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The death of the Music/rhythm genre....

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:12 pm
by ctrooper
I dont if anyone heard earlier this week that Activision shut down the guitar hero franchise for who knows how long. They also admitted that the DJ hero 2 had not met sales exceptions and probably arent releasing a new one. And with Harmonix without a publisher I dont think there will be a rockband 4 anytime soon. So effectively shutting down the Music genre... Cant say Im overjoyed but its nice to see the plastic guitar off shelves for awhile. Thinking back on it i get a sense of nostalgia playing with friends some RB. Maybe in a few years(at least five...) we'll get a fresh take on the plastic instrumens we all used to love(well me at least). So with that I salute the guitar heroes and the rockbands for all the fun we got out of them and wave a last goodbye..... :)-

Re: The death of the Music/rhythm genre....

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:19 pm
by Scott
I was thrilled with Rock Band 1 but that was enough for me. Here's an interesting article on the subject: http://scottisalwaysright.com/what-killed-guitar-hero/

Re: The death of the Music/rhythm genre....

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:42 pm
by ctrooper
Interesting read Scott...
Alas, if only this happened with cod.... :8(:
I really loved RB2 while it lasted....

Re: The death of the Music/rhythm genre....

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:55 pm
by Scott
ctrooper wrote:Alas, if only this happened with cod.... :8(:
It happened with Guitar Hero, it's happening with Tony Hawk and will probably happen to CoD. Activion's business plan is essentially a screw the consumer tactic which juices out the cash from us and throws us in the trash when nothing is left.

I hate Activion with a great and powerful passion and will never forgive them for destroying two of my favourite franchises (Tony Hawk and CoD).

Re: The death of the Music/rhythm genre....

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:01 pm
by ploplyguy
Although I got tired of all of the plastic instruments... I still am getting RB3 just for the real guitar

Re: The death of the Music/rhythm genre....

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:06 pm
by Scott
Or you could go to Wal-Mart, buy a cheap electric or acoustic guitar package for $150.00, either get lessons or buy a DVD/Book and learn yourself.

I don't think playing pro-guitar on Rock Band is the best way to learn. It took me about 2 months of practice to play with the basics and could've just stopped there. I decided to continue learning and 6 years later I'm a fairly competent guitar player.

Learning through hard work is also much more rewarding although most people don't care.

Re: The death of the Music/rhythm genre....

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:11 pm
by ploplyguy
Yea I had started learning acoustic a while back so I know some of the basics, but I think it'll be more fun to play with the song actually being played at the same time as I'm playing. Also I can do keyboard and singing and with a family that wants to learn those things as well (at least the basics) I say it's a good deal

Re: The death of the Music/rhythm genre....

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:26 pm
by ctrooper
I bought RB3( probably the last Music game ill ever buy) and while its kinda revolutionary im not wasting all that money on the sixtring, I already play some guitar for fun anyways...

And Scott I also hate Activision( and EA for that matter) they basically make the same game evry year while its hot and people still buy it... :?: Then when people realize the game is bad they give the franchise the ax.. :8(: sad...