Guitar Hero Killed By Activision

Computer game series Guitar Hero is to be discontinued, its manufacturers have announced.

Activision, the company that also manufactures the Doom and Call Of Duty series, have also culled DJ Hero from their future plans.

Guitar Hero, which was launched in 2005, has had five sequels and also launched a large number of spin-offs, including Metallica, Van Halen and Aerosmith editions.

According to gaming news website Gamesindustry.biz, Eric Hirschberg, chief executive of Activision, said of the decision: "We simply cannot make these games profitable based on current market and demands."

It is thought the principal reason behind the decision was the poor commercial performance of the franchise's sixth instalment Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock.

The cancelling of Guitar Hero and DJ Hero is likely to result in the loss of 500 jobs.

According to Wikipedia, the Guitar Hero series has sold more than 25 million units worldwide, earning $2 billion US at retail. The series is claimed by Activision to be the third largest game franchise after the Mario and Madden NFL franchises.

Thanks for the report to NME.com.

Comments

[Grudgeshredder]

Thank you 2009. Rock Band releasing over 300 songs and Activision milking out Guitar Hero for what it's worth.

Rock Band will follow the same death very soon, since they now release around 30-80 songs a week.

Oh, and they axed Tony Hawk and True Crime: Hong Kong too.

[pineaple expres]

kinda sad. but who cares i didnt play it anyway. it was just more of a fun party game.

[Andrax20]

Over-Saturation killed the market.


It's about time.

[acdc51502112]

FINALLY

[Pagan_Poetry]

"The cancelling of Guitar Hero and DJ Hero is likely to result in the loss of 500 jobs. "

Jesus Christ, they hired 100 people per button?

[Zeletros]

Finally! I actually like the game, but hate the concept. Now waiting for Rockband to die!

[LedZep129]

the 1st three games were good (im being lenient calling 3 a good game) after that one they all went downhill and took a dive into the crapper, until GH:warriors of Rock came out it was as good as the 1st 3, the track list was insane, the DLC songs were awesome, if they really discontinue the series, Activision stock is probably going to go down.

(I sell these games as a part time job and they sell pretty well)

[Menza_]

The games were fun but got way too much attention. I myself used to play for hours on end 4 years ago when I had then realized I could be using this time to play my real guitar and get way better.

[thejester]

too much of a good thing, watch COD be the next to fall

[chandler fyfe]

I know a lot of people are waiting for Rock Band to die now, but they are at least going a better direction with this Pro Guitar thing. They are making it lots more realistic and I think I may give it a try. Plus it gives accurate tabs it says. We'll see how that is.

[TriKef]

Grudgeshredder wrote:

Thank you 2009. Rock Band releasing over 300 songs and Activision milking out Guitar Hero for what it's worth.

Rock Band will follow the same death very soon, since they now release around 30-80 songs a week.

Oh, and they axed Tony Hawk and True Crime: Hong Kong too.

Rock Band won't follow soon. They have been focusing on DLC (about 5-10 songs a week) vs hardware since day one which is whats been costing Guitar Hero as well. Plus Dance Central is probably helping them out since Kinect is the fad right now.

Too bad for DJ Hero though, but we all knew that was going to have a similar fate.

[soXlittleXtimeX]

Oh wow. This happened sooner that I expected.

I guess we'll never see Guitar Hero 25 after all...

[Sammy2K7]

Rockband will probably never die, just go into hibernation until the economy picks up again; cos atm few people will buy £100+ games or even normal £40(?) games

[SmittyMan90]

Good, maybe kids will start to learn real instruments!

[DimebagZappa]

COD fail? What are you smoking?
Activision tried to kill the COD.
The CoD will live on.

[ColdHeartedHero]

Thank God.
All they've done is milk it.
Over.
and over.
and then what did they do to milk it further?
Split it into 2 games

[stndrdprcdre]

It's a great day for some guitar players who feel unreasonably threatened by plastic toys.

[y1p33y0]

That danny kid probably made more money off Guitar Hero than Activision.

I loved guitar hero. But people made it out to be more than a game, and thats where its biggest downside was. Real guitarists got laughed out at parties because GH was much cooler than real guitar. Oh well I guess, rust in peace GH.

[gratefulduck]

the 500 jobs thing makes me sad, but yeah, like all major fads, Guitar Hero was bound to fall out of the limelight sooner or later.

[hmcguire]

Activision, the company that also manufactures the Doom series

that would be ID Software

[TheSaloon]

dont understand u people hatin on guitar hero. GH has inspired many kids to play the real guitar

[schirripar]

Pagan_Poetry wrote:

"The cancelling of Guitar Hero and DJ Hero is likely to result in the loss of 500 jobs. "

Jesus Christ, they hired 100 people per button?

lol nice. Aren't one of their controllers still in the R&RHOF? I remember reading that on here. (Insert Rush/Van Halen statement here)Now that is irony.

Now it is time for a new game, Guitar Hero: Buy a guitar and play the damn instrument instead of pretending you know how.

I liked the drum set tho. much better than rockbands.

[masterofpuppies]

Guitar Hero has actually been good for the music industry. There are so many kids that have been introduced to some classic songs thought the series, that a lot of them have since taken up guitar, and are spending money on gigs/merchandise etc.

most people on here are saying that they're glad it's gone, but although I've never played the game, the music industry as a whole will be poorer without it. The more kids that get into guitar based music, the healthier the music industry will be in the long run.

[schirripar]

TheSaloon wrote:

dont understand u people hatin on guitar hero. GH has inspired many kids to play the real guitar

because it also inspired fraternity douchebags that think if they can play "My Name is Jonas" on easy, is just as impressive as anything on an actual guitar.

[KLanh]

Good to hear!
It was fun to at the start, then they tried to milk it... might as well made an edition for every band out there. Although it was kind of fun, it was basically the same sh!t over and over

[goneshootin]

[reignofrock]

Grudgeshredder wrote:

Thank you 2009. Rock Band releasing over 300 songs and Activision milking out Guitar Hero for what it's worth.

Rock Band will follow the same death very soon, since they now release around 30-80 songs a week.

Oh, and they axed Tony Hawk and True Crime: Hong Kong too.

+1. Screw all these redundant rhythm games. Though Tony Hawk, man, the first couple were the shit.

[BlackRebelMC85]

I never really played either Guitar Hero or Rock Band! In fact, the few times I did play them, I was quite bored by them! Like numerous others who have posted on here, I'm a CoD fan!

However I'm also a multi-instrumentalist musician and it annoys me when I hear people talking about playing either Guitar Hero or RockBand for hours on end b/c they could be using that time to learn an actual instrument! Honestly, there has to be thousands of would-be amazing guitarists/bassists/drummers out there who don't play an instrument b/c their eyes are glued to the TV set!

Another thing that annoys me is when people ask me if playing Guitar Hero is like playing an actual guitar.... Absolutely not! Thats ridiculous!

[Prisoner5]

In the words of Tychus Findley: "Hell, *chew cigar* it's about time."

[jayscrivener]

Not good, I got moist of my guitar students after they had played that game!

[dopelope]

stndrdprcdre wrote:

It's a great day for some guitar players who feel unreasonably threatened by plastic toys.

lol, yes

[FlashNinja]

jayscrivener wrote:

Not good, I got moist of my guitar students after they had played that game!

Eww.

[whiskychaser]

jayscrivener wrote:

Not good, I got moist of my guitar students after they had played that game!

I read that a completely different way than was surely intended.

[thedarkblues06]

My short sell of Activision's shares in the market will be much pleased.....

[MetalMaster063]

schirripar wrote:

TheSaloon wrote:

dont understand u people hatin on guitar hero. GH has inspired many kids to play the real guitar

because it also inspired fraternity douchebags that think if they can play "My Name is Jonas" on easy, is just as impressive as anything on an actual guitar.

I was Going to say the exact same thing lol.

[Csimmons1267]

Well, Activision, if you didn't squeeze everything you could out of the series, this wouldn't have happened. One GH a year would have been better than a main installment, a GH: Smash Hits, and a GH: Metallica all in the same year. Same with Rock Band, I don't need 300 new songs a month.

[K!!LsWiTcH]

stndrdprcdre wrote:

It's a great day for some guitar players who feel unreasonably threatened by plastic toys.

lmao this.
that sucks i didnt know they did tony hawk too.

[Joe-Floyd-lover]

hmcguire wrote:

Activision, the company that also manufactures the Doom series
that would be ID Software

pwn't..

Learn your stuff before you post the article...

[gtrfreak182]

Activision is such a dumb company. I could seriously manage their releases better than they can. I was never a fan of how guitar hero affected people's view on music, despite that it may have introduced people the better half of modern music and some great classic rock. The fact that they slowly destroyed the originally legendary Tony Hawk series is extremely disappointing as well, shouldn't take long for CoD to do the same. On the contrary, Rock Band was a fun party game that has always stressed people to pick up a real instrument, and I respect those developers. Unfortunately for Harmonix, it looks like that whole rhythm game industry is slowly dying away.

[Pagan_Poetry]

jayscrivener wrote:

Not good, I got moist of my guitar students after they had played that game!

Do they push your buttons?

[M3AK]

This is good in a way because it means people might start playing actual guitar instead of these plastic pieces of shit. It also bad in a way because guitar hero actually got people buying music again rather then stealing it. Not entirely sure how this makes me feel.

[RUSTDOGG666]

Rock Band took over and you can pretty much download any song to the rock band network. Since you can pretty much get any song thats out there, there's no reason to make a game with more songs cause chances are we will already have those songs on the rock band network.

[Korzack]

stndrdprcdre wrote:

It's a great day for some guitar players who feel unreasonably threatened by plastic toys.

haha, Definitely.

[losing battle]

I didnt mind the game. I had alot of non musician friends and it gave us something to do. As far as the its not a real guitar the game gets fun after 8 double jagerbombs.

[Ita3rd]

TheSaloon wrote:

dont understand u people hatin on guitar hero. GH has inspired many kids to play the real guitar

Thank you! I've seen so many people (myself included) get inspired to play an instrument after playing this game. Now, as a fan I will agree that the games have lost their luster over the years, but the role they've played in bringing back interest in older bands and in the guitar in general cannot be denied. I have

[rebornmaster9]

acdc51502112 wrote:

FINALLY

exactly what i said, now if they would get rid of those paper jamz things we all can rest in peace

[jmako]

M3AK wrote:

This is good in a way because it means people might start playing actual guitar instead of these plastic pieces of shit. It also bad in a way because guitar hero actually got people buying music again rather then stealing it. Not entirely sure how this makes me feel.

The problem with the first part of that youre not recognizing is that the kids who ended up being consumers of that game probably never would have actually bought a real guitar, and if they were the game didnt stop them. on the flip side, some kids who never even considered getting one before and bought and like the game may have actually gotten one because of it. the game caused many more people to "play the actualy guitar" than it did keep people from doing so

[Brandon1993]

Granted I HATED!!!!! everything after Guitar Hero 3 I still liked the game. It made me go out and listen to bands and songs I never heard before and for that I think it was good. And I played before the game came out and still enjoyed it so yeah.

GH 2005-2011 you will be missed by like 10 people.

