Guitar Hero Outsells Rock Band 2-to-1
Quit your yapping, Guitar Hero and Rock Band fanboys, as NPD has revealed the most popular band – in terms of units sold, anyway. The undisputed winner is Guitar Hero World Tour, which has sold 3.4 million units in North America alone; double that of Rock Band 2. In fact, World Tour sold nearly 1 million units in November alone.
Before Rock Band fans start flame wars on forums, it can be pointed out that the Guitar Hero is a better known brand than Rock Band, though the latter is generally received better by critics (and also has the largest DLC library). World Tour also went on sale on all platforms – PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and PS2 – on October 26, whereas Rock Band 2 hit the Xbox 360 on September 14, the PS3 October 19 and the PS2 and Wii on December 18. What this means is that NPD is reporting only about two weeks worth of sales on the latter two platforms which have the largest install bases in the region.
Whatever the case may be – both games are stupidly fun and awesome to play while having friends over. It’s just deciding which poison to take for the gamers.