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[Sho_Nuff82]

Stand-alone $41.99, with guitar $69.99, savings of $18 and $30, respectively. Every platform.

I think I paid damn near $60 for one of my wireless guitars a few years ago.

 

[dead souls]

Still way too early to pick this title up.

I'll wait until it hits $20, which should be soon given how poorly it's doing.

 

[Jme]

Fun Fact: If you were to line up all of the Guitar Hero guitars end to end it would span the earth 5 times over.

 

[Caesar III]

Sounds cool. I want Warriors of Rock but it's too expensive imho.

 

[Square Triangle]

It still gives Bobby my money, so no go.

 

[mj1108]

Still way too early to pick this title up.

I'll wait until it hits $20, which should be soon given how poorly it's doing.

So about another month then....

 

[Sohter.Nura]

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

I don't think the 'music' genre is a genre anymore =P How well is Rock Band performing?

 

[Wario64]

Can't wait for DJ Hero 2 bundles to become $30 soon too.

 

[Boney]

Can't wait for DJ Hero 2 bundles to become $30 soon too.

Totally.

 

[G-Fex]

it's actually fun and I love the setlist

 

[Shard]

How the mighty have fallen.

 

[Relix]

Nice job Kotick!

 

[UraMallas]

Last year's Band Hero full band bundle is going for $60 at Best Buy right now, FYI.

 

[jgkspsx]

So, will Gamestop buy drumkits...?

Which is better, the BH guitar or the WoR one?

 

[butter_stick]

So, will Gamestop buy drumkits...?

Which is better, the BH guitar or the WoR one?

The Band Hero one, assuming it's the GH5 guitar.

 

[Massa]

I will wait for the Rock Band 3 bomba bundles.

 

[jgkspsx]

The Band Hero one, assuming it's the GH5 guitar.

Awesome. I put one on hold. Thanks GAF!!

... and where am I gonna put that drumkit...

 

[entremet]

The franchise had a 5 year run. Not bad.

 

[A Human Becoming]

So, will Gamestop buy drumkits...?

No they stopping accepting drumkits some months ago.

 

[Majine]

I hope this isn't an indictation that RB3 will do bad. I actually like that series.

 

[Oracle Dragon]

Never really got why they ran this into the ground so much... of all the franchises, this seemed so much like the one that could really bring micro transactions into the limelight. It didn't need a yearly release with hardware. They should have found a way to keep making your existing song collection relevant with a hardware release every 2-3 years, and just keep piling on the tracks at $14.99 a pop for a bundle.

 

[butter_stick]

I hope this isn't an indictation that RB3 will do bad. I actually like that series.

Music games are a gimmick to most people. There's a chance the keyboard gimmick could increase popularity.

 

[jgkspsx]

Haha, picked up new copies of Rock Band, Rock Band 2, GH5, GH:WT at Amazon for $52 shipped.

 

[Man God]

I will wait for the Rock Band 3 bomba bundles.

Yeah sometime in the next year or two I expect to see some really expensive hardware going for next to nothing at various warehouse clearance stores.

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

The MC Hammer of game franchises.

 

[ronito]

Hey, I wonder what would happen I flooded the market with a new installment to a franchise every year?

Oh yeah, this.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

The MC Hammer of game franchises.

It's not legit, and we're requesting it quit. How is it Hammer? :|

 

[Shiggy]

Vicarious Vision to be closed soon too?
Underground Studios and Band Hero 3 was closed & canned earlier this year.

 

[butter_stick]

Hey, I wonder what would happen I flooded the market with a new installment to a franchise every year?

Oh yeah, this.

Release frequency had nothing to do with it. It's a novelty game. You can't keep it going forever. They were smart to bleed as much out of it while they could.

 

[SovanJedi]

Never really got why they ran this into the ground so much... of all the franchises, this seemed so much like the one that could really bring micro transactions into the limelight. It didn't need a yearly release with hardware. They should have found a way to keep making your existing song collection relevant with a hardware release every 2-3 years, and just keep piling on the tracks at $14.99 a pop for a bundle.

It could have been a combination of EA's Rock Band - a viable rival to Guitar Hero lingering on the horizon - and the Wii showing that people like buying peripherals for their machine which probably gave Activision the very poorly conceived notion that aggressively releasing a similar product multiple times a year with plastic tat would be an eternal source of income with no long-term repercussions.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Guitar Hero when it mattered = Harmonix
Rockband = Harmonix, which seems to have the viable DLC store and all that jazz.

Go figure. Orphaned children failing, like there's not a massive precedent for that.

 

[Curufinwe]

Guitar Hero 3 was the biggest seller in the franchise and was not made by Harmonix.

 

[blindrocket]

Plastic companies are not having a recession.

 

[Wario64]

Guitar Hero 3 was the biggest seller in the franchise and was not made by Harmonix.

