Activision Axes Guitar Hero

2ndgenz28 · 02-10-2011, 09:48 AM

Activision Axes Guitar Hero
Today Activision Blizzard announced that it will "disband Activision Publishing's Guitar Hero business unit" due to the declining interest in the music genre. The company has ceased development on its previously planned 2011 Guitar Hero game.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/114/1148687p1.html

MAGfuz · 02-10-2011, 10:08 AM

DJ Hero is gone as well as Tony Hawk to focus on the CoD series! Let's hope the next CoD is done right. Been a long time fan of GH as well as RB. GH lost me after Metallica however.

Kinda fitting though when they release a new GH every 9 months or so. People start to get bored playing the same thing with new songs!

2ndgenz28 · 02-10-2011, 10:43 AM

I would have to say that also many realized it was dumb taking so much time to learn to play a fake guitar. [south parked mocked it well, with the GH acoustical version play off]

The recent ones that can use a real guitar came to late and don't teach enough still yet.

All the early fas of GH done bought a $100 metal guitar at walmart n bought a tablet book.

GH should be like a easy tablet system, simple easy to catch on for dummie who don't want to learn "music", just play 2 string 80s rock songs that can impress a girl over the age of 12

MAGfuz · 02-10-2011, 01:37 PM

lol yeah I hear ya. Probably wont be missed by many. Still DJ Hero was a fun game, just not everyone's cup of tea!

ORANGA2D · 02-10-2011, 01:42 PM

It’s the whole video game industry now, make a game then lay off staff. I am glad I got out of the industry, I loved making games but hated the “are we now next on the chopping block” we had to go through after a title shipped.

I feel bad for that team and all the people who have been and are getting laid off.

Brokinarrow · 02-10-2011, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MAGfuz

DJ Hero is gone as well as Tony Hawk to focus on the CoD series! Let's hope the next CoD is done right. Been a long time fan of GH as well as RB. GH lost me after Metallica however.

Kinda fitting though when they release a new GH every 9 months or so. People start to get bored playing the same thing with new songs!

Funny, that reminds me exactly of the CoD formula...

Spectre-2112 · 02-10-2011, 07:21 PM

No surprise, how could they compete against Rock Band with their weekly downloadable songs.

v6sonoma · 02-12-2011, 08:18 AM

They killed it themselves buy requiring people to buy new sets of plastic guitars (that would break) with each version. They were fun but they milked that cow dry. Rock Band really did a better job and stole it's thunder. Even that can't last much longer.

Frank123 · 04-10-2011, 06:44 AM

...and Slash should be blamed!

FenwickHockey65 · 04-10-2011, 01:11 PM

Rock Band was waaaaaay better anyways.

02-10-2011, 09:48 AM	#1
2ndgenz28 Thread Killer Drives: All Black Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NWO Toledo Area Posts: 4,720	Activision Axes Guitar Hero Activision Axes Guitar Hero Today Activision Blizzard announced that it will "disband Activision Publishing's Guitar Hero business unit" due to the declining interest in the music genre. The company has ceased development on its previously planned 2011 Guitar Hero game. http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/114/1148687p1.html

02-10-2011, 10:08 AM	#2
MAGfuz Drives: VR 2SS Convertible Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,157 View My Garage	DJ Hero is gone as well as Tony Hawk to focus on the CoD series! Let's hope the next CoD is done right. Been a long time fan of GH as well as RB. GH lost me after Metallica however. Kinda fitting though when they release a new GH every 9 months or so. People start to get bored playing the same thing with new songs! __________________ 6/19/10 - PERMA-GRIN obtained! 9/10/12 - Lost previous PERMA-GRIN only to have a bigger one! 5/15/17 - PERMA-GRIN increased! TEAM LS3!

02-10-2011, 01:37 PM	#4
MAGfuz Drives: VR 2SS Convertible Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,157 View My Garage	lol yeah I hear ya. Probably wont be missed by many. Still DJ Hero was a fun game, just not everyone's cup of tea! __________________ 6/19/10 - PERMA-GRIN obtained! 9/10/12 - Lost previous PERMA-GRIN only to have a bigger one! 5/15/17 - PERMA-GRIN increased! TEAM LS3!

02-10-2011, 07:21 PM	#7
Spectre-2112 Turn it up to 11. Drives: 2010 ABM Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 254 View My Garage	No surprise, how could they compete against Rock Band with their weekly downloadable songs. __________________ www.manteganiphotos.com

02-12-2011, 08:18 AM	#8
v6sonoma Drives: 2010 SS RS Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 8,108 View My Garage	They killed it themselves buy requiring people to buy new sets of plastic guitars (that would break) with each version. They were fun but they milked that cow dry. Rock Band really did a better job and stole it's thunder. Even that can't last much longer. __________________ Mods: BBK Intake, BBK LT's and High Flow Cats, Corsa Cat-back exhaust, Hurst short throw shifter, SLP skip-shift eliminator. 7/1/09 Placed order for IOM/IO int/ SS/RS 6M 9/26/09 Took delivery!

02-10-2011, 10:43 AM	#3
2ndgenz28 Thread Killer Drives: All Black Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NWO Toledo Area Posts: 4,720	I would have to say that also many realized it was dumb taking so much time to learn to play a fake guitar. [south parked mocked it well, with the GH acoustical version play off] The recent ones that can use a real guitar came to late and don't teach enough still yet. All the early fas of GH done bought a $100 metal guitar at walmart n bought a tablet book. GH should be like a easy tablet system, simple easy to catch on for dummie who don't want to learn "music", just play 2 string 80s rock songs that can impress a girl over the age of 12

02-10-2011, 01:42 PM	#5
ORANGA2D Drives: 2011 IOM 2SS/RS M6 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Temecula, CA. Posts: 568 View My Garage	It’s the whole video game industry now, make a game then lay off staff. I am glad I got out of the industry, I loved making games but hated the “are we now next on the chopping block” we had to go through after a title shipped. I feel bad for that team and all the people who have been and are getting laid off.

04-10-2011, 06:44 AM	#9
Frank123 Banned Drives: Customized Honda Civic Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 3	...and Slash should be blamed!

04-10-2011, 01:11 PM	#10
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