Comments on: “Guitar Hero: Metallica” May Be The Right Game At The Wrong Time

By: Grady Monegro

Grady Monegro — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:11:17 +0000

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By: janine

janine — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:31:36 +0000

@Lucas Jensen: Yeah, I think dead Space was huge. I laugh at Army of Two, because if you're going to have a game heavily dependent on co-op, the AI should be sub moronic. The plot for Mirror's Edge was less then stellar ("Let's get the man! Erm, I don't need to tell you know why!"), I would have preferred Parkour '08, Madden style. A different city every edition or something.

But hey, when the economy collapses and I'll be forced to burn my guitars for heat and boil my ps3 for soup, I'll have bigger fish to fry.

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:54:10 +0000

@janine: Actually, I heard that the sales of Dead Space were good. I like that EA is at least trying with new IPs. Sometimes the second iterations blow up. I liked the Mirrors Edge demo quite a bit. Waiting to play the full thing.

By: janine

janine — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:39:19 +0000

@Lucas Jensen: Man, I forgot about Army of Two. Yipes. Not a good year at all.

@Captain Wrong: It'll be interesting to see what happens. This year saw a huge increase in gaming by people who'd never play a video game otherwise but enjoy Rock Band, Guitar Hero, etc. It remains to be seen if that segment sticks around, affecting not only rhythm games but also your Wii Fits & what have you.

By: Captain Wrong

Captain Wrong — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:14:50 +0000

Sure, EA has had some other flops this year, but I gotta wonder if people are getting over the Guitar Hero/Rock Band thing. The used stores around here are glutted with plastic guitars and I’ve already seen GH:Areosmith and the latest Rock Band track packs on clearance at Target.

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:51:48 +0000

@janine: And I wonder how Dead Space and Army of Two did. They have tried to launch a number of new IPs. I think it's not fair to blame Rock Band 2, though it's price tag is prohibitive.

By: janine

janine — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:47:31 +0000

@SomeSound-MostlyFury: Mirror's Edge or Need For Speed Undercover could have been the titles that burned EA.

By: Audif Jackson Winters III

Audif Jackson Winters III — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:21:24 +0000

I don’t know much about the video game industry, but aren’t these games slow, steady sellers? As opposed to huge blockbusters like GTA IV, which sell 75 percent or more of their total copies within the first 2 or 3 weeks of release?

By: SomeSound-MostlyFury

SomeSound-MostlyFury — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:51:25 +0000

Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band 2 didn't sell well because they both produced what essentially was the exact same game with a simultaneous release schedule. They even shared a ridiculous amount of songs between the two -- something like almost 20% of the overall track list. Not to mention a jacked up price point selling peripherals that everyone already had.

Electronic Arts earnings were down mostly because of other games besides Rock Band that didn't do well -- Rock Band is a relatively small part of their stable of games.

I don't think these findings are particularly indicative of the overall success of rhythm based music games. The fact that Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, a game based entirely around a band that is pretty much invisible in the youth marketplace today, even exists is a testament to how much money is plunked down on this stuff on a regular basis. Just check out the staggering amount of downloadable add-ons to the Guitar Hero and Rock Band titles that are sold online. Awful songs by awful no name bands sell for $2 a song, just because they carry the Guitar Hero name.

By: Mick Kraut

Mick Kraut — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:43:09 +0000

@Audif Jackson Winters III: I heard there was a flash pot accessory as well for authenticity sake.