RIP Guitar Hero

[SS]Midnight · 02-09-2011

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The music dies for once popular 'Guitar Hero' video game

Los Angeles (CNN) -- The video game "Guitar Hero," once believed to be helping revive rock a few years ago in the hip-hop era, will jam no longer.

Activision Blizzard Inc. announced Wednesday it will cease publishing the game this year.

"Due to continued declines in the music genre, the company will disband Activision Publishing's 'Guitar Hero' business unit and discontinue development on its 'Guitar Hero' game for 2011," the company said in a statement.

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DatGuy · 02-10-2011

The also canned True Crime(alot of lay-offs at the studio I used to work at)

and now they have announced more studios working on CoD stuff...

so as I take it here is the plan...

Guitar Hero = popular therefore, run it into the ground and eventually can it

change focus to running CoD into the ground to eventually can it when people stop buying 3-4 new CoD games every year

[SS]Chief · 02-10-2011

Perhaps...but I thought Rock Band sort of took over where Guitar Hero stopped?

02-10-2011

Good Riddance, lol

Chief, Harmonix, the original developer of GH went to make RB after GH2, actually I think it was GH 80's which was after 2? Anyway, yea...

[SS]Wally · 02-10-2011

ICGAF

[SS]Grifter · 02-10-2011

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Originally Posted by [SS]Wally

ICGAF

+1

Get a real guitar.

[SS]SportoFu · 02-10-2011

Activision stock dropped 10%? Who was buying this game?

02-11-2011

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Originally Posted by [SS]Grifter

+1

Get a real guitar.

I like my plastic axe with the 5 buttons & a flipper...

DatGuy · 02-11-2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by [SS]Grifter

+1

Get a real guitar.

you can with RB3

02-11-2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by DatGuy

you can with RB3

QFT.

Also, here is a reason that they got axed, look at how many games they were pushing out. They had no time to make a good game because they were pushing out a game every 2-3 months on average...

2007:

Guitar Hero 3

2008:

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

Guitar Hero: World Tour

Guitar Hero: On Tour

Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades

2009:

Guitar Hero 5

Guitar Hero: Metallica

Guitar Hero: Van Halen

Guitar Hero: Smash Hits

Band Hero

Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits

2010:

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock

02-10-2011	#2
DatGuy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 6,546	The also canned True Crime(alot of lay-offs at the studio I used to work at) and now they have announced more studios working on CoD stuff... so as I take it here is the plan... Guitar Hero = popular therefore, run it into the ground and eventually can it change focus to running CoD into the ground to eventually can it when people stop buying 3-4 new CoD games every year DatGuy "doubts my connections".

02-10-2011	#3
[SS]Chief Brew Master Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Desert Posts: 7,070	Perhaps...but I thought Rock Band sort of took over where Guitar Hero stopped? "Give a man a beer, he'll waste an afternoon. But teach a man to brew, and he'll waste a lifetime!"

02-10-2011	#5
[SS]Wally ‘The Umbrella Man’ Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN USA Posts: 8,674	ICGAF "Guns don't kill people, lasers do." - Wally "I don't like repeat offenders, I like dead offenders". - Ted Nugent Born On Date: 1-30-2007

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Bassani Posts: n/a	Good Riddance, lol Chief, Harmonix, the original developer of GH went to make RB after GH2, actually I think it was GH 80's which was after 2? Anyway, yea...

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