Considering what Activision has done with the Guitar Hero franchise, it wouldn't exactly be a shock if DJ Hero 2, DJ Hero 3 and DJ Hero: Scratch the '80s all hit within a year of each other.
Considering what Activision has done with the Guitar Hero franchise, it wouldn't exactly be a shock if DJ Hero 2, DJ Hero 3 and DJ Hero: Scratch the '80s all hit within a year of each other.
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 9:38AM TRTX said
For those of you at home just getting introduced to the Hero franchise via DJ Hero, let me translate what this news means...
*ahem*
Don't bother buying DJ Hero, because DJ Hero 2 will feature a new controller with updated features. Not to mention that the first DJ Hero will be left out to dry in terms of DLC, as they will be holding back for the sequel.
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*ahem*
Don't bother buying DJ Hero, because DJ Hero 2 will feature a new controller with updated features. Not to mention that the first DJ Hero will be left out to dry in terms of DLC, as they will be holding back for the sequel.
Posted: Sep 30th 2009 9:51AM CaptainProtonX said
New conspiracy:
Hero peripherals are actually parts of a larger plot. They are unique pieces to a might battle droid that will annihilate all whom stand against Activisionmegalops.
When Drum Hero and Trumpet Hero hit the streets, the plan will unfold.
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Hero peripherals are actually parts of a larger plot. They are unique pieces to a might battle droid that will annihilate all whom stand against Activisionmegalops.
When Drum Hero and Trumpet Hero hit the streets, the plan will unfold.
Posted: Sep 30th 2009 9:41AM GewurztraminerX said
You mean you don't get it for free when it comes out with purchase of the first one?
Where's the incentive?
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Where's the incentive?
Posted: Sep 30th 2009 11:29AM F1 Basu Gasu Bakuhatsu said
I'm still partial to DJ Brooding hero. It comes with a razor at the end of the peripheral.
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 9:55AM Misanthropic Gamer said
Anyone else growing tired of this rhythm game fad?
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 11:15AM TRTX said
The only reason it's a "fad" is because Activision is turning it into one.
It's the ultimate self-fulfilling prophecy. Activision is churning out titles for fear that they won't sell enough before people burn out on it, but they fail to realize that people are getting burned out BECAUSE they are churning out title after title.
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It's the ultimate self-fulfilling prophecy. Activision is churning out titles for fear that they won't sell enough before people burn out on it, but they fail to realize that people are getting burned out BECAUSE they are churning out title after title.
Posted: Sep 30th 2009 11:25AM (Unverified) said
The only rythem game i enjoy nowadays is Rock Band.
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 12:04PM (Unverified) said
nope sine i have playing game like DDR, Guitar freaks, Drummania and Beatmania sine they came out. I just refuse to buy games i dont want or like instead of complaining about what I don't like. It is what adults do well should do anyway..
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 10:00AM HighFiveJesus said
Real DJ classes cost less than this game series would. what a joke.
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 10:18AM baby sea tuna said
Wait...Sprinkles...just said something reasonable and not totally mouth-frothingly insane? I think I just lost my mind...
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 10:05AM (Unverified) said
You must admit, Kotick is very good at taking money from people...
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 11:09AM (Unverified) said
Still, this doesn't change the fact that you can make a ton of money without being hated by the gaming public. From one CEO to another, acting like that will get you kicked out on the street in the long run.
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 10:06AM MrSpaceCowboy said
I'll just wait till Harmonix makes a DJ game.
...with exportable DLC.
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...with exportable DLC.
Posted: Sep 30th 2009 10:09AM CaptainProtonX said
A bag of galleons to the first person whom can provide the track list for DH2 before DH1 hits stores.
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 11:26AM F1 Basu Gasu Bakuhatsu said
First half: Shit
Second half: Bearable shit
So where do I get my Galleons?
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Second half: Bearable shit
So where do I get my Galleons?
Posted: Sep 30th 2009 10:12AM (Unverified) said
Why on earth would anyone be surprised at this? It is not uncommon for any game developer to expect their first game to be followed up with a sequel. DJ Hero is probably 99% complete anyway, so why not have some of your people start on the next one?
