Guitar Hero, Rock Band bolster CD sales

Makes sence. Now we'll see the lawsuits clammering for a portion of their (music industries) increased profits (cd sales, downloads).

"Even though gaming competes with music for the consumer's entertainment wallet share, music-related games are evolving into an important source for music discovery that can have positive revenue implications for the recording industry". Duh.

Eh. I download music for free off the internet.

DDR_Midian Posted Dec 23, 2008 10:05 am PT "I want my band in GUITAR HERO DAMMIT! We have better guitar parts than dragon force and can pull it off live... and were only 16" I just saw DragonForce live on tuesday... they were amazing. you have no idea what you're talking about

"I want my band in GUITAR HERO DAMMIT! We have better guitar parts than dragon force and can pull it off live... and were only 16" As someone who saw DragonForce live last October, I think I speak for many people when I say... stfu.

I want my band in GUITAR HERO DAMMIT! We have better guitar parts than dragon force and can pull it off live... and were only 16

Lol after reading the comments it sounds like Previous Listeners of Crap Anonymous.

I buy albums used mostly so I'm probably not helping the music industry much lol.

Maybe if the music industry didn't sign so many sharty artists then people would actually go out and buy albums.

I can definately say that although I've been a fan of many of the artists on GH and RB games for several years, the games have definately helped me to discover other great music. I've bought far more albums since getting into the genre.

Guitar hero and rock band are one of the biggest reasons i now listen to bands like metallica and disturbed! Woot!

I discovered a whole heaps of great music thanks to Guitar hero.

If it wasn't for Rock Band, I can't even remember the last time I bought an album.

I'm pretty sure download rates were bolstered more.

No, my computer can't handle Spore, but I couldn't fathom ever paying for music

thats true i played guitar hero 2 and found old songs i liked but never heard before

Frankfurter, you're probably one of the people (like me) who pirated spore (b4 the flames i bought a real copy it's just me and Will Wright and every other same person that hates securom that want to kill it)

This was obvious.

Was Guitar Hero 2 that set me back $160 in CD albums I purchased based on some of the tunes/artists I liked from the game. It's viral I tell ya...............long as I don't start blowing cash buying real-live versions of the game controllers for hooking into my amp. My acoustic costed enough as-is.

So do I....

I do.

Who pays for music?

I bought the Wolfmother and Priestess songs from GH :)

GH and Rock Band's songs are usually from mainstream musicians. Sure younger kids may not have heard many of the bands on these games, but they have not really introduced any new bands to me. Also, its kinda funny to see that music games are helping to turn around all the damage the RIAA has done to the industry.

oh wow.. half the songs/ artists on my iPod are off of GH3... i never realized that.

I hate when people say learn to play a real guitar.....It's a game, and even though can't help at all with real instruments it got me into a lot of different types of bands That I'd never heard of and some that i had but didn't like other stuff But the songs chose for the games were great.

That is great news. These rhythm games are educated the young generation about great artists of the past. I am young, but I am a rock aficionado.

i generally dont like too much modern music, much of it all sounds the same to where i dont even listen to music radio much anymore. Since Rockband and downloadable songs have gotten big with it, ive been listening to many of these songs differently, like how the drumming sounds. From this, Ive been downloading music i didnt care much for to begin with and actually enjoying them in a way i can relate more to. Also they are generally songs i never would have considered downloading from iTunes or even buy the albums. Shinedown and 6 a.m. are a couple of them that I now appreciate

rockband is one of the few games ive yet to get bored of, its introduced me to quite a bit of music... hopefully it will even expand into more genres, and more underground or unknown music... its a great and fun way of hearing something new

So I guess DragonForce isn't the only band that should be kissing Activision's and Harmonix's collective butts.

goody

Definitley bought Doolittle after playing it on Rock Band.

What dkidfrmdbx said is definately true. I'm from the Soundview area of the BX.. Rockband/Guitar Hero has made a HHUUGGE impact on young peeps round here. Lets get some more Mike Patton/FNM/Mr. Bungle on RB so they can listen to some good stuff :-)

It's funny how my entire music collection is dictated by the setlists of Guitar Hero and Rock Band XD

It's great how gaming is paying attention to music alot lately. GH, RB, RR, Singstar, Wii music and some other games. Some may not be great. Although, I'm getting a little tired ot people comparing the identical games of RB and GH. Anyway, related to the news, I always wanted to listen to Aerosmith since I heard some of their songs before. Thanks to GH: Aerosmith, I finally got into them.

yeah I heard a few good bands I never heard of from rb and gh

wow, thats crazy =D

wow thats great news i am from the south bronx, new york and the people her eonly really listen to rap,hip hop, raggaeton, bachata, and merengue, due to the rb and gh games i can definitely say that people here such as myself have definitely opened our ears t good rock music... even yesterday i was playing rockband and i realize i love alot of songs from the games

im not surprised i heard of a lot of great music thanks to rb and gh

I'm huge into music and knew about 80% of the artists I've seen, but I had no idea who Mastadon or Tool were until these games. The main reason I play and keep buying DLC is to discover new music.

Music discovery for sure, there are several bands that I like now that I didn't even know before Rock Band...I guess that's "newby",but whatever lol.

@mjc0961 - Not to worry, you won't have to rely on your parents' allowance all your life.

When I purchased guitar hero III and Rock Band, I instantly bought all the songs I liked. so I guess I'm helping out the artists.

i found some rly gd artists through GH3 like muse, dragonforce nd started to rly like metallica.

well i first heard senses fail through GH3 and i bought 2 of their albums in a double pack for £11. Also its shown me a lot of new music was never really a fan of Lamb of God till GH2.But i found a lot of new music and its great fun.

This is so true, Nine Inch Nails, Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage, and many more I have fallen in love with thanks to these games.

@Arlondiluthel - lol I don't think anyone listened to Bang Camareo before GH2, Now I love their stuff, they even have GH and RB in some of their music videos. GH and RB have opened people's eyes to different music. Before I would just listen to songs I liked that my friends would listen to and stuff on the radio, now I listen to mostly RB and GH soundtracks lol

I listen to rock since I was in college, and I got into Guitar Hero (and later Rock Band) because I wanted to play a game that has songs that I enjoy. However, these games definitely help me discover bands that I didn't pay attention to, and contemplate on buying their songs on iTune as well.

Guitar Hero opened my eyes to Priestess, wooo!

I am one of these guys!!!