1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comMichael Grimm Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/michaelgrimm/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="REacqGAE49"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/rock-band-franchise-pulls-in-1-billon/">Rock Band Franchise Pulls in $1 Billon</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/rock-band-franchise-pulls-in-1-billon/embed/#?secret=REacqGAE49" width="600" height="338" title="“Rock Band Franchise Pulls in $1 Billon” — The Escapist" data-secret="REacqGAE49" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> NPD Group officially announced today that MTV/Harmonix’s Rock Band franchise has made $1 billion at retail in North America alone. Surprisingly it took the title only 15 months to hit the billion dollar mark, no doubt thanks to the big popularity of music rhythm games during the 2008 holiday season. The number includes not only software and peripheral sales, but downloaded songs as well. Harmonix has reported “… over 40 million individual paid song downloads from its 600 strong catalogue of tracks.” A little basic math will reveal that at the average price of $1.99 per song, that’s $79.6 million […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/galleries/display/52/52321.jpg