Guitar Hero 3 sold $115 million in it's first week, which to me, isn't surprising at all. When I went to GameStop to pick up my copy, I seen three people leaving, all with their own copies of GH3 for the 360. When I got inside, I had to wait in a line of seven people to get my copy; and this was just twenty minutes after GameStop opened Sunday morning.

Also, Guitar Hero 3 is now the biggest launch in Activison's history, which is a good thing, with the several great games released by Activision.

Activision has announced that sales of Guitar Hero III topped $115 million during the first seven days of sales. Guitar Hero III is popular? Who knew? It's those sleeper hits that take you by surprise.

Not surprisingly, such rampant success makes GH3 the biggest launch in Activision's history. It's also apparently the only videogame on the Toys R Us Hot Toy List for 2007, and it made the Toy Wishes Hot Dozen 2007. Wait...Guitar Hero III is a toy?

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