Guitar Hero 2 Song Packs Very Popular
September 11th, 2007 by Rajiv Ashrafi in Xbox360
Remember those over-priced downloadable songs for the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero 2? Yeah, those ones which prompted much user protests, petitions and boycotts and whatnot. Well, guess what - those downloadable song packs are popular… in fact they have hit multi-platinum status with 650,000 downloads in less than five months. Each downloadable pack contains three individual songs, which when combined tops the two million mark, making them some of the most downloaded content on Xbox Live.
“Activision was the first third-party publisher to offer downloadable content via Xbox LIVE to consumers and as a result, we have tremendous insight into the types of content that consumers want,” states Dusty Welch, head of publishing, RedOctane. “The Guitar Hero II downloadable video game song packs are some of the most popular content on Xbox LIVE and are quickly becoming a very lucrative revenue stream and powerful promotional vehicle for musicians and record labels today.”
Heck, people even gobble up My Chemical Romance tracks. The recently released song pack which included original recordings of “Teenagers”, “Famous Last Words” and “This is How I Disappear” have gotten over 50,000 downloads within its first week of release.
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