[stepco12345]

*Checked*

[wndrw982]

schirripar wrote:

TheSaloon wrote:

dont understand u people hatin on guitar hero. GH has inspired many kids to play the real guitar

because it also inspired fraternity douchebags that think if they can play "My Name is Jonas" on easy, is just as impressive as anything on an actual guitar.

So they wouldnt be douche bags if Guitar Hero wasn't around? You really care about how frat boys feel? Maybe have some repressed feelings toward them, eh?

[tume]

woohooo

[SilentTom113]

Thats strange I thought Warriors of Rock was selling really well so what does this mean for Rock Band now?

[guitargodwannab]

so offically no more good music games left. GH was the only decent one out there, RB sucks balls

[T3HM3T4L]

"We simply cannot make these games profitable based on current market and demands."

Wut? Demands? You hardly gave the people what the hell they were asking for! Should've stopped mass-producing games or re-hashing old songs and such, and focus on something fresh. Rock Band has some oddities (Amy Winehouse in the setlist, qué?) but they're doing a whole lot of things a whole lot better. After/during GH3 the setlists went downhill to having crappy new songs instead of the classics.

[davvy 360]

if it wasnt for guitar hero i would never be on this website today, its what made be buy a real guitar

[ChemicalFire]

Activision is just a parasite; they buy good games and bleed them dry without trying to improve on them. CoD will die soon too given that Activision forced the devs to leave the company.

Activision doesn't care about it's games, just about how much profit they can make from as little work as possible, Tony Hawks and Guitar Hero being a great example

[Cutlass_253]

I'm disappointed. As a guitarist and singer I liked these games cuz it allowed my friends and I to do something we both enjoy, but that they might not be able to do in reality, haha. To me its fun to play in a band, even if its not real, lol.

The only one I ever owned was Rock Band though. It's stupid without drums and a mic.

[egdohov]

good riddance... Activision is horrible, made it a total cash cow. Hopefully Rock Band continues, Harmonix is the true creative, whereas Activision tried to copy everything Harmonix did....

[mtllica]

davvy 360 wrote:

if it wasnt for guitar hero i would never be on this website today, its what made be buy a real guitar

+1
If not for my obsession with Guitar Hero 1 and 2 then I too would never have picked up a guitar.

[christian1894]

ahhhh thats sad... i liked gh games...

[jornvdcb]

In the end it wasn't about the guitar anymore

[CaptainDan748]

If they would have made Guitar Hero: Prog Edition, I would have played.

[ProgJazzMath]

Yeah, I don't get why everyone bashes GH because it's not a real guitar. Because of that game I picked up the guitar. It was very inspiring and once I had mastered the game, I wanted to master the real thing. GH was a tool to get guitarists up and going, and I'm sad it's going out of business.

[pat nera]

acdc51502112 wrote:

FINALLY

ITS AMAZING!!

[neversleeps84]

that would be ID Software [/quote]

Joe-Floyd-lover wrote:

hmcguire wrote:

Activision, the company that also manufactures the Doom series
that would be ID Software


pwn't..

Learn your stuff before you post the article...

Actually, the guy did learn his stuff. Activision is the publisher of Doom 3, and ID Software is the developer, so nobody was "pwn't" (God I hate internet lingo) so maybe the both of you should learn your stuff before you leave a comment.

I was never really a fan of GH, but I know alot of kids liked it, and it did make some of them actually learn the real thing. What I don't understand is why did it take a game with a fake guitar to inspire someone to pick up a real one? Why wouldn't you just start off with the real thing?

[Conformist]

I'm happy it's over now, I liked gh4 but the rest just went downhill. It's a good day and maybe a new game craze will take... Maybe more games like dead space all released in a cluster XD

[SWENCE_32]

MetalMaster063 wrote:

schirripar wrote:

TheSaloon wrote:

dont understand u people hatin on guitar hero. GH has inspired many kids to play the real guitar

because it also inspired fraternity douchebags that think if they can play "My Name is Jonas" on easy, is just as impressive as anything on an actual guitar.


I was Going to say the exact same thing lol.

Look, you take the good, you take the bad, you take it all and there your have the facts of life people.

Yes. Its was time for Guitar Hero to just go away. Rock Band's use of drums, vocals, and now keyboards will give them more longevity.

And to be honest, playing drums on Rock Band has increased my dexterity and control of hands and feet while playing an actual drum set. I still have no ability to create interesting beats, but I can sure as hell keep a steady rhythm and throw in a few fills. +1 Rock Band

[LesThanPaul]

I never understood the hate this site had for music simulation games. Why is it bad for somebody who just wants to pick up a game and quickly learn how to "play" songs. Not everyone wants to spend hours and hours practicing regular guitar. Also, this series opened me up to new bands and made me pick up a real guitar and learn it. I've also never heard anybody who plays say they're better than somebody who plays real guitar because they can play through the game on expert.

[Junior1979]

I fell in love with guitar hero 2, i'd never even thought about picking up a guitar before that point. After a few years and a lot of practice i had pretty much finished all the GH games on expert that was when i realised i needed a new challenge.... a real guitar. I've now been playing for 2 years and hardly touch GH anymore, but without it i'd have never realised how much i love playing the guitar... so many riffs and tunes that i play and learn now i discovered on GH, i also feel that having to use my pinkie on GH has made it easier to use it on the real thing. Thankyou Guitar Hero.

[Junior1979]

oh and just to clear another post up.... Doom was created by Id software and published by activision

[snaaake]

schirripar wrote:

TheSaloon wrote:

dont understand u people hatin on guitar hero. GH has inspired many kids to play the real guitar

because it also inspired fraternity douchebags that think if they can play "My Name is Jonas" on easy, is just as impressive as anything on an actual guitar.

This has never actually happened, but it's cool that you can manufacture false hysteria just as well as any news story about terrorism or swine flu because you feel threatened by a videogame where you play on plastic guitars.

While everyone saw this coming, and Activision only have themselves to blame for saturating the market, every last one of you celebrating is an *******. 500 jobs were lost here. I don't care what you thought of the game. Celebrating someone losing their job (Especially today) is a really immature thing to do.

[CronoMagus]

Indeed. I played Guitar Hero 1 and 2 but then stopped. Picked it up again when GH Metallica came out for the obvious reasons as well as RB for the Peace Sells downloadable album.
After that it was done for me so no big loss really. They have a satisfying library as it is.

[Crackinskulls']

oh my god yes!!!!! no more having to know anybody that says they shred on a guitar hero!

[highwind5150]

Let us all rejoice in the passing of such a disgusting exploitation of good music...lol. I will only hold on to my Metallica Guitar Hero...that is all. ha.

[Lion_Slicer]

BlackRebelMC85 wrote:
I never really played either Guitar Hero or Rock Band! In fact, the few times I did play them, I was quite bored by them! Like numerous others who have posted on here, I'm a CoD fan!

However I'm also a multi-instrumentalist musician and it annoys me when I hear people talking about playing either Guitar Hero or RockBand for hours on end b/c they could be using that time to learn an actual instrument! Honestly, there has to be thousands of would-be amazing guitarists/bassists/drummers out there who don't play an instrument b/c their eyes are glued to the TV set!

Another thing that annoys me is when people ask me if playing Guitar Hero is like playing an actual guitar.... Absolutely not! Thats ridiculous!

One is a video game and the other is a musical instrument. They are not mutually exclusive and enjoying one does not interfere with enjoying the other. Really, you could be spending your time practicing your multiple instruments instead of playing CoD. That makes just as much sense. People who want to play an instrument will do so regardless of the video games they play, and those who don't might actually be convinced to. And yes that is ridiculous but some people just don't know anything about guitar. Amazed that musicians would be bothered by these games.

[TheHardYard]

Not the kind of music news I care to read. How about some real life band stuff. C'mon man!

[Lemoninfluence]

checked

[Horsedick.MPEG]

LesThanPaul wrote:

I never understood the hate this site had for music simulation games. Why is it bad for somebody who just wants to pick up a game and quickly learn how to "play" songs. Not everyone wants to spend hours and hours practicing regular guitar. Also, this series opened me up to new bands and made me pick up a real guitar and learn it. I've also never heard anybody who plays say they're better than somebody who plays real guitar because they can play through the game on expert.

They're jealous, that's the main reason

[iplayat11]

BlackRebelMC85 wrote:

However I'm also a multi-instrumentalist musician and it annoys me when I hear people talking about playing either Guitar Hero or RockBand for hours on end b/c they could be using that time to learn an actual instrument! Honestly, there has to be thousands of would-be amazing guitarists/bassists/drummers out there who don't play an instrument b/c their eyes are glued to the TV set!

Just like CoD players could be using that time to learn how to actually kill terrorists! Honestly, there has to be thousands of would-be amazing soldiers out there who don't join the army b/c their eyes are glued to the TV set!

[trenton_dawn]

Rock Band was what got me into guitar, for which I am forever grateful (though my wallet is not similarly grateful).

[butterfingers30]

After GH3 they killed themselves.

[Salvo416]

TheSaloon wrote:

dont understand u people hatin on guitar hero. GH has inspired many kids to play the real guitar

Thats like saying people that played dance dance revolution inspire people to actually take up dancing.

[Nwright14]

y1p33y0 wrote:

That danny kid probably made more money off Guitar Hero than Activision.

I loved guitar hero. But people made it out to be more than a game, and thats where its biggest downside was. Real guitarists got laughed out at parties because GH was much cooler than real guitar. Oh well I guess, rust in peace GH.

Where do you even base that kind of logic? Have you literally ever talked to someone that's good at guitar hero that thinks they have musical talent because of it? I think not. Nor has anybody ever laughed me or anyone I've ever heard of out of a party because I played real guitar instead of guitar hero. Most people aren't dumb enough to think that guitar hero requires more talent than real guitar, so shut up and stop making up bogus arguments.

[jhart08]

thejester wrote:

too much of a good thing, watch COD be the next to fall

you son of a b**** lol how dare you!!!

[parabola99]

Yeah, playing Guitar Hero instead of just playing the guitar is dumb! Why spend a few minutes getting accustomed to a game to have an hour of casual, escapist fun when you can spend a month just learning how to make an non-accidentally muted sound on a real guitar, never mind months before you can play a song all the way through!

I mean, that's why I joined the Army instead of playing Call of Duty and why I decided to become a professional football player instead of playing Madden.

Playing a virtual version of something real just for fun is dumb.

[padlockband]

Andrax20 wrote:

Over-Saturation killed the market.


It's about time.

Extremely true.

[JPScralatchtica]

Honestly, I thought the last one was the best!

[fav13andac1)c]

thejester wrote:

too much of a good thing, watch COD be the next to fall

I highly doubt that will happen the way CoD is selling. Granted, there is always a gamebreaking flaw that always turns up in CoD (OMA Noobtube, Commando, overpowered guns, Second Chance, Ghost, etc.), but even if hardcore gamers walk away, there will always be 10 times the number of noobs waiting to get their scrubby hands on the next title.

[shredder3386]

schirripar wrote:

TheSaloon wrote:

dont understand u people hatin on guitar hero. GH has inspired many kids to play the real guitar


because it also inspired fraternity douchebags that think if they can play "My Name is Jonas" on easy, is just as impressive as anything on an actual guitar.

