DJ Hero 'more mainstream' than Guitar Hero, Activision CEO says

And you've completely overshot the point of this thread, sammy. No one here is calling into question the appeal of one music genre to any group of people. It's the simple fact that DJ'ing isn't a mainstream activity.

Anybody's who anybody can play the fucking air guitar.

But that's not the point is it? I actually play bass guitar but I have no interest in Guitar Hero. I have never touched a turntable in my life but am mega interested in DJ Hero.

That's because I prefer pop, dance, house and R&B music more than the various rock music genres.

So I think the music the games offer does make a difference, regardless of the activity. By all accounts DJ Hero is pretty easy to play on the easier difficulties to, so it's not like people are going to be anymore thrown off by the difficulty than Guitar Hero.

On the easiest difficulty you spin the disc in time. I think everyone knows that to DJ you spin discs.

I'm sorry sammy, I didn't know that you had any real hands-on time with DJ Hero. Because I'm 100% sure you haven't. You're just speculating from what you've see/read. And again, no one's calling into question the appeal of the music. If you like the music than more power to you. But I've read post after post on this game and watched countless vids to boot and still have no idea who the hell this game is supposed to work. Especially with the buttons on the friggin record.

I'm quoting from a developer in an interview. They obviously playing the game on hard difficulty to show the depth of the game. But you'll note from the interview how they talk about the varying difficulty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xneu1BXdUA

I understand where you're coming from but I don't think they're going to overlook the fact that the game has to be simple to play.

Coming from GiantBomb, they claim the game makes sense when in your hand. At the end of the day DJing is about moving between tracks. I understand that's not as initially simple as picking up a guitar but I think if they can get the game into peoples hands, then the music within the game will make the final purchasing decision.

All of those music games have a learning curve as it is. Guitar Hero has had time to settle in peoples minds now and has become acceptable. But anyone new coming to that has to deal with learning curve. Yes it may well be instantly more obvious what you have to DO - but you know, it's still tough.

If they get the difficulties right and ease people into it, I think the game will sell on the strength of its music... which IS more mainstream than the rock route.

I'd rather die than for that to be true...
Not really, i can just listen to my thing and be happy. But it makes me sad people actually like that.

Sammy, as much as I know you'd like to think the DJ'ng found in DJ Hero is some sort of popular activity, it isn't. It's a niche crowd.

To assume that playing the guitar is a niche thing, I'd like to point you to the majority of music shops. They sell guitars, basses, maybe drums, and MAYBE a keyboard. Sometimes they'll sell a random marching band or concert hall instrument.

The only store I've ever seen sell DJ'ng equipment, like the kind of DJ'ng you'd be doing in DJ Hero, is either online at Musicians Friend (or other instrument selling website) or at a Guitar Center. I'm sure you can appreciate the irony of the that.

NO U

Last great rap artist I listened to with a good DJ was Jurassic 5.
Long live Cut Chemist and Nu-Mark.

Numark's good, I've seen some really good sets from him. Cut Chemist is just plain insane. Always magic to see him and DJ Shadow together. Then you have people like DJ Qbert or Birdy Nam Nam. All amazing turntablists. And all people your normal rap fan would say "What? Who?" if you mentioned them.

"Unless there's been a resurgence I missed somewhere."

Pretty much.

Anywhos, yeah, Cut Chemist is a beast. So is Edan, some of his collabs with Mr. Lif are pretty damn sweet.

I C WUT U DID DAR

its basically dance mixes and electronic.


The problem I have is that a majority of mainstream songs in those genres are shit. For every Paul van Dyk there are hundreds of $2 hacks music labels hire to wring a few extra dollars out of a song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1UJXVcdKTY&feature=channel_page

Imagine how awful it feels for a fan of hip hop, to constantly be reminded that it's shit like that bottom link there that makes the rounds these days and not the good shit.

Rap has mainstream appeal - it's just that the majority of what'll appeal to Activision's target demographic, well, uh, fucking sucks.

whatever brah.


Soulja Boy is a modern day Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

@Girugamuk
Even if that was a joke you deserve to die.

You've got balls. I'll give you that.

That is quite a ballsy thing to say. There may be some truth in there somewhere - no sure I would have put it that way tho.

Hendrix dude. Hendrix.

Actually, even though most rap "artists" are black, the single largest group of listeners are white teenage boys. How about that.

Rest in peace Mike. Thriller will always be one of my favorite songs and videos of all time.