Guitar Hero 5 versus The Bealtes: Rock Band - Hours Played

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     Guitar Hero 5 released on September 1, 2009 for the Wii.  It had at least two versions for sale, one was the software version only and one was a "Guitar Bundle".  The Wii version of Guitar Hero 5 was developed by Vicarious Visions, and published/distributed by RedOctane and Activision.  The game received a "Teen" rating from the ESRB with "Mild Lyrics, Mild Suggestive Themes" listed as content for gamers/parents to be aware of.
     The Beatles: Rock Band was released on September 9, 2009 for the Wii, and it had at least three versions selling on Amazon.com at the time.  The Wii version was developed by Pi Studios, and published/distributed by MTV Games and EA Distribution.  The game received a "Teen" rating from the ESRB with "Mild Lyrics, Tobacco Reference" listed as content for gamers/parents to be aware of.

     Both games released a little over 2 years ago, and we last looked at the data from May 3, 2010.  Let's take a look and see if The Beatles: Rock Band still has more Wii owners reporting data, or if perhaps Guitar Hero 5 has been strumming its way along, and has now passed The Beatles: Rock Band.

Guitar Hero 5 vs The Beatles: Rock Band

In September 2009, console owners were given two pretty big music rhythm games to decide between, with Guitar Hero 5 and The Beatles: Rock Band releasing within 10 days of each other.

Would console owners stick with the tried and true franchise from Activision, and purchase Guitar Hero 5?

Or, would they take a ride down memory lane, and purchase EA's The Beatles: Rock Band?

It was last October, when I first recorded the game-play data for both Guitar Hero 5 and The Beatles: Rock Band.

Take a look at the original data picture:

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When I was closing out the original data post for both games, I said, "Again, I'm surprised to know The Beatles: Rock Band has accumulated more game play hours and has almost 1,000 more people reporting data, than Guitar Hero 5."

Well, it has been more than 6 months since I showed the data for both games.

Are Wii owners still playing The Beatles: Rock Band, more than Guitar Hero 5?

Let's take a look!

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Approx. Number of Players Reporting Data:

Guitar Hero 5 has 38,146 players reporting data on the Wii's Nintendo Channel.

The Beatles: Rock Band has 42,375 players reporting their play-time data.

Player Increase Since Debut:

Guitar Hero 5 has added 31,454 more players, since its data was first recorded on October 26, 2009.

The Beatles: Rock Band has added 34,759 more players, since its data was first recorded, also, on October 26, 2009.

"Total" Game-Play Hours Reported/Increased:

Guitar Hero 5 has 632,724 Total Hours reported, an increase of 545,777 hours from its first debut.

The Beatles: Rock Band has 708,179 Total Hours reported, an increase of 616,724 hours from its debut.

Amazon.com Sale Ranks & Advertised Prices:

Guitar Hero 5 has two versions selling on Amazon.com:

The "Game only" version is ranked #358 and the current selling price is $22.32.

The "Guitar Bundle" version is ranked #545 and the current selling price is $89.99.

The Beatles: Rock Band has three versions selling on Amazon.com:

The "Software only" version is ranked #271 and the current selling price is $27.99.

The "Special Value Bundle" version is ranked #4,539 and the current advertised new selling price is $339.99.

The "Limited Edition Premium Bundle" version is ranked #2,018 and the advertised new selling price is $429.00.

GameRankings.com Review Score Average:

Guitar Hero 5's review score average is 89.60%, based on 20 reviews.

The Beatles: Rock Band's review score average is 90.00%, based on 16 reviews.

Thoughts & Questions:

I am surprised that both games are still relatively close to each other, in terms of game-play hours and the number of players reporting data.

I would have thought from the original data, that The Beatles: Rock Band would have pulled a little further ahead from Guitar Hero 5, than it has.

I don't own either of these games.  I don't own any music games, from the Guitar Hero franchise, or the Rock Band franchise, but I have played some of the Guitar Hero games.

Do you have a preference to either of the franchises, Guitar Hero or Rock Band?

If you have played both Guitar Hero 5 and The Beatles: Rock Band, which one do you prefer more?

Based off just these two games' data, I would say that Wii owners prefer The Beatles, more than Guitar Hero...just slightly though.

If you are interested in either of the games, you can see new and used prices for them on Amazon.com below:

  

The Battle of the Bands Rhythm Games: Nintendo Channel Data

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Guitar Hero 5 and The Beatles: Rock Band were both released in September of this year.  Guitar Hero 5 was released eight days before The Beatles: Rock Band, which is why I found it interesting The Beatles: Rock Band has accumulated more total game play hours than Guitar Hero 5.
Looking at the Nintendo Channel data, it looks like The Beatles: Rock Band also has more people having game play data reported/recorded by the Nintendo Channel, than does Guitar Hero 5.

Quick math:
Guitar Hero 5 shows 43,900 total times played, with a total of 6.56 times per person.
The Beatles: Rock Band shows 48,745 total times played, with a total of 6.4 times per person.

Based off those numbers:
The Beatles: Rock Band has 7,616 people reporting game play data.
Guitar Hero 5 only has 6,692 people reporting their game play data.

Again, I'm surprised to know The Beatles: Rock Band has accumulated more game play hours and has almost 1,000 more people reporting data, than Guitar Hero 5.

Have you picked up either Guitar Hero 5 and/or The Beatles: Rock Band, if so, what do you think of the games?