My thoughts exactly...I mean I play the games with friends, but everytime I see some 14 year old ****head with a backwards hat playing guitar hero and trying to act cool I want to vomit...even if the game leads them to play real guitar, those are precisely the douchebags you dont want sharing your craft...

[ColossusOfShred]

Guitar Hero made me want to play the real guitar. It's sad to see it go, but I quit buying it after Guitar Hero: Metallica.

[Zeletros]

parabola99 wrote:

Yeah, playing Guitar Hero instead of just playing the guitar is dumb! Why spend a few minutes getting accustomed to a game to have an hour of casual, escapist fun when you can spend a month just learning how to make an non-accidentally muted sound on a real guitar, never mind months before you can play a song all the way through!

I mean, that's why I joined the Army instead of playing Call of Duty and why I decided to become a professional football player instead of playing Madden.

Playing a virtual version of something real just for fun is dumb.

When playing COD you don't get a plastic gun and a plastic tank. The problem is not the game itself, rather that people associate and compare it to the real thing.

[Tarsplitter]

schirripar wrote:

TheSaloon wrote:

dont understand u people hatin on guitar hero. GH has inspired many kids to play the real guitar

because it also inspired fraternity douchebags that think if they can play "My Name is Jonas" on easy, is just as impressive as anything on an actual guitar.

I have never met such a person.

[Izzy_Bryce]

When the next gen-console comes out within the next 10 years GH will return. I'll put money on that prediction.

[RiffYourFaceOff]

LesThanPaul wrote:

I've also never heard anybody who plays say they're better than somebody who plays real guitar because they can play through the game on expert.

Because no one ever has. It's just something manufactured by people that dislike the game to justify the hate. If anyone ever has said that, they probably weren't too bright to begin with, and what they say shouldn't be taken very seriously (IMO).

[benonbass1]

I like how even NME do their research on Wikipedia haha

[parabola99]

Zeletros wrote:

parabola99 wrote:

Yeah, playing Guitar Hero instead of just playing the guitar is dumb! Why spend a few minutes getting accustomed to a game to have an hour of casual, escapist fun when you can spend a month just learning how to make an non-accidentally muted sound on a real guitar, never mind months before you can play a song all the way through!

I mean, that's why I joined the Army instead of playing Call of Duty and why I decided to become a professional football player instead of playing Madden.

Playing a virtual version of something real just for fun is dumb.

When playing COD you don't get a plastic gun and a plastic tank. The problem is not the game itself, rather that people associate and compare it to the real thing.

So it comes down to the shape of the controller? Who claims themselves to be a guitarist after playing Guitar Hero? I'm not sure if I buy that argument. Most of the arguments against the game listed above call for people to "pick up a real guitar" instead of playing a game. It's bizarre vitriol that seems to have only caught on with Guitar Hero and its ilk.

[elvor0]

Salvo416 wrote:

TheSaloon wrote:

dont understand u people hatin on guitar hero. GH has inspired many kids to play the real guitar

Thats like saying people that played dance dance revolution inspire people to actually take up dancing.

Don't be stupid, loads of people have been inspired to play real guitar from it, my self included; as lots of the people in this very comment session can attest to.

It's also renewed interest in alot of the old legends, which is great for the music industry and those artists, as it creates an easy access for a new generation to get into their bands. It also supports the industry as established and indie artists have another platform to put their music on, which can lead to a higher interest and enables talented bands to have their music and fanbase grow.

[elvor0]

shredder3386 wrote:

schirripar wrote:

TheSaloon wrote:

dont understand u people hatin on guitar hero. GH has inspired many kids to play the real guitar


because it also inspired fraternity douchebags that think if they can play "My Name is Jonas" on easy, is just as impressive as anything on an actual guitar.

My thoughts exactly...I mean I play the games with friends, but everytime I see some 14 year old ****head with a backwards hat playing guitar hero and trying to act cool I want to vomit...even if the game leads them to play real guitar, those are precisely the douchebags you dont want sharing your craft...

You never played air guitar before? Also...they're FOURTEEN, acting like you're a rockstar and rocking out is par for the course at that age, and if you've got a guitar shaped appuratus all the better, beats using a tennis racket.

[lizerb]

I am glad that the Guitar Hero series has been discontinued, I played Guitar Hero and Rock Band and must say I hate Guitar Hero but love Rock Band. Rock Band part inspired me to pick up the guitar and got me into Coheed and Cambria. I am glad that the milking has come to an end for Guitar Hero. FINALLY!!!

[Kenjisan231]

elvor0 wrote:

Salvo416 wrote:

TheSaloon wrote:

dont understand u people hatin on guitar hero. GH has inspired many kids to play the real guitar

Thats like saying people that played dance dance revolution inspire people to actually take up dancing.

Don't be stupid, loads of people have been inspired to play real guitar from it, my self included; as lots of the people in this very comment session can attest to.

It's also renewed interest in alot of the old legends, which is great for the music industry and those artists, as it creates an easy access for a new generation to get into their bands. It also supports the industry as established and indie artists have another platform to put their music on, which can lead to a higher interest and enables talented bands to have their music and fanbase grow.

I was just going to say the same thing.

I was liked music but when I played guitar hero I really got into music and wanted to pick up the guitar.

I knew guitar hero was nothing like a real guitar, however I figured if I felt great playing a plastic replica id feel even better playing the real thing

Years later I am still playing guitar and I have learned a tremendous amount about music, it's history, and current genres.

I didn't learn much of that through guitar hero (except the few info bits the game presented) but it finally sparked my interest and pushed me to do something ive always wanted.

If you dont like guitar hero that is fine, I knew from day one people would despise it and constantly proclaim that one should learn to play 'real' guitar.

The point of the game was to give people an accesible medium to music and the most simple method of playing it (kinda)

I owe that game a lot it has brought a lot of joy over the years and I am sad to see it pass. Everyone here complains about Justin Beiber, Gaga and the rest of sheit music that is present today. In my opinion it would be a lot worse without games like guitar hero which spoke much louder than the massive pop stars of today

[Plan009]

Guitar Hero used to be good, but when Activision took over everything, they just went down hill. I ended up going with RockBand instead.

[thejester]

fav13andac1)c wrote:

thejester wrote:

too much of a good thing, watch COD be the next to fall


I highly doubt that will happen the way CoD is selling. Granted, there is always a gamebreaking flaw that always turns up in CoD (OMA Noobtube, Commando, overpowered guns, Second Chance, Ghost, etc.), but even if hardcore gamers walk away, there will always be 10 times the number of noobs waiting to get their scrubby hands on the next title.

i just see it happening. how many sequels of a movie come out until it absolutely dies. everything that is up will come down, law of physics. im not saying it is going to happen tomorrow but i see it as the next video game franchise to implode

[doomsdayscottie]

Great, so there's still going to be stupid as hell call of duty games but no guitar hero to get the youngins into good music?

[KingHenrik1967]

Rest in Peace. Probably the game that got me really wanting to play guitar, after my original apprehensiveness.

[flockemokke]

Guitar Hero has been a major part of my life for almost three years now, and the fact that Activision is canceling it really, really sucks. I am most likely boycotting them for the rest of my life since they are so stupid and don't understand the market they are, or more like GH was on.

It made me pick up the reeltar tho, and I will be happy to continue with that.

[Masterofpirates]

That's what happens when you milk it to shit and don't add any new features.

[will102387]

Guitar Hero was more of a "fun" thing to do with friends. It's not made out to make you learn how to play the guitar but to be just a form of entertainment. People need to relax and just realize it was just a game.

It was also a great way for musicians to have another platform to distribute their music. I know plenty of people who wouldn't have started listening to some of the bands on there that were less known unless they played the game.

Again, it was just a game.

[MrSir4]

neversleeps84 wrote:


that would be ID Software

Joe-Floyd-lover wrote:

hmcguire wrote:

Activision, the company that also manufactures the Doom series
that would be ID Software


pwn't..

Learn your stuff before you post the article...

Actually, the guy did learn his stuff. Activision is the publisher of Doom 3, and ID Software is the developer, so nobody was "pwn't" (God I hate internet lingo) so maybe the both of you should learn your stuff before you leave a comment.

I was never really a fan of GH, but I know alot of kids liked it, and it did make some of them actually learn the real thing. What I don't understand is why did it take a game with a fake guitar to inspire someone to pick up a real one? Why wouldn't you just start off with the real thing? [/quote]



Manufacture means to make, Activision doesn't MANUFACTURE the Doom games like it said in the article, they PUBLISH them, which means they take care of publicizing it. For lack of a better word you "pwn't" yourself, there.....

That and maybe the kids who played GH did not have an interest in guitar until they played it and thought it would be cool to play the real thing.

Since nobody else will do it, I guess it is up to me to be honest, I hated Guitar Hero for many reasons, I was playing the real guitar before the first game came out. The main reason why I hate it is because I sucked horribly at it

SORRY FOR POSTING TWICE. The quote messed up on the first post for some reason....

[lupinitic]

oh yeah, finally

[guitarplayer292]

It's kind of sad, and while I've been a Rock Band fan over a Guitar Hero fan since Harmonix stopped working on GH, without the original GH, I wouldn't have gotten into David Bowie, SRV, ZZ Top or Queen, which kind of means I probably wouldn't be where I am musically without it. I'm also a musician, so I'm not just talking about listening to the music, but playing real guitar would probably be loads different had I not played the first GH, not really knowing about the artists I liked from it. Of course, 3 was the last one even remotely good, then it started to get very cartoon-like and outlandish. They spent so much time on visuals in a game where the visuals aren't that important. Not to mention, why did Guitar Hero have drums and stuff? Guitar heroes generally don't drum, they're GUITAR heroes. I guess they had to compete with Rock Band, but still...

[Necrolysis]

jayscrivener wrote:

Not good, I got moist of my guitar students after they had played that game!

I wouldn't send my son to you. pervert.

[vermilion444]

doomsdayscottie wrote:

Great, so there's still going to be stupid as hell call of duty games but no guitar hero to get the youngins into good music?

Yeah don't worry, the douchebags that play FPS games will still exist to question your sexuality on XBox Live.

Honestly, this doesn't matter. Guitar Hero was great at first, then Activision gave it to Neversoft and took it from Harmonix. Harmonix left the company and made Rock Band, a far superior game.

For those of you talking crap about how you should be practicing real guitar, blah blah blah: My friends don't want to watch me practice real guitar on a Friday night. Instead, we plug in all the plastic instruments and the guys and girls I hang out with that don't play real music all have a great time with our little game. It's a party game, you have a few drinks, some snacks, a group of people and you play and have fun. You stay in your basement Yngwie, practice your licks. I'll be having fun with my friends.

[HGS]

Good. Death to Guitar Hero. Rock Band is where it's at. I hope Rock Band never dies.

[Comeback Kiddd]

Necrolysis wrote:

jayscrivener wrote:

Not good, I got moist of my guitar students after they had played that game!


I wouldn't send my son to you. pervert.

where can i sign up?

