Saturday, January 8, 2011
Why the music genre in gaming is dying.
Activision did a great thing in 2005. Guitar Hero came out, revolutionizing the music genre in gaming. It was the first good music game, and everyone was talking about it. I didn't get into the series until Guitar Hero 2 came out, and eventually I became a pro at it. I loved the game so much. Activision realized they could make some money off of it, so they released Guitar Hero Encore: Rock's the 80's and the first next generation Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero 3. Harmonix had left Activision after Guitar Hero 2, to make Rock Band. Rock Band was the first music game that had all four instruments, and was good. Rock Band was a huge success so they made a sequel with improved features, new songs, and all that stuff. Activision thought they could milk the series for all it's worth. GH: World Tour was announced. It was Rock Band, but had a different title and more features. That was a success, so for no apparent reason Activision really started milking the series. Three DS games were released, Guitar Hero Metallica, GH Aerosmith came out, DJ Hero, and Band Hero. Over a two year span. Rock Band, however decided not to totally ruin their series. The Beatles Rock Band was announced, and was also a huge success. After all that hype died down, Activision decided to not troll their GH fans and only release a few games in 2010. Guitar Hero 5 came out and so did DJ Hero 2. Harmonix decided to release Rock Band 3 this year. It had so many good features, it blew GH5 out of the water. Nobody plays these games anymore because they've milked it for all it's worth, and the games are uninteresting. Activision actually released a Greatest Hits title that had the best songs from GH1, GH2, Encore Rocks the 80's, and GH3. That's milking if I ever saw it. In otherwords, maybe if Activision wouldn't have been such greedy bastards, this wouldn't have happened.
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