By looking at Soundscan’s sales figures for various songs included inGuitar Hero III: Legends of Rockbefore and after the rhythm game was released,Ars Technicahas discovered that “increased sales for labels and bands” is just one of the benefits of having your music featured in the immensely popular franchise.
“It doesn’t appear to matter if you’re in the main game or are a bonus song; huge gains are seen everywhere. As long as your song ships with the game and you offer the track to be downloaded digitally, you see an increase,” the source explained.
I’ve learned to love new songs with the help ofGuitar Hero, and according to this research, many of you have too. No word on whether or notRock Bandwill have a similar effect on digital music sales, but it’s safe to assume that it will.
Doesthis newsmean that Activision will load future iterations ofGuitar Herowith more monster hits than ever before? There’s really no excuse not to.