[mark3777]

vermilion444 wrote:

For those of you talking crap about how you should be practicing real guitar, blah blah blah: My friends don't want to watch me practice real guitar on a Friday night. Instead, we plug in all the plastic instruments and the guys and girls I hang out with that don't play real music all have a great time with our little game. It's a party game, you have a few drinks, some snacks, a group of people and you play and have fun. You stay in your basement Yngwie, practice your licks. I'll be having fun with my friends.

real guitar is for old people

[Purcell]

Horsedick.MPEG wrote:

LesThanPaul wrote:

I never understood the hate this site had for music simulation games. Why is it bad for somebody who just wants to pick up a game and quickly learn how to "play" songs. Not everyone wants to spend hours and hours practicing regular guitar. Also, this series opened me up to new bands and made me pick up a real guitar and learn it. I've also never heard anybody who plays say they're better than somebody who plays real guitar because they can play through the game on expert.

They're jealous, that's the main reason

For some reason, I don't think that jealousy is the right word, and neither is threatened. I don't know why a person who actually plays guitar would be jealous of a person playing with an imitation to begin with.
The real reason for the anger is that it cheapens the art. It takes away from the determination of being a musician; a lot of people practice hours a day, and this is like a mockery to them. I can totally understand where a lot of people are coming from.
My relationship with GH is love/hate. I like that it has opened people up to better music, and it has inspired some people to actually play. But they portray musicians in a very unflattering light, like were all prima donna's. And I have met people who, because they can navigate the 5 buttons on expert, truly believe that playing Insomnia by Periphery is easily done. That's just my honest opinion; saying something as subjective as "They're just jealous" is just asking to get brutally corrected by someone who knows what they're talking about though.

[Bubbles516]

To be honest this could have lasted soooo much longer.

Making a new game every year hurt this franchise imo. I was one of those people who played GH till I beat Through The Fire And Flames. However I couldn't afford the game every single year. Not that i don't have a job, i just have more important things to do with my money. I stopped keeping up with it after 4. It was too much.

[MrSir4]

jayscrivener wrote:

Not good, I got moist of my guitar students after they had played that game!

I know this is my third post, but folks, I think he meant to say "most"....not "moist".....still though, this is a pretty epic typo

[CapnKickass]

but on the bright side, guitar hero makes you moist...

[Stephen Bobra]

Nice! About time somebody killed this. Maybe ppl will play music on a real instrument now.

[guitarpatrick66]

I like how they got their stats of wikipedia.

[Ducky-Kun]

I see a lot of people saying "I hope rock band never dies".
Well, Harmonix has been sold and MTV games closed it's doors last week. Seeing as Rock Band was a joint effort between EA games and MTV games, I think Rock Band is pretty much dead too.

[drawnacrol]

YAY!!!!!

[askikr91]

Well, time for those kids to get tired of playing the same songs over and over, and pick up the real thing.

[SumFX]

Crackinskulls' wrote:

oh my god yes!!!!! no more having to know anybody that says they shred on a guitar hero!

Eh what? Just because it isnt in production anymore doesnt mean that it will disapear from peoples bedrooms.

Anyway i doubt anyone has ever said they "shred on a guitar hero!" in a serious way, grow up.

[Alkaline 64]

NO!!! BAD NEWS!

[ebmusicman16]

thank the lord. Eventually when i ask people if they play guitar they wont say does guitar hero count!

[Minivirus2]

May I begin first and foremost with an abrupt "**** YOU" to Activision.

If a series deosn't meet CoD sales it's cancelled? **** THAT!

Activision ruined GH after 2 by making it a mainstream game anyways. Nobody wants to play ****ing Coldplay in GH. Come on! The fact that it took them 4 series main installments (with countless side games) it was killed the franchise and what proves Activisions idiocy.

If they kept the game as a cult hit, it would have stayed strong.

One

absolutely HAS

to ask themselves, how do they deem GH as a failure, sales wise and decided to can it, but they STILL put out Tony Hawk games every year. Those POS has been losing Acti money for AGES! I don't know a single person who has purchased a Tony Hawk game since American Wasteland.

Hate Activision. Won't buy another game they publish. Period!

[Minivirus2]

May I begin first and foremost with an abrupt "**** YOU" to Activision.

If a series deosn't meet CoD sales it's cancelled? **** THAT!

Activision ruined GH after 2 by making it a mainstream game anyways. Nobody wants to play ****ing Coldplay in GH. Come on! The fact that it took them 4 series main installments (with countless side games) it was killed the franchise and what proves Activisions idiocy.

If they kept the game as a cult hit, it would have stayed strong one absolutely HAS to ask themselves, how do they deem GH as a failure, sales wise and decided to can it, but they STILL put out Tony Hawk games every year. Those POS has been losing Acti money for AGES! I don't know a single person who has purchased a Tony Hawk game since American Wasteland.

Hate Activision. Won't buy another game they publish. Period!

Clicked the wrong damn html in my rage lol

[Amuse_You]

Sad day... If it wasn't for these games, I wouldn't be playing the guitar

[pwrmax]

Probably because you play an actual guitar in Rock Band?

[EJames1226]

There were so many cool things they could have done with this game, but they kept doing the same thing every year. I think im going to buy a video game company and make real guitar hero.

[Rock'n'Roller]

TheSaloon wrote:

dont understand u people hatin on guitar hero. GH has inspired many kids to play the real guitar

But that means more competition for jobs in an already crowded industry ]:

[spyrostsal]

ARE YOU ALL IDIOTS?!? It is said that 500 jobs will be lost and you're happy because you didn't like the game?! If you don't like it don't play it but being happy for the loss of someones job is just stupid!

[Kas99]

Hmm too bad... I actually liked these games...
maybe yes, you play each song a few times and it gets bored, but wtf wich game doesn't get boring after a while?
Kids pick up a real guitar? If they didn't before guitar hero, they won't do it now, I think at least with this game they get to listen some good classics and stuff, more useful than any other game if you ask me...and finally if you get messed around because someone "pretends" he plays better for doing anything on guitar hero... it's as simple as handing him over a real guitar to shut him up...
It would be great if guitar hero would've kept on, just like any other game just for fun....

[TwistClock]

There is a reason Mario is the largest franchise since a game isn't released EVERY YEAR.

[adstr123]

Thank God. Guitar Hero I, II and III were great, but then it was just a case of milking the franchise. Got completely bored of it recently.

[tommyandstuff]

That's good. Even though the franchise got me into guitar, it just went straight downhill after GH3.

[Zephyroudret]

spyrostsal wrote:

ARE YOU ALL IDIOTS?!? It is said that 500 jobs will be lost and you're happy because you didn't like the game?! If you don't like it don't play it but being happy for the loss of someones job is just stupid!

I'm sorry to hear your dad was fired
But the game was dying since III was released,too much crap from GH

[AnoKid09]

hmcguire wrote:

Activision, the company that also manufactures the Doom series
that would be ID Software

Wrong.
Activision was the producer of DOOM 3. ID developed it.

[carlos1536]

i like how guitar hero and rock band introduced younger kids into music, but i hate how a lot of people who are mainstream douches who think classical rock, rock, metal etc is a joke and just play this because they think they have talent. it inspires kid's because they are new to music. lil wayne probably played this game because he assumes he can play the guitar and he has nothing to do with rock, blues, metal, etc.

[mysticguitar77]

Here we go again with all the huge guitar player ego's...

You guys use the same old arguments that aren't even arguments at all since most of them aren't true. Your huge ego's are getting in the way of reason. The fact is that GH and RB are games, they are meant to be played like games should, for fun. The aim of these games isn't to teach you to play an instrument (although RB3 is starting to overstep those boundaries), the aim is to create a game that will be fun and if it motivates you to pick up a real instrument, that's just a bonus. Some people do pick up a real instrument from playing GH, some people don't, but it really doesn't matter because it is a GAME and is played for FUN.

The reason GH has failed is because people are getting bored of the redundance of it all. You really pretty much do the same thing over and over and eventually, like with every game, you get bored of it. GH hasn't been innovative enough to keep going. They pretty much had a business plan that worked 5 years ago, but it's not working now and they didn't do anything about it.

The only reason RB is still hanging on by it's thread is because RB3 is a huge step forward in music games and is extremely innovative. Not only is it a game, but one of it's main focus's are to teach the basics of playing the real instruments with the added Pro modes. This resparked people's interest in RB and attracted new fans, and for the most part RB3 has been a success. But, even good companies like HMX are taking hits because music games are a dying fad. Eventually, like GH, RB will be no more. It's just a matter of time. The evidence is all over (layoffs, low sales, selling of companies, etc.) It was fun while it lasted, but it's time to move on to something new, fresh, and exciting.

[audio475]

mysticguitar77 wrote:

Here we go again with all the huge guitar player ego's...

You guys use the same old arguments that aren't even arguments at all since most of them aren't true. Your huge ego's are getting in the way of reason. The fact is that GH and RB are games, they are meant to be played like games should, for fun. The aim of these games isn't to teach you to play an instrument (although RB3 is starting to overstep those boundaries), the aim is to create a game that will be fun and if it motivates you to pick up a real instrument, that's just a bonus. Some people do pick up a real instrument from playing GH, some people don't, but it really doesn't matter because it is a GAME and is played for FUN.

The reason GH has failed is because people are getting bored of the redundance of it all. You really pretty much do the same thing over and over and eventually, like with every game, you get bored of it. GH hasn't been innovative enough to keep going. They pretty much had a business plan that worked 5 years ago, but it's not working now and they didn't do anything about it.

The only reason RB is still hanging on by it's thread is because RB3 is a huge step forward in music games and is extremely innovative. Not only is it a game, but one of it's main focus's are to teach the basics of playing the real instruments with the added Pro modes. This resparked people's interest in RB and attracted new fans, and for the most part RB3 has been a success. But, even good companies like HMX are taking hits because music games are a dying fad. Eventually, like GH, RB will be no more. It's just a matter of time. The evidence is all over (layoffs, low sales, selling of companies, etc.) It was fun while it lasted, but it's time to move on to something new, fresh, and exciting.

finally a smart comment.

[joshman]

good

[Uber Man]

there is no ****ing way madden is the second largest game franchise...

[MRoby]

Milk the cow too much and it will eventually run dry.

[classicrockboy]

OMG fianlly! They should have stopped after III.

[Timothy O.]

I actually enjoy the games. Not EVERYBODY is capable of learning a musical instrument. Sure a lot of those kids could, and did after playing the game, but the truth is not everybody can learn to play real guitar, and what's a video game designed to do? Help you live out your fantasies, so I think the series had good intentions. Of course there were those people who thought they'd be just as good at real guitar and... well, they aren't, but the series served it's purpose and was actually pretty fun.

That said, thank god they ended it. After the third one I was wondering when they'd lose steam and just call it quits.

[SLonergan]

Zeletros wrote:

Finally! I actually like the game, but hate the concept. Now waiting for Rockband to die!

You like the game...but you want it to fail based on principle? Just another "LEARN TO PLAY REAL GUITAR" douchebag, huh?

[vermilion444]

Purcell wrote:
The real reason for the anger is that it cheapens the art. It takes away from the determination of being a musician; a lot of people practice hours a day, and this is like a mockery to them. I can totally understand where a lot of people are coming from.
My relationship with GH is love/hate. I like that it has opened people up to better music, and it has inspired some people to actually play. But they portray musicians in a very unflattering light, like were all prima donna's. And I have met people who, because they can navigate the 5 buttons on expert, truly believe that playing Insomnia by Periphery is easily done. That's just my honest opinion; saying something as subjective as "They're just jealous" is just asking to get brutally corrected by someone who knows what they're talking about though.

