Michael Pachter from Wedbush Morgan Securities and his humongous report on gaming have thrown up the top gaming brands in 2008 from all publishers.
Topping the list not surprisingly is ‘Guitar Hero‘ at a whopping $992 million revenue, helped on no doubt by the high price of the guitar that comes with the game. In second is ‘Mario Bros.’ quite a way behind at $761 million and in third is ‘Rock Band‘ at $662 million. With ‘Guitar Hero 5‘ and ‘The Beatles: Rock Band‘ both out this year, music games could well take the two top spots for 2009.
I don’t think too much will surprise you on the list but we thought ‘Warcraft‘ would have charted higher than 17 (even though it is old) and we’re more sad than surprised about Petz making number 30!
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