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A few years ago, a video game took the world by storm. This
year they will want to buy Guitar Hero World Tour. With Guitar
Hero, rock star wannabes all over the world can learn to rock
out to their favorite songs and learn to 'play' them by using a
pretend guitar and pressing the colored buttons that match the
notes on the screen.
Everyone from teens to soccer moms and
grandparents have started playing Free Bird or Carry
on My Wayward Son for hours, trying to advance to the next
level. Not since the invention of video games has a new product
taken the fancy of so many people before and plenty of them
will want to buy Guitar Hero World Tour, the new game in the
series.
The Guitar Hero Game series has become a cultural
phenomenon. The series titles have all become very popular
party games, which has also led to their being played in a
large variety of venues. Several bars in the United States
& Canada are offering "Guitar Hero nights" as an
alternative to karaoke; one New York City bar has experienced
triple the business on such nights. Many concert tours,
including the Family Values Tour, feature Guitar Hero booths
and contests between sets.
Guitar Hero is responsible for turning many people onto rock
music and inspiring them to learn how to play guitar.
Activision teamed with the United Service Organizations to
provide monetary support and copies of Guitar Hero III to the
United States armed forces around the world.
Most of the games in the Guitar Hero series feature a
selection of songs ranging from the 1960s to present day rock
music from both highly successful artists and bands and
independent groups. Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s features
songs primarily from the 1980s, while Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
features music from the band Aerosmith and other bands that
inspired or worked with the group.
Activision stated on January 21, 2008 that North American
sales from all of the Guitar Hero franchise has exceeded one
billion dollars with over 14 million units sold and excluding
downloadable content. Over 20 million songs have been sold as
downloadable content as of July 2008. As of October 9, 2008,
the series has sold 23 million units and earned US$1.6 billion
at retail. The band Aerosmith has made more money from Guitar
Hero: Aerosmith than from sales of any single album.
Guitar Hero along with other music games such as Rock Band
have surged the video game market up in 2008; an NPD Group
report cited that music video games made up 19% of the overall
software industry sales in July 2008, and contributing to a 32%
year-to-date sector growth through July 2008.They are expecting
similar or even better results from Christmas sales of
those who buy Guitar Hero World Tour.
Fan sites have also arisen to provide news and forums
related to the Guitar Hero series. Scorehero is one such site
that includes both forums and informal tracking of players'
scores for both the Guitar Hero and Rock Band series; the site
has received donations from Harmonix president Alex Rigopulos,
and site members have been invited to pre-release
demonstrations of upcoming games, often leading to information
about tracks in these games.
Many of the Guitar Hero games developed for the recent
generation of consoles (Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3)
support downloadable content, allowing players to purchase new
songs to play in the respective titles. Songs each cost
approximately $2 through the various online stores for the
console's platform. If you buy Guitar Hero World Tour,
it introduces a music creation mode that allows
players to create and share songs via the "GHTunes"
service.
Another new addition if you buy Guitar Hero World Tour
introduces drums and vocal tracks in addition to lead and bass
guitar. Drum tracks are played similar to the guitar tracks;
the player must strike the appropriate drum head or step down
on the bass drum pedal on the controller when the note gems
pass the indicated line. Vocal tracks are played similar to
games such as Karaoke Revolution where the player must match
the pitch and the pacing of the lyrics to score points.
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