Guitar Hero: On Tour has 300,000 sales its first week on DS

Guitar Hero: On Tour for DSActivision has announced that Guitar Hero: On Tour for DS has sold in excess of 300,000 units in North America, in it’s first seven days since launch! This makes it the largest North American launch for the Nintendo DS in Activision’s history by a factor of 8!

The high sales numbers additionally mark Guitar Hero: On Tour as one of Activisions top 5 best-selling launches of any platform in the company’s history! Quite the feat!

Guitar Hero: On Tour brings the popular Guitar Hero franchise to the handheld platforms for the first time delivering a unique gaming experience and challenging handheld gamers to prove their skills on the most diverse set list of master tracks ever offered in a Guitar Hero game.

“Guitar Hero is one of the most successful entertainment properties and continues to push the boundaries of innovation with Guitar Hero: On Tour,” said Mike Griffith, President and Chief Executive Officer, Activision Publishing, Inc. “The game’s breakthrough peripheral brings the Guitar Hero experience to the 41 million DS users in North America and Europe, where they can play anywhere, anytime.”