Gaming
'Guitar Hero 3' earns $1 billion
Published Monday, Jan 12 2009, 18:14 GMT | By Liam Martin

Activision
Publishing CEO Mike Griffith announced the milestone during a speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, while also claiming that games are helping to shape the music industry.
"Music has a history of evolving through technology and we are at the beginning of the latest chapter in that story," he said.
According to Edge Online, Griffith also revealed that first week sales for Guitar Hero: Aerosmith were triple the first week sales of the band's last album and that acts featured on Guitar Hero experience a 15-843% increase in music downloads.
"Video games are poised to eclipse all other forms of entertainment in the decade ahead," he added.
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