Official Guitar Hero 6 thread.

[Funky Fly]

Originally Posted by Kane Knight I thought Band Hero was announced before Lego Rock Band. I may be wrong here, but I coulda sworn it went down that way. Anyway, the fact that their revenues were down 33%, which was also what led them to dropping the Band specific Hero titles, is probably more an indication of why. I mean, they nixed everything but the main deal and DJ Hero. Which surprises me, because DJ Hero was filed under disappointment. But still, I think it demonstrates a sinking plane mentality...They're simply cutting weight wherever they can.

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?