Rumor: Jimi Hendrix edition of Guitar Hero in the works

Jesus Crow, just stop already.

This is getting ridiculous.

I remember when I first bought Guitar Hero I (still my favorite) it was such a great game.

I was very excited by the release of Guitar Hero II but I didn't liked the song selection, and then 80's edition (second favorite).

But now, I really have no interest in Guitar Hero franchise... I will buy Rock Band finally, because that game is actually fun, just like the first Guitar Hero was.

Alright, so I don't even think this is real, however people are going to bash this anyway, so I'm just going to come out and say it. These games are cool. There I said it! Aerosmith was not that bad of a game, I rented it and I liked it. The Guitar Hero franchise didn't collapse because it has more than one game per year, it wasn't a symbolic sell out, it was a worth while game. Metallica will be good so there can be a freakin' hard game again, because these full band games seem to be going in the opposite direction in terms of difficulty (save Rock Band 2 drumming). There are nothing wrong with these games. You all say you love dlc, well Aerosmith has 40 songs, I rented it for 8 bucks. Thats a good deal. DLC is freaking expensive, these games are cheap and have little new features that are cool and 1000 achievement points. DLC is great, but they don't make full games obsolete.

This seems like a bad business move to me. Yes, a lot of people will say they like Hendrix, but he is not a popular enough figure with the younger users to compel large sales. Buying a CD of his is a lot cheaper than one of these games, and I doubt that many younger people own his cds in comparison with Metallica or Aerosmith. So will they take such a plunge?

I know people will cry and say I'm not giving the man enough credit for being a great guitarist and all that, but that isn't the issue. It’s about wide popularity and reaching a large enough market. I just don't see this working well.

still waiting on that Guitar Hero: Metal edition.

It hardly seems necessary to release a version of these games for a single artist when it's so easy to add in downloadable content. I understand that these games make money, but it's getting a bit ridiculous.

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I'm still waiting for the Disney edition where you will rock out on some hard core Disney songs.

"we'll take this opportunity to remind you that setting plastic guitars on fire is a terrible, terrible idea."

...Thank you, Justin/Joystiq for posting that. Sure it was probably just in humor; but you'd be surprised how many calls at the station we get for people doing stupid shiz like that.

Some of the worst ideas of all time started out with a line similar to "Wouldn't it be cool if..." x_x;

It's probably bullshit. A big misunderstanding on Slash's part, methinks. Remember when Aerosmith said that Guitar Hero IV would be dedicated to them? Or when Def Leppard said GHIV would feature several of their songs, all of which would up as GHIII DLC?

Few points:

Fine you want to do annoying point by point pointless internet arguing, so be it.

"1) 'Metallica will be good'
- Thanks for that thoughtful review of a game that you have yet to touch."

Thanks for your sarcastic comment, I don't see those on the internet everyday. I'll say Neversoft give a crap about expansion games unlike Harmonix and Rock the '80s. I personally and a sucker for hard has hell songs, so for me I am optimistic. Dumber more presumptive things are said all the time.


2) "'I rented it for 8 bucks.'..."these games are cheap and have little new features that are cool"
- Just because you rented it, that doesn't make the title especially cheap. You know you can rent other games too right? The issue is concerning buying games - people who only rent can hardly bitch about the cost of buying games. Your logic fails hard. Also, way to praise them for not giving new features."

Your logic fails hard, in part just for using that phrase. What the hell are you talking about? I rent the majority of my games because only idiots with huge disposable incomes buy the majority of their games. When did I bitch about the cost of the game? I was just saying the game is a worth while rental, the real point is I can't rent DLC, I have to buy it. I can't try it out. Thats why I like band games. Even at 60 buck 60/40 is still technically a better deal than what you pay for Rock Band. The new game doesn't have that many new features but it has more than DLC which has none. DLC doesn't even have a respectable mode to play it in outside of quick play.