This is mindless nonsense. First of all, where are you people going where you meet others who think they can play real guitar b/c of Guitar Hero? Are you in special classes with them? I mean really?

Cheapens the art? Piss on that. It's a video game. It's fun. Are you really that delusional that you think people sit around and go, "Well, I beat Peace Sells on RB...I'm as good as Dave Mustaine now. Guitarists are stupid, it's easy." That's the dumbest thing I ever heard and I've never heard people act like that about ANY video game except on this site. It doesn't happen for any other game (sports games, martial arts/fighting games, first person shooters, etc).

Lastly, no one, and I mean no one, is going to say, "Well, Guitar Hero is done, might as well pick up a real guitar and piddle with some easy songs for a few months/years until I get good enough to play the songs I like." That's the appeal of the game, you get to feel KINDA like you're playing these badass songs. It's like karoake or air guitar but more fun. People are taking real guitar way, way too seriously around here. Lighten up and enjoy yourself.

[IdkWhatImDoing]

The only people who play rock band/guitar hero are 12 year olds and losers who can't play an instrument.

[Scourge441]

MrSir4 wrote:

Manufacture means to make, Activision doesn't MANUFACTURE the Doom games like it said in the article, they PUBLISH them, which means they take care of publicizing it. For lack of a better word you "pwn't" yourself, there.....

I do believe publishing a game includes printing and distributing the discs. So in that sense, they are manufacturing the game. "Manufacturing" implies the creation of a physical product, while game development is mostly digital, so I would say the original wording was accurate. But really, this is a dumb argument.

I was already playing bass by the time Guitar Hero came out, but I did find the game fun.

Checked.

[i_am_metalhead]

IdkWhatImDoing wrote:

The only people who play rock band/guitar hero are 12 year olds and losers who can't play an instrument.

Wow. Really? I personally play RB. There are several bands that play the games (Trivium are known to be big fans, for example).

I'm not surprised that GH has died - ever since RB came out its been struggling to compete. I doubt we will see the demise of RB any time soon, though. With the introduction of real instruments, a lot of people will use it as a tool for learning.

[clincher09]

I wasn't upset until i heard DJ Hero was cancelled as well.

[Woffelz]

vermilion444 wrote:

doomsdayscottie wrote:

Great, so there's still going to be stupid as hell call of duty games but no guitar hero to get the youngins into good music?


Yeah don't worry, the douchebags that play FPS games will still exist to question your sexuality on XBox Live.

Honestly, this doesn't matter. Guitar Hero was great at first, then Activision gave it to Neversoft and took it from Harmonix. Harmonix left the company and made Rock Band, a far superior game.

For those of you talking crap about how you should be practicing real guitar, blah blah blah: My friends don't want to watch me practice real guitar on a Friday night. Instead, we plug in all the plastic instruments and the guys and girls I hang out with that don't play real music all have a great time with our little game. It's a party game, you have a few drinks, some snacks, a group of people and you play and have fun. You stay in your basement Yngwie, practice your licks. I'll be having fun with my friends.

Erm you don't have to play guitar for yourself. You can play for other people you know...

[pag_slash_2]

stndrdprcdre wrote:

It's a great day for some guitar players who feel unreasonably threatened by plastic toys.

Hahaha, true

[Pingis_Or_Death]

snaaake wrote:

schirripar wrote:

TheSaloon wrote:

dont understand u people hatin on guitar hero. GH has inspired many kids to play the real guitar

because it also inspired fraternity douchebags that think if they can play "My Name is Jonas" on easy, is just as impressive as anything on an actual guitar.This has never actually happened, but it's cool that you can manufacture false hysteria just as well as any news story about terrorism or swine flu because you feel threatened by a videogame where you play on plastic guitars.

While everyone saw this coming, and Activision only have themselves to blame for saturating the market, every last one of you celebrating is an *****. 500 jobs were lost here. I don't care what you thought of the game. Celebrating someone losing their job (Especially today) is a really immature thing to do.

+99999
Props to you man.

[RC52190]

It baffles me how activision ceasing production of the game leas people to say things like "OH GOOD NOW THEY MIGHT START PLAYING REAL GUITAR." You guys realize that just because the series isn't made anymore, the games still exist right? And the people who only play guitar hero aren't just going to quit playing it because the games aren't made anymore.
In addition, 500 jobs were lost. Not only that, but GH (and all other rhythm games) are generally a positive influence on the music industry and very profitable to the bands YOU love, so my question is, how does anyone see any positive effect to this? The only argument you guys have is "you use a plastic guitar to play it so it must be stupid and evil. Derp."

[PIMO]

god all you tools that think you're the best around and true to yourselves because you played guitar before the games came out really have to get off your high horses, no one cares...a lot of people have started to play guitar (not necessarily continue it after a while) because of this game, me being one of them. at first GH was fun and then when it got to easy on expert i wanted a real challenge so i picked up the guitar and i still love it. you all make it seem like theres no place in this world for games like guitar hero, it got a lot of people interested into music, what else can you say got people more interested in music these past couple of years? MTV? The Radio? please something needed to come along to help people get into music and this was a very good thing to happen. the game introduced a lot of people to some very good bands and some rather bad bands as well as get people interested into old songs as well. and you people think thats a bad thing?

you all say oh kids cant play real guitar just because they can beast at every song on expert in guitar hero

look at Guitarherophenom, kids getting better each day AT REAL GUITAR and he'll destroy every song on guitar hero, he cant be the only kid out there that can do this... think people think. you're all happy because a game (ill admit they milked the hell out of it) got discontinued but what about those people who just lost their jobs? im pretty sure you'd be having a bad day if you lost your job... but of course you're all just true to the guitar thats all that matters right? cuz thats gonna pay the bills for you...

[redwhite.]

These comments about wanting GH to go and how your threatened by "Frat boys" cracks me up. It makes me wonder for who, and why, do you play the guitar?

[seabassmonster]

FlashNinja wrote:

jayscrivener wrote:

Not good, I got moist of my guitar students after they had played that game!


Eww.

>I got moist of my guitar students
>I got moist of my guitar
>I got moist
>got moist
>moist

[GuitarViking]

Dammit. How's Rock Band going to continue improving now that they don't haven't got any competition?

[george_davey93]

thank god!! it's finally finished!! it was a nice gimic at first but got so boring. pressing 5 buttons on a piece of plastic or wood and metal strings? i know which i'd choose.

[xDAVIDIANx]

I personally enjoyed Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock because the soundtrack finally fit my taste in music much better (ie a lot of the death metal that was included, and John ****ing 5). But, I will admit that here towards the end, the were trying too hard to keep up with Rock Band. As for Rock Band, I feel they will stick around for awhile, since they actually keep releasing DLC for players to consume while they put for more time and effort into the next installment.

Overall, I've been a loyal fan since the original, and I am disappointed. But I suppose it was for the best.

Also, PIMO is right. Just because kids are good at Guitar Hero doesn't mean they can't play real instruments. I got good at GH in a matter of two weeks due to being bedded by a broken leg. But, I still play guitar, bass, and trumpet. Not bragging by any means, just saying that not all GH lovers are musically inept.

[Mephysteaux]

Now, what 10 year old do you know that upon hearing this, will say "What? No more guitar hero! Fine mom, I'll settle for the Squier Strat... if I have to."

Most of the good arguments have been made already, about how playing GH and guitar aren't mutually exclusive, how the franchise has introduced a lot of people to new music and to the very idea of playing an instrument, and how it bridges the gap between musicians and non-musicians. People have said that GH somehow cheapens real guitar, but really, only teenagers might fail to see the difference between them, and it's not exclusive to GH. I have a friend who spent a year in Iraq, and his brother's teenage friends always ask him if it was like something in COD. I'm sure plenty of other examples exist, too.

Honestly, though, I think it was GH's time, it really fell victim to its own bad marketing. Rock Band innovated, GH not so much. I think the only bad thing is that now Rock Band doesn't have any real competition, and they might get a bit lazy because they just secured the market.

[derrickddyp]

Pagan_Poetry wrote:

"The cancelling of Guitar Hero and DJ Hero is likely to result in the loss of 500 jobs. "

Jesus Christ, they hired 100 people per button?

hahaha +1

[marckyvengeance]

Prisoner5 wrote:

In the words of Tychus Findley: "Hell, *chew cigar* it's about time."

lol

[n00barmy]

That's a shame. This, and Rock Band, gave me a real interest in playing an actual guitar and I have moved on from playing the games into practicing, playing and actually performing on-stage in real bands. I've spent a lot of money on GH and RB but now I spend even more on actual equipment. If this was your starting point and if you have a real interest in music, I believe that this would be the natural progression of things... If not, then by all means continue to enjoy the games.

[cukd7x-a2-]

thejester wrote:

too much of a good thing, watch COD be the next to fall

BLASPHEMY! actually, I want activision to quit oing COD... infinity ward does such a better job on them

[Peter Hurton]

Guitar hero Is What Inspired Me To get A Guitar Without Guitar Hero I Probably Wouldn't Like Much Rock Or Even Know Many Bands D:

[AwokenDEMON]

Finally. Guitar Hero got gay at the fifth one... Their song choice just started failing so much. Switching the style more along the lines of pop with every game.

[CFH-For-Life]

YOu know why they arent profitable? Because they're putting THEE shittiest songs EVER on there, soooo ****in stupid some of the songs are on there. Thats why i play custom songs any ways, i play what I want and i dont have to pay a dime

[Imptheshrimp]

Even as a guitarist, I have to say I'm more saddened by the loss of DJ Hero then Guitar Hero. Guitar Hero was fun, I don't like to go further then there because I just don't care enough about these arguments. Over-produced, I guess, but fun. DJ Hero was something new, and aside from the poppier tracks, was pretty interesting and quite fun. Ah well, what can you do, I suppose.

[Punkrokkboi]

This game first inspired me to learn rock guitar again way back in 2005. sad to see it go, but really after GH3 it started getting old. GH1 and 2 were their best games IMO

[Dumpster510]

AWESOME. Seriously, do you really need 15 versions of guitar hero? Just make it so you can put new songs on there.

[BuffysPregnant]

Punkrokkboi wrote:

This game first inspired me to learn rock guitar again way back in 2005. sad to see it go, but really after GH3 it started getting old. GH1 and 2 were their best games IMO

Couldn't agree more.

[ChrisBW]

It was bound to happen, new version coming out every year, then rockband entering the market (and being better I thought). Took me until just before the first rock band came out to get into to GH and I loved rock band because of the drums.. But after a year of playing it with friends at what seemed like every party ever, I got burnt out. Can't even touch it now even though sometimes I'd like to.

I hope CoD follows. I'm not really a CoD hater but I also got burnt out on that after MW1 and WaW, just can't enjoy it anymore. My beef is other game devs trying to copy CoD and it ruins their games (see: Medal of Honor, Crysis 2, Homefront).

