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Originally Posted by Funky Fly
Well, it probably costs a fuck load to get the bands to agree to the band specific titles. I've only played Aerosmith, but seeing as they actually had to sit the band down for interviews and videos Activision probably forked over a nice percentage of the profits for each of those titles (probably a fuck ton more for Metallica than the others). Then you have to consider that in order for a game like that to be successful, your audience has to have a console the game is on AND be a reasonably big fan of the band. That's kinda limiting.
Then there's DJ Hero. Good god, this game is incredibly fun. Fucking retardedly hard, but retardedly fun too. But there are problems:
1. Yet another peripheral. More space in the closet and/or basement taken up and it jacks up the cost of the game.
2. Speaking of cost: $200+ for the Renegade edition? For what? A fucking CD and a cheap ass table? Fuck you, Activision, Jigga and Shady. Fuck you all in your asses.
3. The Guitar Hero cartooniness is still there. Have they learned nothing from Rock Band's continued domination? Really?
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Those games sold pretty well for a couple of months. Band Hero and DJ hero sold worse than Met. And let's no forget that VH and Met were the two most anticipated by the actual GH community.
I don't like either band, but they are two incredibly commercially successful acts. I think it's pretty clear that the userbase is installed.
It's also pretty clear that with large swaths of games coming out, these unique, non-exportable titles are harder sells, especially when they could release them as DLC. Guitar Hero/Activision flooded the market. They paid the price.
Also, while you may be right about DJ Hero, I think the install base for such a game and such a peripheral is much lower. I'll give it a try when I can get it cheap, but it's the sort of thing with limited appeal to me, and I have almost every fake plastic guitar game on the market since GH1.
I think that's why it was commercially disappointing. Then again, it was part of the Hero glut, which is enough by itself. We'll see how 2 does in a year without all those pesky spinoffs.