That's what happens when you make the game multiplatform, add a wireless guitar and riding on the highs of Harmonix

 

[VGChampion]

I picked up DJ Hero a month or two ago for $20 with the turntable at TRU awhile back so I'll wait for this to hit around $10. And maybe not even then as I only played it once. Maybe now Activision will realize they ruined Tony Hawk and their music games with so many iterations that just got worse and worse.

Make some new Tony Hawk games in the style of 1-3, put them on the arcade and call it a day. Then make a fun sequel to Underground / American Wasteland and release it on a disc. Underground 2 I did not like.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

That's what happens when you make the game multiplatform, add a wireless guitar and riding on the highs of Harmonix

Thank you for taking care of the light work.

 

[Kintaro]

The fall of the music genre. It's like watching a flaming plan wreck. Rock Band 3 won't be too far behind.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Guitar Hero when it mattered = Harmonix
Rockband = Harmonix, which seems to have the viable DLC store and all that jazz.

Go figure. Orphaned children failing, like there's not a massive precedent for that.

How did Harmonix's last 2 games do, btw?

 

[Archie]

The fall of the music genre. It's like watching a flaming plan wreck. Rock Band 3 won't be too far behind.

Which is a shame since RB3 looks incredibly polished and brings a lot of new things to the table. I know 'playing a real guitar' is a niche product, but goddamn if that isn't a niche I fit into.

 

[Chrange]

Hey, I wonder what would happen I flooded the market with a new installment to a franchise every year?

Oh yeah, this.

A new installment? You should look at how many GH games have been released in the last few years :lol

 

[butter_stick]

Which is a shame since RB3 looks incredibly polished and brings a lot of new things to the table. I know 'playing a real guitar' is a niche product, but goddamn if that isn't a niche I fit into.

:lol

 

[Kai Dracon]

That's what happens when you make the game multiplatform, add a wireless guitar and riding on the highs of Harmonix

Yeah, that and GH3 was riding on the glow of the music genre /just/ popping the bubble into the mainstream.

But, without the internal quality of a Harmonix title and Rock Band innovations (music store) Guitar Hero was doomed in the long run.

I feel bad for DJ Hero amidst all this. Best music game next to Rock Band IMHO, and the sequel was justified in that it perfects some incomplete mechanics of the prototype title. But I just wish it wasn't activision and it had a Rock Band style DLC solution.

I'm sure if it sells even modestly well, Activision will have Freestyle pump out a few overpriced DLC packs and what may end up being an anemic DJ Hero 3 next year with yet another turntable bundle.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Music games don't sell like they used to.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Music games don't sell like they used to.

It's cyclical.

Three years ago fighting games didn't sell anywhere near 1990's numbers either.

As a fan of Rockband I do hope Harmonix weathers the storm; but I won't shed any tears over it if they don't. The genre exists and can make a comeback in time.

Unlike modern Street Fighter though, I hope future music games don't substantially dumb down the game play.

 

[Oli]

It's cyclical.

Three years ago fighting games didn't sell anywhere near 1990's numbers either.

As a fan of Rockband I do hope Harmonix weathers the storm; but I won't shed any tears over it if they don't. The genre exists and can make a comeback in time.

Unlike modern Street Fighter though, I hope future music games don't substantially dumb down the game play.

That probably all rests with Rock Band 3. If people grasp hold of playing REAL instruments in their music games, then I think the genre will have some interesting development from here on out. If nobody cares for it, then it will all probably go downhill for a bit.

 

[ronito]

Release frequency had nothing to do with it. It's a novelty game. You can't keep it going forever. They were smart to bleed as much out of it while they could.

we'll see what happens when Rockband 3 comes out shall we?

 

[Archie]

I can't believe people are trying to say that a company releasing six discs in a single year didn't expedite the music genre's death.

Unlike modern Street Fighter though, I hope future music games don't substantially dumb down the game play.

How would they do that? Make a guitar with three buttons? oh wait

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

That probably all rests with Rock Band 3. If people grasp hold of playing REAL instruments in their music games, then I think the genre will have some interesting development from here on out. If nobody cares for it, then it will all probably go downhill for a bit.

Well, guitar wanking is good for guitar fans. Unfortunately that's not my cup of tea. I do however have a friend who is one of those people who wants to learn to play the electric twanger as a result of GH/RB and I've been encouraging him to look into RB3 super guitar guy peripheral.

Call me when they get a real Rockband drum kit. That's where my interests lay.

How would they do that? Make a guitar with three buttons? oh wait

lol Bandit mode!

I hate getting stuck playing plastic guitar.

 

[butter_stick]

we'll see what happens when Rockband 3 comes out shall we?

It'll sell almost as well as Beatles. Whats that gonna prove?

 

[-PXG-]

Can't wait for DJ Hero 2 bundles to become $30 soon too.

Word.