Topic: Guitar Hero: On Tour Breaks North American Sales Records

[Halbred]

Handheld gamers don't seem to mind the $50 price point.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=16281

 Activision announced that Guitar Hero: On Tour has sold over 300,000 units in North America since its recent release, making it Activision's top-selling DS game by a landslide. In fact, On Tour is among the top 5 releases for any console in the company's history, despite being the most expensive DS game on the market (thanks to the included Guitar Grip peripheral). Rock on, gamers!    

Guitar Hero®: On Tour Sets Activision North American Retail Sales Record    

Activision's Largest Nintendo DS™ Launch    

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jul 03, 2008 - Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced Guitar Hero®: On Tour has sold in excess of 300,000 units in North America in the first seven days since its launch, making it the largest North American launch for the Nintendo DS™ in the company's history by more than a factor of eight. In addition, Guitar Hero: On Tour's performance ranks it as one of Activision's top 5 best-selling launches of any title on any platform in the company's history.    

Guitar Hero: On Tour brings the popular Guitar Hero franchise to the handheld platforms for the first time delivering a unique gaming experience and challenging handheld gamers to prove their skills on the most diverse set list of master tracks ever offered in a Guitar Hero game.    

"Guitar Hero is one of the most successful entertainment properties and continues to push the boundaries of innovation with Guitar Hero: On Tour," said Mike Griffith, President and Chief Executive Officer, Activision Publishing, Inc. "The game's breakthrough peripheral brings the Guitar Hero experience to the 41 million DS users in North America and Europe, where they can play anywhere, anytime."

[Kairon]

Please don't tell Square-Enix. It'll encourage them to raise their DS prices even more.

[GoldenPhoenix]

Great news, especially since Vicarious Visions put alot of work into the game and making it accessible for handheld gamers. Glad to see it is paying off for them and will hopefully lead to more risk taking. While I haven't played my copy yet, the game is well packaged and "looks" like a $50 package.

[AV]

WOW I guess demand was just waiting for something like this. Luke Warm reviews be damned people want Guitar Hero on Nintendo consoles and they don't care which ones.

[GoldenPhoenix]

WOW I guess demand was just waiting for something like this. Luke Warm reviews be damned people want Guitar Hero on Nintendo consoles and they don't care which ones.

Well most of those reviews didn't have much to complain about when it comes to the quality and polish of the game, they mainly boiled down to complaints about a, arguably, limited soundtrack and mixed feelings on the Grip device (though none have said it is bad).

[UncleBob]

Please don't tell Square-Enix. It'll encourage them to raise their DS prices even more.

If S/E had released Arkanoid DS with the Paddle Controller, I would have paid $50 for it.