Joystiq may go crazy over Harmonix and Electronic Arts' love child Rock Band, but data from IGN's GamerMetrics reminds us that the franchise has a ways to go if it wants to overtake its distant cousin Guitar Hero III.
According to the statistics, there were 22 million page views on IGN for Guitar Hero III-related articles, vs. 10 million for Rock Band (a 120% increase). GHIII was also on almost twice as many wishlists (5,755 vs. 2,928) as its competitor and over six times as many message board posts (25,000 vs. 4,000).
GH is a proven series while Rock Band is new and untested. And the thing that I am most afraid of is that EA is going to mess it up somehow. EA has a bad rep for doing such things(mostly sports games).
I am one of the 5,755 strong hord of groupies :D