Rock Band proves to be a success but mistakes get in the way of dominance

[Zeus]

Very few people expected Rock Band to outsell Guitar Hero III this holiday season and it didn't, but it performed quite well selling 364,500 copies combined during its first few weeks on the market. However, one gaming site thinks Harmonix made a few critical mistakes which prevented Rock Band from getting anywhere close to Guitar Hero III - no individual peripherals, no PS2 SKU and no Wii SKU.


As it turned out, Rock Band performed surprisingly well in its first few weeks on the market, according to the NPD Group, selling 296,000 copies on Xbox 360 and 68,500 copies on PS3, making for 364,500 copies combined.

It's clear that Rock Band was rushed to market, making three critical errors on its way out the door: no individual peripherals, no PlayStation 2 SKU and no Wii SKU. Guitar Hero's sales plainly state the vast majority of the mainstream base is still rocking on PS2, while Wii sales doubled from October to November. Alternatively, Xbox 360's and PS3's numbers dropped. Rock Band already solved the first problem, as the PS2 SKU arrives on shelves this week, and individual peripherals are supposedly in the pipeline for early 2008. There's been no news of a Wii version, but the voice of reason is enough to make us believe it's coming early next year.


News Source: <a href="http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3165109" target="_blank">1UP</a>

[MasterGeek]

When is Rock Band going to be released in Morocco ?

WTF is SKU ?

[Brandogg]

Nevermind.

[yusky03]

I didn't know Rock Band was only for 360!:eek: Wait it is in the 360 section but the story says it is for ps3 too:confused:

[pangbulle]

You missed a huge critical mistake, there is no hyperspeed.

[theindiearmy]

Did they just totally miss the point of supply....there is not doubt in my mind that had there been enough made, even without a ps2/wii sku or individual instruments, that it would sell more that GHIII

[mystic54]

I didn't know Rock Band was only for 360!:eek: Wait it is in the 360 section but the story says it is for ps3 too:confused:

Ha ha ha. You know somebody will say it eventually...:D

[Desolationstorm]

I would have thought there were more mistakes like shortages and the fact that on ps3 gh guitars dont work on it. Though I know its a whole other story. It is a very entertaining game, not really my thing but I can atleast enjoy being in the room when poeple are playing this. I hated when people would bring out GH and think its fun for people to watch. Maybe its just me but I have no interest in watching that game be played. Rockband is just fun because it has everything and its jsut funny to watch all the people play the game.

[NewBeginning]

What are they talking about? PS2 version came out yesterday.