust?? What!?! Would've rather had the cover done by Anthrax off their State of Euphoria CD. And that's just one example.
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Song selection was far superior on Rock Band in my opinion, too. Many Guitar Hero: World Tour songs simply sucked!! Who wants to play "Antisocial" in French by Trust?? What!?! Would've rather had the cover done by Anthrax off their State of Euphoria CD. And that's just one example.
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 12:43PM ALittleWeeny said
Well Guitar Hero has already had 4545345456235973592398472938528377878234 games and it came out much earlier than Rock Band so of course it's surpassed the billion-dollar mark. A game like Barnie's Next Gen Adventure could make a billion dollars after 4545345456235973592398472938528377878234 games.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2009 12:47PM baby sea tuna said
Awesome. Now let's get some Thermals on there.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2009 12:58PM Anticrawl said
Was there a post on the GDC awards yet? They were already given out if not http://www.gamekyo.com/newsen30596_the-game-developers-choice-awards-have-been-given.html
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Posted: Mar 26th 2009 1:14PM (Unverified) said
The quick number crunch says that the average number of times each has been DLed is somewhere around 100k.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2009 3:50PM Gib said
"thank god there isn't a Rock Band 3 this year."
Except for that game with that little known band... Oh, who was it? Someone from England, I think...
I personally can't wait for 09-09-2009. HMX can have even more of my money, in case the first billion I gave them wasn't enough.
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Except for that game with that little known band... Oh, who was it? Someone from England, I think...
I personally can't wait for 09-09-2009. HMX can have even more of my money, in case the first billion I gave them wasn't enough.
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 1:22PM (Unverified) said
As everyone is already aware of, the best Rock Band DLC is still and will always be the Boston pack.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2009 1:40PM Darkangel269 said
Boston Pack was great, SRV pack was better.
Pearl Jam is gonna be awesome too.
I'll be happy to get more of both though
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Pearl Jam is gonna be awesome too.
I'll be happy to get more of both though
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 1:54PM (Unverified) said
Oshi - actually, Guitar Hero 3 alone made one billion
http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/guitar-hero-iii-first-ever-game-to-sell-1-billion/?biz=1
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http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/guitar-hero-iii-first-ever-game-to-sell-1-billion/?biz=1
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 2:11PM Gemini Ace said
Journey is ass.
Pearl Jam's Ten is the best DLC for any game, ever.
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Pearl Jam's Ten is the best DLC for any game, ever.
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 3:41PM (Unverified) said
What do you expect? Rock Band is awesome. You can jam to your favorite songs in four different ways. Visuals are great. Song choices are great. And yes, including Ten is one of the best collaborations between the music and video game industries.
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