the buzz log
Rock Out with Your Controller Out
When it was released a few years ago, the first "Guitar Hero" game rocked many a world. It was a blast to play and managed to appeal to both hardcore and casual gamers. Frankly, we're surprised it took this long for an imitator to come along.
"Rock Band," coming this fall for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, will attempt to steal a chunk of "Guitar Hero"'s loyal audience. However, the metal heads from "Hero" aren't leaving center stage without a fight. "Guitar Hero 3" hits shelves this fall, and expectations are running sky high.
With gamers unlikely to buy two guitar simulations, "GH3" and "Rock Band" are in for a serious fight. Below, we break down the buzz on each title and declare a winner in this battle of the (virtual) bands.
| For Those About to Rock... | |||
| Rock Band | Guitar Hero 3 | Winner is... | |
| Rank in Buzz | Top 30,000 searches | Top 6,000 searches | Like Hanson taking on Led Zeppelin, this one ain't even close. |
| Performance in Search | Up 71% this month. | Up 82% this month. | Close, but GH3 wins. |
| Radest related search... | "rock band release date" | "guitar hero 3 playlist" | Clearly, fans are pumped for both. |
| Best confirmed song | Paranoid by Black Sabbath | Sabotage by Beastie Boys | They're both classics. Toss up. |
| Secret Weapons | With the optional microphone and drum set, players can form an actual band. | Fan loyalty and new "battle mode." | "Rock Band" all the way. |
| Will you look like a dork while playing? | Affirmative. | Absolutely. | Tie, but who cares? |
Filed under: Video Games, Guitar Hero
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what's the buzz?
A subject's buzz score is the percentage of Yahoo! users searching for that subject on a given day, multiplied by a constant to make the number easier to read. Weekly leaders are the subjects with the greatest average buzz score for a given week.
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