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 11:11AM borland502 said
Well here is the skinny chief. It's not uncommon at all. It's not the business sense of working on a sequel. It's the sicking feeling that it's not the only sequel coming, that said sequels will ensure that the gameplay doesn't allow for cross developer tool use, and of course the certain knowledge that Activision is a rapist. Corporations aren't angels, but usually they have the courtesy to hide their DP plans until it's too late.
And this time, we don't even have the hope that everyone will eventually play nice. I use my Guitar Hero III controller with Rockband, World Tour, etc. Crap, at least Madden uses the same controller and doesn't usually come in "Madden: Back When Your Team Was Good", "Madden Party", "Madden: Canadian Football", and of course "Madden All-Stars".
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And this time, we don't even have the hope that everyone will eventually play nice. I use my Guitar Hero III controller with Rockband, World Tour, etc. Crap, at least Madden uses the same controller and doesn't usually come in "Madden: Back When Your Team Was Good", "Madden Party", "Madden: Canadian Football", and of course "Madden All-Stars".
Posted: Sep 30th 2009 11:18AM (Unverified) said
I don't disagree with you on most points, only thing is I can't imagine what other games would possibly use this controller anyway. Even Scratch the DJ will have very different gameplay so I'm not sure the DJ Hero would work anyway.
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 11:55AM borland502 said
You're right, but it highlights the difficulty of the peripheral genre. Either your peripheral has to be for a MUST HAVE game or it has to have an ecosystem wider than that one game. One of the reason I bought GHIII on the cheap is because I knew that flimsy little guitar would work with World Tour and Rockband both.
I think a lot of the disgust around DJ Hero is that the game arrives at several unfortunate intersections: It applies to one game by one company irregardless of sequels, the peripheral is not impulse buy cheap, the rhythm genre is dying down, and yeah the company is Activision.
If you could patch World Tour to let you mix songs on the fly or some weird and new stuff like that, I don't think people would be talking so derisively about the peripheral.
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I think a lot of the disgust around DJ Hero is that the game arrives at several unfortunate intersections: It applies to one game by one company irregardless of sequels, the peripheral is not impulse buy cheap, the rhythm genre is dying down, and yeah the company is Activision.
If you could patch World Tour to let you mix songs on the fly or some weird and new stuff like that, I don't think people would be talking so derisively about the peripheral.
Posted: Sep 30th 2009 10:18AM InvaderDem said
What a trooper that cow is. With all the milking Activision is doing, you'd figure he/she'd would have keeled over and died by now.
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 10:42AM JeezWhiz87 said
That cow is your wallet, and Kotick has his lips wrapped firmly around it's finely molded teats.
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 11:17AM borland502 said
They're making it easier though. I just have to remind myself that when I whip out Rockband, I can play my entire library with the original instruments I bought. If Rockband starts doing the same thing, well I'll be content with the mammoth pile of songs I have anyway.
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 11:27AM F1 Basu Gasu Bakuhatsu said
It already did die. All they're doing now is sucking out the puss.
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 11:31AM F1 Basu Gasu Bakuhatsu said
You fell on your keyboard again didn't you?
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 10:39AM Mayor West said
This just in... COD MW3, Guitar Hero 6, Tony Hawk Ride 2, Band Hero 2, and DJ Hero 3 are all in the works. This is Activision after all.
Bobby Kockkick:
"“don’t have the potential to be exploited every year on every platform with clear sequel potential and have the potential to become $100 million dollar franchises. … I think, generally, our strategy has been to focus… on the products that have those attributes and characteristics, the products that we know [that] if we release them today, we’ll be working on them 10 years from now.”"
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Bobby Kockkick:
"“don’t have the potential to be exploited every year on every platform with clear sequel potential and have the potential to become $100 million dollar franchises. … I think, generally, our strategy has been to focus… on the products that have those attributes and characteristics, the products that we know [that] if we release them today, we’ll be working on them 10 years from now.”"
Posted: Sep 30th 2009 11:15AM Deezul AwT said
Where's my Pitfall or River Raid sequel, Activision?
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 11:37AM (Unverified) said
You won't see a new Pitfall because it can't be exploited every year for a sequel.
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