Susan Arendt
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<cite>Guitar Hero II</cite> Song Pack Downloads Are Major Cash Cow

More than 650,000 Guitar Hero II song packs have been downloaded from Xbox Live over the past five months. At three songs a pack, that means that…carry the one, add two…more than two million songs have been added to 360 owners’ hard drives. The latest song pack to be released, from My Chemical Romance, was […]

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More than 650,000 Guitar Hero II song packs have been downloaded from Xbox Live over the past five months. At three songs a pack, that means that...carry the one, add two...more than two million songs have been added to 360 owners' hard drives.

The latest song pack to be released, from My Chemical Romance, was downloaded more than 50,000 times in its first week of release. Have you ever seen a gold mine up close and personal? RedOctane's head of publishing, Dusty Welch, has:

The Guitar Hero II downloadable video game song packs are some of the most popular content on Xbox Live and are quickly becoming a very lucrative revenue stream and powerful promotional vehicle for musicians and record labels today.

Cha-ching!