You know, we dinged Green Day: Rock Band for being a less lavish production than its Beatles-based predecessor, but it seems that (from a big picture perspective at least) the scaled-back approach and getting out of the instrument biz is paying off.
You know, we dinged Green Day: Rock Band for being a less lavish production than its Beatles-based predecessor, but it seems that (from a big picture perspective at least) the scaled-back approach and getting out of the instrument biz is paying off.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2010 2:05AM King Johngie the Fourth said
What?! No comments yet?! Be gone, unhappy face. I am here to ease your pain and suffering.
It's good to hear that Viacom and EA don't really have a reason now to give in to the dark menace that is Guitar Hero
It's good to hear that Viacom and EA don't really have a reason now to give in to the dark menace that is Guitar Hero
Posted: Aug 6th 2010 2:23AM Crayola Q Pants ESQ said
With the financial reception of The Beatles and critical reception of Green Day (I'm sure I heard somewhere that its numbers weren't too hot though), I have to wonder if there'll be any more single artist games coming out.
And if there are, I can only imagine that it'll be more on the contemporary side of things.
I suppose if RB3 sells really well it could give them some breathing room from Viacom though
And if there are, I can only imagine that it'll be more on the contemporary side of things.
I suppose if RB3 sells really well it could give them some breathing room from Viacom though
Posted: Aug 6th 2010 9:20AM oolz said
@Crayola Q Pants ESQ I'm not sure where anyone gets that TBRB was some sort of financial flop. It sold just a hair under 3 mil across three platforms. None of these single artist bands have done better. They may have had higher hopes for it, but they did well from it.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2010 1:55PM maemikemae said
@oolz
Yeah The Beatles: Rock Band sold a lot of copies but its sales were still dissapointingly low given the amount of extra work put into it and the cost of acquiring the rights to use The Beatles music.
I wish it had sold much better so that Harmonix could release more downloadable tracks for it but that doesn't look likely.
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Yeah The Beatles: Rock Band sold a lot of copies but its sales were still dissapointingly low given the amount of extra work put into it and the cost of acquiring the rights to use The Beatles music.
I wish it had sold much better so that Harmonix could release more downloadable tracks for it but that doesn't look likely.
Posted: Aug 6th 2010 3:35AM GuardianLegend said
I wish music games would combine with the core action games. For example, you could sing while fighting space aliens, and your song quality would enhance your fighting power. Yes, I stole this idea from Macross/Robotech.
Posted: Aug 6th 2010 3:42AM King Johngie the Fourth said
@GuardianLegend
Or you could play guitar while killing zombies, and each note hit equals one dead zombie...
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Or you could play guitar while killing zombies, and each note hit equals one dead zombie...
Posted: Aug 6th 2010 6:34AM PR0F3TA said
@King Johngie the Fourth
oh man, are you in luck!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyTiRLVqzaA
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/16/preview-rock-of-the-dead/
Don't thank me, thank the devs
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oh man, are you in luck!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyTiRLVqzaA
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/16/preview-rock-of-the-dead/
Don't thank me, thank the devs
Posted: Aug 6th 2010 8:34AM SitriStahl said
@GuardianLegend No, you stole the idea from Lego Rock Band.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2010 2:38PM King Johngie the Fourth said
@PR0F3TA
What the-...Those bastards stole my idea!!!
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What the-...Those bastards stole my idea!!!
Posted: Aug 6th 2010 10:54AM FriedConsole said
Rock Band should have made money when they could. The plastic instrument fad is in decline. Did they really think the phenomenon was going to last forever?
I know Activision is an easy target but they had the right business sense of milking a fad and then knowing when to scale back.
I know Activision is an easy target but they had the right business sense of milking a fad and then knowing when to scale back.
Posted: Aug 6th 2010 12:16PM Dungeoncrawl said
Okay, I know know know I'm inviting you guys to hammer me here (and joystiq has joked about it) but why not have some more widely commercialized single bands like....gulp....here goes: Creed, Nickleback, 3 Doors Down...oh yeah....and Creed.
I know I know but listen.....the songs are JUST the right level of difficulty. I love the metallica GH but dang those solos are a level above what I'm willing to invest timewise but going to hard level makes it too easy otherwise. I'm sick of disks that have 5% mainstream rock followed by an eclectic mix of stuff that just isn't fun to play. Give me mainstream rock RB or GH even if it's not hardcore metal and I'm there. I'd buy a mix like I mention above or heck I'd even shell out $18 a disk like I did for Death Magnetic.
I know I know but listen.....the songs are JUST the right level of difficulty. I love the metallica GH but dang those solos are a level above what I'm willing to invest timewise but going to hard level makes it too easy otherwise. I'm sick of disks that have 5% mainstream rock followed by an eclectic mix of stuff that just isn't fun to play. Give me mainstream rock RB or GH even if it's not hardcore metal and I'm there. I'd buy a mix like I mention above or heck I'd even shell out $18 a disk like I did for Death Magnetic.
Posted: Aug 6th 2010 1:51PM maemikemae said
@Dungeoncrawl
3 Doors Down has 2 songs on Rock Band and Nickleback has 6 songs. You just have to download them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_list_of_downloadable_songs_for_the_Rock_Band_series
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3 Doors Down has 2 songs on Rock Band and Nickleback has 6 songs. You just have to download them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_list_of_downloadable_songs_for_the_Rock_Band_series
Posted: Aug 6th 2010 11:56PM Dungeoncrawl said
@maemikemae Yeah, I know...but you're making my point really. 2 songs here...3 there. Gimme a whole 3 Doors Down disk...a whole Breaking Benjamin disk...a whole Creed Disk. Just seems like for every 2 of those songs, I have 40 songs that take the "Rock" out of RB and the "Guitar" out of GH. Sure, I like an occasional No Doubt song on the radio....but dang....I don't want to play it.
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