3) "DLC is great, but they don't make full games obsolete."
- Nobody said that DL games made full games obsolete. The problem we have is with milking the francise and MAKING US PAY for full games when we should be able to pick and choose what songs we want to DL without needing to pay for them all as if they make up a new game...when they don't. It was the same game as GH3!

No one is making you buy the game. It doesn't hurt you for content to be offered and you not buy it. As for Aerosmith being Guitar Hero 3, duh. Rock Band 2 is the same games I Rock Band 1, I am playing it and enjoying it, you probably are too, hence what is wrong with it? Nothing, I like Aerosmith, other people did too, nothing is wrong with it execpt people on the internet who've never played the game that have a personal problem about "milking".

4) "The Guitar Hero franchise didn't collapse because it has more than one game per year, it wasn't a symbolic sell out, it was a worth while game."
-To you it wasn't a symbolic sell-out. To many of us it was an actual sell-out. Also, it didn't collapse because of all the folks like you that were content to be sold the same unchanged GH3 game with just new songs.

To many of who? Joystiq comment posters? Anyone I knew who played the game thought it was fine, the biggest complaint was not that many people like Aerosmith. It wasn't a sell out, THEY ARE ALL SELL OUTS. Its a game made my a company that wants your money. Rock Band is a sell out, you think Harmonix is the virtuous group of people that love music but they want your money like everyone else. All there is, is people making stuff and people buying stuff. When it works out people get a product they like and the developers get money, everyone is happy. If you don't like the product you don't have to buy the product, but it's existence isn't offensive. /end stupid discussion

Stop making these separate games. Just make them song packs.

I'd rather buy a Jimi Hendrix guitar hero game over an Aerosmith one hah.

Excuse me while I kiss this guy

At this rate, we'll see Guitar Hero: Avril Lavigne by 2011... bleh.

Well, it won't be any more "all-hendrix" than aerosmith was all-aerosmith, but yeah, I can almost assure you this is true. It is starting to look like anyone they are signing to an exclusive deal, is getting their own game. GH: Tool anyone?

I'm really soured by this whole Guitar Hero: Exclusive License Quick Cash-In thing already. Why should they monopolize one artist, and then make their songs exclusive to an over-glorified expansion pack? Just release all the Hendrix/Aerosmith/Metallica/etc. tunes as DLC or on disc content already. I just can't justify paying $60 for a new SKU to play some Hendrix or Metallica songs when those could easily be added to the Guitar Hero library via DLC. They could even string the release of those songs out over months, and they'd quite possibly make more money off of it that way.

To put things into perspective, all you need are two game discs (one of which you could rent) and a boatload of (insert console) points to download all the DLC, and you'll be sitting on hundreds of Rock Band songs that you can play without ever having to switch out discs.

Now to get the entire GH library you will need 3 (or is it 6?) game discs (and counting), all of which must be purchased retail, a tidy share of (console) points to purchase GH3 DLC (most of which will not work with other GH titles), and a possible annual subscription with a monthly download limit in order to acquire future DLC. Oh yeah, you also need the patience of an oak because you're going to be doing a lot of disc swapping if you decide you want to change artists.

I'd love to play Hendrix's tunes, but I just can't bring myself to buy Guitar Hero: Exclusive License Quick Cash-In just to do that. I drop a nice bit of my income on DLC, and I would absolutely throw my wallet at any and all DLC Hendrix songs for GHWT, but I'd rather fellate a tiger shark with steak strapped to my genitals than to hop on board with such a ridiculous format of music release.

I'm 18, and Hendrix has is my favorite guitarist ever!!!!! He's the reason I started playing real guitar, so I hope this is true, probably the only spin off I'll buy.

So would you have to play the guitar backwards???? That's the real question

so...I sent this tip in yesterday afternoon.

I'm a bit tired of the old Hendrix recordings' engineering so am only interested if they are re-recorded.

what's with the picture of jimi playing a non upside down non stratocaster?