Guitar Hero DS Sets New Sales Records

by Chris Faylor, Jul 03, 2008 8:38am PDT

Related Topics – Guitar Hero: On Tour, Software Sales, Nintendo DS

Strong sales of Vicarious Vision's DS Guitar Hero entry, a game the studio freely admits was never planned or requested, have set new sales records for publisher Activision.

In the week following its June 22 release, Guitar Hero: On Tour sold over 300,000 units in North America. That feat, Activision claims, makes it the company's largest Nintendo DS software launch in North America "by more than a factor of eight."

The company further boasted that the strong debut ranks among its "top 5 best-selling launches of any title on any platform," though exact details were not provided.

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SOLD to stores, or SOLD to customers? I am sick and tired of them using their 'sold to stores' numbers as a sign of 'look at how well we are doing!'

Jul 04, 2008 6:31am PDT

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SOLD to stores, or SOLD to customers? I am sick and tired of them using their 'sold to stores' numbers a... : deathofrats
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- I think the point of the article is that it is one of the best selling DS titles. The numbers can be argu... : Dragonhill

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Amazing considering the way it was marketed. They did a horrible, horrible job with the advertising.

Jul 03, 2008 9:22am PDT

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Amazing considering the way it was marketed. They did a horrible, horrible job with the advertising. : jarek99
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Always nice to see unique games getting good sales. Sure it's "just guitar hero" but I doubt anyone saw a DS version as even possible. :D

Jul 03, 2008 8:55am PDT

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  The DS is completely insane. The PSP has it beat on technical specs but people keep making the really inn... : Schnapple
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    The touch screen, microphone, and Lite redesign are the reason for the DS' success. : SiW73
    - The homebrew on the DS is incredible. Its amazing on what the system is able to do even on top of the fea... : Sir_Shaggy

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I can't wait to see someone with this in the metro.

Jul 03, 2008 9:29am PDT

I can't wait to see someone with this in the metro. : razlebol

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haha wow. That's crazy impressive, well done Vicarious

Jul 03, 2008 9:02am PDT

haha wow. That's crazy impressive, well done Vicarious : geedeck

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By: Mecha Tofu Pirate x Show Full Post

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It was probably because of the amazing marketing campaign

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52885

Jul 03, 2008 8:41am PDT

It was probably because of the amazing marketing campaign http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52885 : Mecha Tofu Pirate

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