You don't say: Guitar Hero III bringing in the big bucks

by Chris Greenhough { Nov 6th 2007 at 11:49PM }

Earlier today, Activision announced Q2 revenues of $318 million, a 69% increase on the same period last year.

Now, those figures alone are worthy of applause, if that kind of thing floats your boat. However, the recent release of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock on the Wii (and, y'know, some other consoles you may have heard of) is tipped to boost Q3 earnings to unprecedented levels, with many expecting Activision to shatter the $1 billion mark in net revenue. And sure enough, despite the odd issue, the game has made a fine start in the US, with Activision crowing today about first week revenues of $115m.

Of course, it's not exclusively the Wii version of Guitar Hero III that will have contributed to that mind-boggling number, but you can bet your bottom dollar it will have played its part, thanks to the sheer ubiquity of the Wii, not to mention its popularity at social occasions. So "yay" for the Wii, "yay" for Guitar Hero, and "yay" for capitalism. A winning combination.

Incidentally, don't forget that Legends of Rock headbangs its way into Australasia tomorrow, while Europeans will be rocking out from November 23.

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: Activision, Guitar-Hero-III, GuitarHeroIII, Money, Music, Red-Octane, RedOctane, Rhythm, Sales

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

raptorspike @ Nov 7th 2007 12:19AM

Now, can we get official word on the release of extra guitar controllers, as well as price (better not be more than $30, unless they include a wiimote)

flamingsquirrel @ Nov 7th 2007 1:16AM

@raptorspike
Standalone guitars are $60 on PS2. Probably the same deal for Wii

Undead Priest @ Nov 7th 2007 2:47AM

I'd love to see some numbers broken down per console. Disproportionately, I'd suspect, would the 360 version lead.

Duscrom @ Nov 7th 2007 6:49AM

My prediction would be

360
PS2
PC
Wii
PS3
Mac

James Donald Warrenfeltz @ Nov 7th 2007 8:32AM

VGChartz has it as 360, Wii, PS2, PS3. Of course, that's with the PC version unreleased.

However, the 360's sold 800k in the first week, and the Wii is only around 300k - in my opinion, an example of Wii60 owners having the 360 as their console of choice, and Wii-only owners being very casual about gaming.