According to Van Toffler, president of MTV Networks’ Music, Logo, and Films Group, the numbers have far-exceeded MTV’s expectations: in the eight weeks since its release, the video game Rock Band has sold more than 2.5 million songs to wannabe rock stars who want to play along on their video game consoles.
According to MTV, the most popular song three-song bundle downloads are from Metallica, The Police, and Queens of the Stone Age. The top-selling single for Rock Band is, of course, Forienger’s “Juke Box Hero” (the original recording of which, we might add, features none other than Thomas Dolby), followed by CCR’s “Fortunate Son” and Weezer’s “Buddy Holly.”
