iTunes in Rock Band and Guitar Hero

Have you ever heard about games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero? Yes, those are famous video games. How if the players get an option to choose and listen to their preferred songs while playing? Absolutely gamers will love it. iTunes have been brought up into those games which is an excellent choice for the gamers.

It allows the gamers to buy musical tracks in it. They can simply browse the available songs by artist, by album, or by song title. The detail of each track such as the name of the CD that taken from, and information about the song will be available as well. Gamers can download the track to listen while playing by paying one or two dollars. However, there is a preview function where they can hear the songs before downloading it. I think in this way, they will try all the new songs which they may not be familiar. It is also allow them to export the downloaded tracks onto their mp3 players.

The interface for selecting the track is very simple and easy. It looks like a page where one is doing online shopping for music.

Source: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080322-rock-band-opens-built-in-music-store-eyes-itunes.html

According to the survey, the sales figure for Guitar Hero 3 has been increased after updating the software with music.

Source: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071121-your-song-in-guitar-hero-equals-a-big-jump-in-digital-sales.html

Based on Ars Technica’s information, Guitar Hero is a billion-dollar franchise whereas Rock Band is selling in large amount as well. Personally, I think it is a very good and big business model. They can easily earn money through satisfying their consumers by providing songs for them to choose and listen while playing. The number of gamers can be increased easily as well as publicising new singers and songs by having online music store in the games.

What do you think? As a gamer, will you buy it?