Dirty! Rotten! Filthy! Stinkin'!
So, earlier this week Mike Barthel asked “…if the success of Guitar Hero and Rock Band have been overstated…” Well, now we have an answer from the NPD group: nope.
“Year-to-date through November, the music and dance genre was the best-selling genre in video games, representing 16 percent of total software sales for the year,” according to Anita Frazier, NPD’s video games analyst.
…and get this
“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,” said Russ Crupnick, entertainment industry analyst for NPD.
Heck, they might even be mainstream America’s version of bloggers. All I know is that there is a disturbing number of 11 year olds who want to learn how to play “Cherry Pie.” I won’t teach them… That’s nasty.