[jthm_guitarist]

The series is claimed by Activision to be the third largest game franchise after the Mario and Madden NFL franchises.

LOL I guess Activision has never never heard of Pokemon, the Sims, GTA, Dragon Quest, Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, or even their own Call of Duty.

[milliorn]

Activision itself is in trouble, so it makes sense to downside. Besides when they started there wasn't competition, now there is so might as well cash out while ahead.

[CreepingDeath13]

guitar hero taught me how to play drums. I never owned it but my friend had it and i woulg go round there every weekend or 2 and go between playing real guitar and then when we were sick of that, onto guitar hero, for hours.

I learnt Master of Puppets from guitar hero drums and was able to play it on my own real drum kit.

[jonnern92]

thejester wrote:

too much of a good thing, watch COD be the next to fall

i dont think that will ever happen. CoD have commercial everywhere, internet, movies, celebs talking aout them playing etc... + on Black Ops it 400.00 player online at all times, and 700.000-1.000.000+ people after work hours, and thats in europe. and many people still play MW2. if they take away cod they will have complaints, attempted lawsuitXD, raging fans, threats to the people behind it and hate mail and requests. so many thing to pull a game that profits them so much. dont think so.

[Kortez3000]

Guitar Villain

[Kerplode]

Awww man, I was waiting for somebody to become a Guitar Hero band, which goes on stage and plays songs on Expert and Air Guitar mode.

[gunsnroses#1]

gratefulduck wrote:

the 500 jobs thing makes me sad, but yeah, like all major fads, Guitar Hero was bound to fall out of the limelight sooner or later.

yeah after GH3 the games started going downhill.

[Dillon902]

Pagan_Poetry wrote:

"The cancelling of Guitar Hero and DJ Hero is likely to result in the loss of 500 jobs. "

Jesus Christ, they hired 100 people per button?

thats insane if you think about it.

[Dillon902]

this kinda sucks, but real guitar's more fun anyway

[Divinephyton]

masterofpuppies wrote:

Guitar Hero has actually been good for the music industry. There are so many kids that have been introduced to some classic songs thought the series, that a lot of them have since taken up guitar, and are spending money on gigs/merchandise etc.

most people on here are saying that they're glad it's gone, but although I've never played the game, the music industry as a whole will be poorer without it. The more kids that get into guitar based music, the healthier the music industry will be in the long run.

Whilst true, you have to look at the way how and how this will affect the way the music community works and will work in the future. Face it, guitar hero and rock band (similar to a lot of other games) is basically about living the rockstar dream (or succeeding in some form) with as low an effort as possible but as much and as frequent reaffirmation as possible.

Not many people like games that tell you you're worthless without a huge consistant effort.
As such I always feared that Guitar Hero or similar big return small input games might, in the long run, cause more damage to gamers, their belief system, the way they act and react to various situations and what they expect in return for their effort.

These should be things of concern to us, because it does affect us and the music community and the music industry knows it and will exploit it mercilessly.

[Divinephyton]

sorry for the double post, but kids getting into guitar based music is not a good thing for the music industry per sé too btw

[Tarsplitter]

cukd7x-a2- wrote:

thejester wrote:

too much of a good thing, watch COD be the next to fall
BLASPHEMY! actually, I want activision to quit oing COD... infinity ward does such a better job on them

*facepalm* Infinity Ward is owned by Activision.

[jetfuel495]

Oh, Activision. As soon as you bought the rights to GH I knew this would eventually happen, just like how you destroyed the Tony Hawk series... I think...

Checked.

[Hydra150]

soXlittleXtimeX wrote:

Oh wow. This happened sooner that I expected.

I guess we'll never see Guitar Hero 25 after all...

I think there are 25 guitar hero games. Including DJ hero.

[The_Jayroh]

I would have never heard of The Sword if it wasn't for GH2. I loved these games, I still play from time to time. I couldn't really afford getting the new games though. I think that's what really hurt these games.

[Tomozaurus]

They think that guitar hero is bigger than Pokemon?

[kratos379]

The people bashing this game are stupid. People having fun playing a game doesn't affect you in any way. Personally it's how I got interested in guitar and I was exposed to tons of new music. Rock band is now teaching people how to play real instruments. This has been nothing but good for music and yet people are complaining about it.

[Acap0624]

I'm just glad they got to put out GH Van Halen before they cut it. Definitley the most fun GH game to play. Even though half the songs had nothing to do with VH at all...

[DeadRed]

I was always horrible at this game....kinda ironic

[donedeal28]

Guitar Hero had nothing to do with me picking up real guitar but one good thing I will say about it is that it informed me about some different artists I didn't previously listen to. Playing "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" was what got me listening to Priest. Now I'm a huge Priest fan and have all their albums from Screaming for Vengeance to Defenders of the Faith.

[-Annihilation-]

'Bout time. I mean,I used to play it but,I moved to real guitar. So much better.
Rock Band is next...

And in my opinion,they should've just stopped at GH:3.

[shelovemyguitar]

thejester wrote:

too much of a good thing, watch COD be the next to fall

I've been saying this since the release of MW2. CoD basically is in the same situation as GH. Overpopullar, always the same, everything is so damn expensive.

[flaphead325]

TheSaloon wrote:

dont understand u people hatin on guitar hero. GH has inspired many kids to play the real guitar

No i think it inspired many to kids to try picking up the guitar, but once they got a real one in hand they see it's not like in GH so the drop it.

The good thing is that I discovered a lot of cool bands with it, before it went too sell out with tokio hotel songs...

[Axl Hammet]

Guitar hero did get sucky after GH:3 and activision milked the series for all its worth and crapped the game up, but after a while of playing GH:3 in 2nd grade, I picked up real guitar and got a taste in music... *Hates to admit buying GH:6 for the rush*

[Axl Hammet]

"Guitar hero is to masturbation as real guitar is to sex*

[grimaldus666]

im kind of glad about this, okay it was a good game and could inspire people to play the real instruments but it killed real musicians, like say some kid who sat on the game for 8 hours a day who could do dragonforce songs perfectly, would then brag about it and their mates wouldn't get as much recognition for learning the real version.

[Skinnymac]

~10 games in five years is the most surefire way to run a series into the ground. give it another two or three years and Call of Duty is going to be the exact same boat.

[sonicx2218]

Dang...I mean, i felt this sorta coming. But the guitar hero franchise always had better songs than rockband. So unless they come out with rockband metal 2..It's gonna suck. O well, I play guitar well enough to play the songs In either series anyway. So i still win

[judo_john]

Oh well. To be honest, I am kinda gutted. Yeah, they did begin to suck as they went on, but It's partly because I began to learn guitar and bass after playing this game. In school, I done music for a bit, and never got the concept of guitar (I'm right handed, but play guitar left handed). Back in school, I never found this out. I worked that out after flipping a GH Guitar control over, and being able to play much better. I know that may seem kinda stupid, but for that, I'm glad I had Guitar Hero. I don't touch GH or RB anymore though. Nothing beats the real thing. lol

[DemonicMuffin10]

Well I'm sorry for not agreeing with those who are glad this franchise is over. This game introduced me to a whole new world of music and made me want to learn guitar.

All I can say is thank you GH for giving me something to live for. My guitar and the music I discovered have become my life.

[Family Reunion]

I stopped playing after GH:3 :P Twas fun while it lasted, but gets repetitive I guess.. Stop making sequels and just put more downloadable content is what I say..

I never bought the guitar either, I just played on my 360 controller, it's more fun

[Mainer]

TheSaloon wrote:

dont understand u people hatin on guitar hero. GH has inspired many kids to play the real guitar

this x100. Sad to see GH go though, lots of great bands were introduced to me through those games

[Ortizsensei]

At least the franchise went out with a bang. GH:WoR was the best GH in a long time

[DomDaDude]

Guitar Hero 3 made me discover about the bass sound that i love

[jibran]

Doom made by Activision? They don't have the talent.
I hope they stop making COD games too.

[Lagunaguitar]

amen.

[Rockinguitar]

I'm gonna repeat the same thing I told my dad, a musician, 3000 times when I bought the game: "IT'S. JUST. A. GAME." Though I agree that the games were pretty redundant, but flamin it makes no sense. It's like knights and thieves makin fun of Final Fantasy gamers.

[sheppo]

YAY!!! but i hoped it inspired some people to actually pick up a real guitar

[Ulalume]

A majority of us now throw up our hats in gladness. Hopefully no more of these music games will be made for a long time. They were genuinely killed by the relentless outing of music.

[GenerationKILL]

If video gamers are sad, they can do what the rest of us have already discovered, and learn the REAL GUITAR, which is way better anyway.

[wouldyakindly]

y1p33y0 wrote:

That danny kid probably made more money off Guitar Hero than Activision.

I loved guitar hero. But people made it out to be more than a game, and thats where its biggest downside was. Real guitarists got laughed out at parties because GH was much cooler than real guitar. Oh well I guess, rust in peace GH.

What kind of parties have you been going to? I've never once got the impression anyone thought GH was cool, it's just a fun guilty pleasure/party game. Like Karaoke in other words.

[Ghast]

Sad that it went, 50 people in my town got layed off from Act. cause of it.

[a7xb4d]

whiskychaser wrote:

jayscrivener wrote:

Not good, I got moist of my guitar students after they had played that game!

I read that a completely different way than was surely intended.

I sure hope that was a typo.....

[urbasicallydead]

Thank god! Unfortunately this series has been terrible since Activision picked it up. I really don't think that the key to finding good music/becoming interested in playing should have to be through a video game. Maybe if the morons running the music industry had any brains good music would still survive without depending on a plastic toy with color coded buttons. I think that someone needs come out with a real music station that plays on cable television now.

[sloppyjoe24]

Though their games were steadily getting worse, I bet it was DJ Hero that really screwed them over. That was their worst idea.

[mysticguitar77]

A word to the wise: grow up and be intelligent in sounding off your unintelligent opinions people.

I love how egotistical guitar players hate this game, like it's personally insulting their own guitar playing abilities. Hmm, maybe I'm on to something here...

I'm curious as to why it bothers people so much that they feel the need to sound off against in all possible opportunities. I think it's a sort of superiority issue here, but who knows, probably you're all just idiots and don't know better before you mouth off with your verbal diarrhea and uninformed opinions.

"Get a real guitar" is not a valid argument because it doesn't make sense and if you don't see that it doesn't make sense, you still have some growing up to do. And to bring up the old argument: for someone who plays Call of Duty, "go out and learn how to shoot a real gun and kill people." Does that make any sense? No. But, if you think about it, it's the same exact concept with GH and the "go play a real guitar" comments. It's a GAME people, it's not meant to teach you to play a real instrument, it's meant to be played for FUN.

[marshmellow666]

rocks the 80s was the last good one the neversoft ruined everything

[NejiHyuga900]

No!!! Why did Neversoft ended the Guitar Hero series? Why why?

[Ultima2876]

Grudgeshredder wrote:
Rock Band will follow the same death very soon, since they now release around 30-80 songs a week.

They release about 10, plus indies release music on the rock band network (indies like me, who are in real bands, and want an extra revenue stream).

I don't get how you figure? Rock Band is incredibly popular, I don't see it shutting down any time soon. If anything, it's now going to get bigger due to being able to license more music without having to contend with guitar hero for licensing.

