Soundgarden released a day-one platinum record this week, all thanks to Activision Blizzard.
The RIAA counted the million copies of the band's greatest hits record Telephantasm that were bundled with Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock towards the album's official sales total.
"These 1 million units, purchased by Activision, are non-returnable and represent official sales of the album," said RIAA director Kate Harold in a press release Tuesday.
Platinum albums aren't easy to come by these days thanks to piracy and free streaming music: It took Justin Bieber's screaming army of preteens two months to buy a million copies of My World 2.0.
Harold expects this kind of chicanery to continue. "I anticipate we'll be seeing more and more of these types of partnerships and cross-pollination of industries which benefit everyone, especially music fans," she said.
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, out Tuesday for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii, is the latest in Activision's massive catalog of music games. The entirety of Telephantasm can be downloaded as playable game tracks for $18.
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