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]
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11-07-2007 @ 12:19AM
raptorspike said...
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)
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11-07-2007 @ 1:16AM
flamingsquirrel said...
@raptorspike
Standalone guitars are $60 on PS2. Probably the same deal for Wii
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11-07-2007 @ 2:47AM
Undead Priest said...
I'd love to see some numbers broken down per console. Disproportionately, I'd suspect, would the 360 version lead.
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11-07-2007 @ 6:49AM
Duscrom said...
My prediction would be
360
PS2
PC
Wii
PS3
Mac
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11-07-2007 @ 8:32AM
James Donald Warrenfeltz said...
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.
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11-07-2007 @ 10:55PM
doug said...
Any word on Rock Band for the Wii?
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