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Guitar Hero, Rock Band Breaking Records

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Guitar Hero III and Rock Band are bona fide hits with blockbuster sales. But the cultural phenomena and positive effect on the music business may be even more impressive. Here's a look at how both games are changing the business of gaming and music.

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Ah yes Metallic :sarcasm:.

Lars will no doubt bitch to his record company and band mates about this one.

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I still have Camp Chaos shirts from when Metallica went after Napster...

Now we can hear them gripe about the piracy on two fronts... :cry:


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Yeah people pretending to play Metallica infringes on their IP. Haha.

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Hmm, so Gibson is happily trying to bite the hand that feeds it. Brilliant.

Seriously, if they want a piece of the action then they should put a coupon or rebate or something in every box sold for a discount on a real guitar. I would imagine that they would get more than a few takers on the offer and profit significantly.

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