[guetaminute]

LedZep129 wrote:

the 1st three games were good (im being lenient calling 3 a good game) after that one they all went downhill and took a dive into the crapper, until GH:warriors of Rock came out it was as good as the 1st 3, the track list was insane, the DLC songs were awesome, if they really discontinue the series, Activision stock is probably going to go down.

(I sell these games as a part time job and they sell pretty well)

Lol no they dont. And you do realize they publish the biggest selling franchise of all time right? COD ring a bell?

[CJCKO]

maybe people got tired of the plastic controller and started playing a real guitar?

Like me

[dupaman]

Finally! Now maybe people will realise that being able to play anything on Guitar Hero doesn't mean shit compared to real instruments.

[chaoticfables]

...seriously I don't know why everyone is against this game. It introduced rock music to the young audience who haven't heard it yet. Kids are now taking into account who Metallica, Guns N' Roses and many other bands into account. It may have inspired a lot of people to pick up the real guitar.

RIP Guitar Hero, you were milked out a little though.

[FourTwoZero]

Some songs such as Crazy Train on Rock Band 3 were harder than on real guitar. -.-

[Second Rate]

Joe-Floyd-lover wrote:

hmcguire wrote:

Activision, the company that also manufactures the Doom series
that would be ID Software

pwn't..

Learn your stuff before you post the article...

Activision published (manufactured and marketed) the game. Id is the developer. The article was correct.

[Purcell]

vermilion444 wrote:

Purcell wrote:
The real reason for the anger is that it cheapens the art. It takes away from the determination of being a musician; a lot of people practice hours a day, and this is like a mockery to them. I can totally understand where a lot of people are coming from.
My relationship with GH is love/hate. I like that it has opened people up to better music, and it has inspired some people to actually play. But they portray musicians in a very unflattering light, like were all prima donna's. And I have met people who, because they can navigate the 5 buttons on expert, truly believe that playing Insomnia by Periphery is easily done. That's just my honest opinion; saying something as subjective as "They're just jealous" is just asking to get brutally corrected by someone who knows what they're talking about though.

This is mindless nonsense. First of all, where are you people going where you meet others who think they can play real guitar b/c of Guitar Hero? Are you in special classes with them? I mean really?

Cheapens the art? Piss on that. It's a video game. It's fun. Are you really that delusional that you think people sit around and go, "Well, I beat Peace Sells on RB...I'm as good as Dave Mustaine now. Guitarists are stupid, it's easy." That's the dumbest thing I ever heard and I've never heard people act like that about ANY video game except on this site. It doesn't happen for any other game (sports games, martial arts/fighting games, first person shooters, etc).

Lastly, no one, and I mean no one, is going to say, "Well, Guitar Hero is done, might as well pick up a real guitar and piddle with some easy songs for a few months/years until I get good enough to play the songs I like." That's the appeal of the game, you get to feel KINDA like you're playing these badass songs. It's like karoake or air guitar but more fun. People are taking real guitar way, way too seriously around here. Lighten up and enjoy yourself.

I love people who say "I have never seen it... therefore, it never happened." The fact that you haven't met people like that doesn't mean that they do not exist and nobody else has never seen them. You take a simple idea and blow it to idealogical proportions. Read the content of what I said and actually think about it. Dont walk into it with the intent of being argumentative for arguments sake. My point was to point out that jealousy is not the issue. Make an attempt to stay relevant.

[HølyDiver]

Guitar Hero isn't dead...
I'm pretty sure I can still go out and buy each one if I wanted to.

On another note, Guitar Hero was milking it for everything they had. It wasn't about commercialism... It was about the fact that they haven't contributed anything new to the rhythm game world. They pretty much made it popular, but after let's say... the 3rd installment, they pretty much just copied Rock Band's technology. Rock Band 3 brought a keyboard, a new difficulty on guitar... Guitar Hero couldn't keep up. The student surpassed the master so to say. Hell, even Power Gig uses a "real guitar" with strings. Whether or not it's any good, it's at least a different take. GH has been doing the same shit with each game. The only good thing about 3 was online play. Since then, they copied Rock Band in every possible way. Hell, even most of the songs are pretty much on both series. Not only that, but same songs on both games released next to each other. Rock Band reinvented the wheel made by GH. was only a matter of time before GH got left in the dust.

RIP GH... Fond memories of GH 2. Finally beating Free Bird on expert. Ahh...

Welp, it's only a matter of time Rock Band falls along in too. Depending on how they play their cards, later rather than sooner.

:Afterthought:
It would be interesting if the GH people merged with the Rock Band people. Made a game... Rock Hero or some shit. Or at least collaborated to make better games. Meh. iccl.
Still, 500 jobs is 500 jobs. This may be bad for the gaming industry...

[qrEE]

Guitar Hero wasn't killed by a decline in popularity. Just like Metallica, Guitar Hero was killed by pissing off it's fans.

There are two kinds of people who buy these games:

1. People who do it for parties, and don't even know that there is more than one of these games. They just play ANY song on ANY game and it's cool for them.

2.People that CARE about the mechanics, the setlists, and the features. I personally stopped playing GH because their setlists were redundant, obnoxious, and completely lacked enough variety. THREE Taylor Swift songs in ONE game? NO! I won't play that. I've been waiting all of this time for Opeth, Death, Atheist, Strapping Young Lad, Cryptopsy, and they literally dedicate AN ENTIRE GAME to songs that were on previous games? NO!

The big problem with the game isn't that douchebags play it, or that NO ONE plays it, it's that the only people who WANT to play it don't know how, and the only people that KNOW HOW to play it DON'T WANT TO. How many hardcore fans of the game were ready for Taylor Swift? I know I wasn't. I wanted some intense metal so that I could be CHALLENGED. Even JAZZ would have worked. But they keep adding tons of classic rock, early metal music, poppy new metal bands (Slipknot?), fad pop act, and music that doesn't even QUALIFY for "Rock Band" or "Guitar Hero". You know who is MY guitar hero? CHUCK SCHULDINER. Not Taylor Swift.

[AsOneIStand]

People playing Guitar Hero thinking they're awesome is like the equivalent of people who watch UFC that think they're a badass.

[WalkswithRain]

They should'a expanded the game to include a greater range of music, i like rock too but not just rock

[Fuglie]

Sammy2K7 wrote:

Rockband will probably never die, just go into hibernation until the economy picks up again; cos atm few people will buy £100+ games or even normal £40(?) games

Except that the economy is not going to pick up.
Wake up

[PMAC01]

I am sooooo glad that Guitar Hero is done. Man, it was a long time coming. Once Rock Band (1) came out, Guitar Hero should have called it quits. They have been trying to play catch up ever since, and have failed every time. Just because you get big bands to make spin-offs does not mean it will make the franchise as a whole do well. I can not wait to get my hands on the new Rock Band 3 Fender. It is a real guitar that you play with a flowing tab in the game on Pro mode! REAL guitar! It is about damn time for that too. I am glad it is here so that these type of games don't fade. There is so much heavy metal on RB3 because of the RB Network. All this culminates into a DESCENT, maybe not great, response to all the haters and nay-sayers.

[LizardKing65]

Its a good thing and a bad thing. Good part is guitar hero caused a few guitarist to get bored of there real guitars and to play guitar hero for a bit more fun! WTF! and now its gone so yeah *happy dance* but the bad part is guitar hero was also picking up guitarists. inspiring the new generation in old rock n roll. I am a kid myself and didn't get anything out of guitar hero led zeppelin just inspired me XD.

[mysticguitar77]

Just to clear up:

Rock Band releases about 3-12 (average, sometimes more, sometimes less for example, RB just got the entire London Calling album which is 18 songs, but in RB3 initial weeks, they've only gotten one song a week ie. Rush's "Subdivisions") official DLC songs + the RBN which averages anywhere from 10-20 songs a week, more now because RBN 1.0 is going out the door to introduce RBN 2.0 so authors are rushing in their songs for the final few weeks of RBN 1.0. They've been getting about 20-30 songs weekly from RBN lately.

Amount of songs killing the game? Not really, since RB has way better variety with their DLC songs than GH ever had. GH appealed more to the masses, a lot of easily recognizable songs and GH was always a tad bit metal heavy and rarely dabbed into more obscure genres as RB has. Another small reason why GH failed.

I think RB and HMX will chug along for the time being. They've got a good formula and they are still introducing new features and extras to their existing product, but again though, people are not as interested as they once were. I think we'll still see RB around a year from now, beyond that though, I remain doubtful.

^The economy will pick up. This recession is just part of the fluctuation of the system. There will be lows and there will be highs, eventually everything will balance out. Just look at our economy through history.

[JGsox33]

mysticguitar77 wrote:

A word to the wise: grow up and be intelligent in sounding off your unintelligent opinions people.

I love how egotistical guitar players hate this game, like it's personally insulting their own guitar playing abilities. Hmm, maybe I'm on to something here...

I'm curious as to why it bothers people so much that they feel the need to sound off against in all possible opportunities. I think it's a sort of superiority issue here, but who knows, probably you're all just idiots and don't know better before you mouth off with your verbal diarrhea and uninformed opinions.

"Get a real guitar" is not a valid argument because it doesn't make sense and if you don't see that it doesn't make sense, you still have some growing up to do. And to bring up the old argument: for someone who plays Call of Duty, "go out and learn how to shoot a real gun and kill people." Does that make any sense? No. But, if you think about it, it's the same exact concept with GH and the "go play a real guitar" comments. It's a GAME people, it's not meant to teach you to play a real instrument, it's meant to be played for FUN.

EXACTLY. If GH inspired you to play guitar, great. But to play GH, it isn't a requirement that you play real guitar. It's requirement is that you have two working hands and aren't blind pretty much. It's just so Grandmas, Grandpas, children and adults can rock out and play a music game for fun.

[jhart08]

here's my two cents worth on this game...back in high school one of my friends asked me if since i played the guitar if guitar hero was easy for me. I told him no, im not good at gaming so it was a little difficult for me to adjust to it. that correlates to "playing guitar is easier than playing guitar hero." whether or not he was joking (I'm sure he was), it irked me. There was alot of that attitude when it first came out and got big around the GH III time. I see both sides to the argument, and I'm sure there are examples of both a kid not playing a guitar and a kid picking one up because of the game, but in our increasingly digital world this game just encourages kids to piss away their time and get lazier. One of these days we're gonna get so advanced that we dont need to walk...wait, segway....

[Rocker17962]

I'm kinda happy and sad at the same time about this because I used to play this game a lot until I found the magic of real guitar. So the game got pretty boring after that. Hopefully they'll cut Rock Band next.

[Spychosis]

Just to split hairs, Activision published ONE DOOM game(title is supposed to be in caps), which doesnt mean theyre entitled to the series. It also gives them credit for something they had a miniature role in making--unlike how they kicked Harmonix to the curb after they made GH1 and milked the music genre for everything till it died. Evil corporations are evil.

Best of luck to Harmonix(creators of Guitar Hero) with Rock Band 4 though. I hope its at least a noble effort like 3 was in teaching real music.

