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Spread Certificate · No. HIS-01600

Guitar Hero

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Guitar Hero

RedOctane (publisher and hardware); Harmonix (developer); later Activision ·November 2005 ·seeded onRetailthenOpen webPress

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39

Niche

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1.5M sold

Original game: approximate total, reported as “almost”

WIRED

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#2

North American PS2 sales milestone, February 2006

Game Developer

Verified

By end of Feb 2006

Milestone date, Nov 3 ’05 to By end of Feb 2006

Verified

3 platforms

Started on Retail

Claimed, not audited

Claimed

3K sold

Founder recall: Best Buy first two hours, November 2005

Per TechCrunch / Startup Grind

Issued Oct 23, 2026 · Spread Score v1.3 provisional · 20 sources

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