[abel1389]

finally. maybe now we can start getting rid of this "everyone's a winner" mentality that's killing rock and roll these days. without guitar hero, kids are gonna have to put in the time and effort into their instrument before they can decide they want to be musicians, which is the best way for a musician to come about.

[emr_steelmech]

Pagan_Poetry wrote:

"The cancelling of Guitar Hero and DJ Hero is likely to result in the loss of 500 jobs. "

Jesus Christ, they hired 100 people per button?

Little known fact: most companies do their hiring on a per-button basis.

[qrEE]

mysticguitar77
The economy will pick up. This recession is just part of the fluctuation of the system. There will be lows and there will be highs, eventually everything will balance out. Just look at our economy through history.

That's assuming that there will be something that CAUSES that. You see, conditions change. The economy MIGHT pick up, if we allow it, but there are so many things that can get in the way that didn't exist before. The depression was a huge deal, but the "highs and lows" since them had the cold war to keep us from becoming obsolete. Now that we have become dependent on other nations instead of self-reliant like we had been for a long time, it's likely that we could lose a lot more than the other recent "lows". I expect there to be much more massive unemployment before something picks us up. It's iffy, but there's really a small chance that Rock Band will survive. Will the economy pick up? Will they be willing to lower prices? If neither is the case, they are done for. But they'd better start considering those problems if they plan to keep things going.

[stoltobot]

Guitar Hero deserves a spot on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for making 50 years of guitar based rock music available and well-known among a generation of kids. Now that the title is axed hopefully the kids will transfer their energy into learning the real songs.

[Purcell]

mysticguitar77 wrote:

A word to the wise: grow up and be intelligent in sounding off your unintelligent opinions people.

I love how egotistical guitar players hate this game, like it's personally insulting their own guitar playing abilities. Hmm, maybe I'm on to something here...

I'm curious as to why it bothers people so much that they feel the need to sound off against in all possible opportunities. I think it's a sort of superiority issue here, but who knows, probably you're all just idiots and don't know better before you mouth off with your verbal diarrhea and uninformed opinions.

"Get a real guitar" is not a valid argument because it doesn't make sense and if you don't see that it doesn't make sense, you still have some growing up to do. And to bring up the old argument: for someone who plays Call of Duty, "go out and learn how to shoot a real gun and kill people." Does that make any sense? No. But, if you think about it, it's the same exact concept with GH and the "go play a real guitar" comments. It's a GAME people, it's not meant to teach you to play a real instrument, it's meant to be played for FUN.

I couldn't agree more, and I do think that people are taking this too seriously. I like that GH got people into learning the instrument, and it opened people up to music that they might otherwise have never heard. I just think it cheapens the art when people claim it to be a similar replacement.
However, I think that the analogy from guitar hero to guitars and call of duty to killing real people is a little saturated. It's the same concept in that they are both games; it is more practical to tell someone to play guitar though, and prompting someone to be a trained killer is slightly less so.

[qrEE]

Spychosis wrote:

Just to split hairs, Activision published ONE DOOM game(title is supposed to be in caps), which doesnt mean theyre entitled to the series. It also gives them credit for something they had a miniature role in making--unlike how they kicked Harmonix to the curb after they made GH1 and milked the music genre for everything till it died. Evil corporations are evil.

Best of luck to Harmonix(creators of Guitar Hero) with Rock Band 4 though. I hope its at least a noble effort like 3 was in teaching real music.

What? Harmonix made Guitar Hero 1, 2, Rock's the 80's, and 2 for the 360 (which really is a separate game).

Activision definitely did NOT kick them to the curb after the first one. As a matter of fact, Activision purchased Red Octane, the instrument side of the company. And you know what happened to Harmonix? Viacom bought them out. It was primarily Harmonix's doing. They intended to find a bigger budget and a wider audience, and to span the game to multiple instruments. So they ditched "guitar hero", and created Rock Band, the game they had always wanted to make.

Now, Harmonix has been sold, quite ironically, to itself. Harmonix is an independent company again, and with the amount of money they've made with Viacom, they have what they need to continue to develop future games.

It's very, VERY iffy when a company is independent. They really have to rely on sales. But being part of a big corporation means that any second, the company could say "this game didn't sell as well. You're fired."

[Booney3721]

yeah Guitar hero and rock band got me into playing a real guitar but when I noticed tht the songs on guitar hero were actually harder on the game then they were in real life I threw them out the window....Cant belive i spent hundreds of dollars on this whew what a waste

[Rocketpumpkin]

2 fails, Activision making Doom and

According to Wikipedia, the Guitar Hero...

Once I saw one of my uni books quoting wikipedia, I thought it was quite sad.

But I thought the 1st two games were good, although I didnt even play it on the guitar controller, since I had a pirate copy :P It did bring some bands into my life that I wouldve never listened to if it depended on television and radio.

So I guess its a shame, but also Activisions own fault for releasing so many games at once.

[Andy2k64]

Lol I love the comparisons to real guitar playing. It's like saying COD is a substitute for the army or that Assassins Creed is a substitute for assassins. Come on its a game! It's kinda sad because it has been so huge. I think it is a great concept and really fun

[aig91]

Checked

Calm down with the bashing.

[TheWolverine]

Good riddance to a piece of crap...

[ippystratman]

its kinda expected isnt it? every game was exactly the same thing. its the same with all fads, they die eventually

[cyanide02]

Rocker17962 wrote:

I'm kinda happy and sad at the same time about this because I used to play this game a lot until I found the magic of real guitar. So the game got pretty boring after that. Hopefully they'll cut Rock Band next.

So to get this comment right, Guitar Hero encouraged you to pick up a real guitar. You now want Rock Band to be axed? What about the kids that haven't played Rock Band or Guitar Hero yet that will take the same approach as you? The longer these games are made the more generations will be encouraged to pick up a real instrument. I had a guitar long before Guitar Hero came out. I now have a drum kit too, you know why? Because of Rock Band. It'll be a sad day when Rock Band dies too. The only music games that will be left will be "Lips" and "Singstar" that are full of mainstream music that's rammed down our throats anyway. Rock Band and Guitar Hero will have (and Rock Band will continue) to push rock a bit more out there rather than you having to go out of your way to listen to it.

[bmarrero15]

That's a shame. I love guitar hero. It's fun to play when I'm bored.

[Sparky-MMA]

Rock band got me playing Drums, but i'd been playing guitar long before this game came out. don't play either anymore, but my young students often ask to learn songs that they've played on guitar hero, makes me smile when i have a 13 year old asking to learn a Kansas or Dire Straights song.

[Stikit2duhman]

HUZZAH!!!

[naughtynorm]

AWWW Shame now you Kiddes have to learn to play a real guitar!!!

[sock_demon]

Inevitable, really

[nailsarecruel]

seabassmonster wrote:

FlashNinja wrote:

jayscrivener wrote:

Not good, I got moist of my guitar students after they had played that game!


Eww.

>I got moist of my guitar students
>I got moist of my guitar
>I got moist
>got moist
>moist

Thanks for pointing it out that vividly, you nasty bastard.

Anyway, that sucks for people that enjoy those type of games. I can relate to the hate against the series, since I feel kinda embarrassed when my fellow racing game fans start complaining about minor details that don't make the game "realistic" enough, or that the game version of their IRL car doesn't handle that way...honestly, people who do in real life what's portrayed in games know the difference and play the game bacause it's FUN FOR THEM.

Shame about Tony Hawk getting the can though. I got a lot of good memories about the first 2 for Playstation and the enhanced conbined version of 1 & 2 for the Dreamcast. The game industry is paying for neglecting game history and what over-saturation does.

[OldiebutNewbie]

funny how many people hate here and go out of their way to comment. Geez, if you didn't like it, to each their own. At least it sometimes had good music.

[mustainex2000]

FINALLYYYYY

[Nameless742]

Rocketpumpkin wrote:

2 fails, Activision making Doom and According to Wikipedia, the Guitar Hero...

Once I saw one of my uni books quoting wikipedia, I thought it was quite sad.

But I thought the 1st two games were good, although I didnt even play it on the guitar controller, since I had a pirate copy :P It did bring some bands into my life that I wouldve never listened to if it depended on television and radio.

So I guess its a shame, but also Activisions own fault for releasing so many games at once.

[bustapr]

As one of the people who picked up a guitar after playing guitar hero im kinda sad. But I guess thats what you get when you release 10 guitar heroes in a year...

CoD will not fall, no matter how many are released, since Treyarch has proven to be Awesome, releasing 3 awesome CoD games. Dont know if they are going to make the next one though since its rumored that a new company called Sledgehammer will be making a CoD. Black Ops sold around 1/4 of Steam's total revenue in 2010, which was around 250 milion dollars, on PC alone.

[The9]

Sick of the whole "play a real instrument"
1: i can, and have for many many years
2: it is easier to play songs on gh rather than get 3/4 friends to bring there gear,amps,drums round, set it all up.
3: its a game
4: it brings more people into rock music.
Hate people who moan about playing a real instrument, dya play call of duty?? Join the army, dya play gta?? Go steal a car
idiots

[thejester]

shelovemyguitar wrote:

thejester wrote:

too much of a good thing, watch COD be the next to fall

I've been saying this since the release of MW2. CoD basically is in the same situation as GH. Overpopullar, always the same, everything is so damn expensive.

thank you for understanding this. over popularity. guitar hero was the biggest selling game of all time at one point. no it is no more, now cod is the biggest selling game of all time. with infinity ward dismantled the, the studio in disarray i dont seeing it topping its previous sales figures. and what happens when things dont sell, they get cut a la GH

[thejester]

jonnern92 wrote:

thejester wrote:

too much of a good thing, watch COD be the next to fall
i dont think that will ever happen. CoD have commercial everywhere, internet, movies, celebs talking aout them playing etc... + on Black Ops it 400.00 player online at all times, and 700.000-1.000.000+ people after work hours, and thats in europe. and many people still play MW2. if they take away cod they will have complaints, attempted lawsuitXD, raging fans, threats to the people behind it and hate mail and requests. so many thing to pull a game that profits them so much. dont think so.

celebrities is the answer? no. um remember guitar hero, slash was in a game as a character, they had tons of promotions and advertising and commercials (good ones i might ad) for this game. so remember that times change. trust me I WAS a fan of COD but now my heart is with battlefield

[mrprue]

Not sure if anyone said this, but one problem was definitely that so many kids (age6-12) who played this game really thought they could play guitar if they were good at it. As a teacher, that was frustrating. What was good about the game though, was that these kids were hearing some good classic rock to which they may not have otherwise been exposed.

[Oldschoolguy]

Know whats funny? I've never encountered anyone who thought they were good on guitar just for being able to play guitar hero. I honestly think that that was a stereotype. Among people who liked the game.

I loved the game though and I'll miss it dearly. The sad part is now we're left with Crock band, oh Im sorry, I meant rock band.

This is really taking me back to that episode of south park with guitar hero.

[Paydro91]

TheSaloon wrote:

dont understand u people hatin on guitar hero. GH has inspired many kids to play the real guitar

This is actually true. It also got me to listen to a lot more different kinds of bands.

[Megadethfan245]

well I only have a PS2 so doesn't effect me

[Superjohnny]

GUITAR HEROES PLAY REAL GUITARS

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