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    GUITAR HERO IS FINALLY DEAD!!

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    #1  Edited By tobygw
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    #2  Edited By stringbacon

    Hooray! Tons of people lost their jobs!

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    #3  Edited By LordXavierBritish
    @stringbacon said:
    " Hooray! Tons of people lost their jobs! "
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    #4  Edited By litrock

    As much as I might be apathetic about Guitar Hero since Harmonix left, that's a lot of people who are probably losing their jobs today or in the near future. Hardly a cause to celebrate. We can just grimly hope (in vain) that Activision learns its lesson about 'exploiting' franchises.

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    #5  Edited By Bloodgraiv3
    @litrock said:
    "As much as I might be apathetic about Guitar Hero since Harmonix left, that's a lot of people who are probably losing their jobs today or in the near future. Hardly a cause to celebrate. We can just grimly hope (in vain) that Activision learns its lesson about 'exploiting' franchises. "

    *looks at the new CoD around the corner* 
     
    I don't think they did =\
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    #6  Edited By JJOR64
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    #7  Edited By melcene

    I'm not sure how I feel about this.  Part of me is disappointed.  While I think they overdid it, I have had my share of fun with the GH games.  At the same time, I'm hoping that this will make things easier for the RB market, especially considering what's going on over there. 
     
    It's a shame though when shit like this happens just because people are fickle bandwagon jumpers.  And what I mean by that is that the GH series wouldn't have blown up the way it did if people hadn't jumped on that bandwagon.  And then something else came along and everyone hopped off that bandwagon and got in the new one.

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    #8  Edited By RobotHamster
    @LordXavierBritish said:
    " @stringbacon said:
    " Hooray! Tons of people lost their jobs! "
    "
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    #9  Edited By samfo

    Hopefully Neversoft can go back and work on the Tony Hawk franchise.
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    #10  Edited By Kjellm87

    It had a good run, and maybe it will pop up again.
    " E3 2022: And now we present: GH RETURNS"

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    #11  Edited By Slaker117

    As someone who didn't care about music games, it was interesting to watch this rise and fall. With GH dead and Harmonix downsizing, I kind of feel justified in my apathy towards the genre, but I wonder if it could have lasted without the intense competition and exploitation.
     
    Oh well, back to fun games.

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    #12  Edited By sameeeeam
    The Guitar Hero. Callin' it.
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    #13  Edited By buzz_clik
    @Underachiever007 said:
    " The Guitar Hero. Callin' it. "
    Shit, you beat me. I totes came in to say exactly this, ya bugger.
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    #14  Edited By Hailinel

    Concert conductors have crazy hair.

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    #15  Edited By Gizmo

    World Tour was fun for a couple of weeks, now my fake plastic guitar sits, dusting, under the darkness of my bed...

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    #16  Edited By Romination
    @Kjellm87 said:
    " It had a good run, and maybe it will pop up again. " E3 2022: And now we present: GH RETURNS" "
    in 11 years? You're being optimistic. I'm calling it at 5. 
     
    Sad about True Crime Hong Kong. I was kind of thinking it would be ok.
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    #17  Edited By brotherlu

    I got through this past decade of gaming without touching a plastic instrument. I feel i deserve a badge. Guitar hero was bad from day one, just watching people play it was mind numbing. I bet dimes to dollars that Rock Band 3 is the last rockband game. 

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    #18  Edited By KaosAngel

    Good, they can use that team to make MW3 a better game so people stop bitching about COD.

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    #19  Edited By Hailinel
    @KaosAngel said:
    " Good, they can use that team to make MW3 a better game so people stop bitching about COD. "
    That's not how these things work.
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    #20  Edited By Dalai

    This does not bode well for my idea for a Panduri Hero spinoff.

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    #21  Edited By samfo
    @brotherlu:
    Ill take that bet. Winner gets a free game from the other guy. Bet expires Dec 2011.
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    @RobotHamster said:
    " @LordXavierBritish said:
    " @stringbacon said:
    " Hooray! Tons of people lost their jobs! "
    "
    "
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    #23  Edited By xyzygy

    It sucks for whoever is getting laid off. 
     
    But it's awesome for Harmonix. Now they won't have people copying everything they do.

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    #24  Edited By JJWeatherman

    Thank god. Those assholes ruined the market. Why couldn't they have just never continued that series? 
     
    (When I say they, I mostly mean Activision. The Neversoft guys are generally cool and I feel bad for them)

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    #25  Edited By xaLieNxGrEyx
    @KaosAngel said:
    "Good, they can use that team to make MW3 a better game so people stop bitching about COD. "


    Not how that works at all
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    So the plastic guitar rhythm genre is finally dead. 

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    #27  Edited By JJWeatherman
    @bartok said:
    " So the plastic guitar rhythm genre is finally dead.  "
    Well, the bad game in the genre is.
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    #28  Edited By Mikewrestler5
    @stringbacon said:
    " Hooray! Tons of people lost their jobs! "
    Yeah, because I totally care about who lost their job and who didn't.
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    #29  Edited By melcene

    Yeah, considering that RB is still fully supported and still releases content on a weekly basis I have trouble calling it dead.

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    #30  Edited By FritzDude

    Next stop, Call of Heroes.

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    #31  Edited By NMC2008

    See how stupid haters are? So so stupid.

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    #32  Edited By Zealousadonis

    I stopped playing Guitar Hero at the 2nd one. Moved on to Rock Band and still keep getting songs for it. I didn't like Guitar Hero because each game was it's own track list. Rock Band is great for it's constantly growing list of songs, with a handful of the ones on the discs lost every time they make a new game. I decided years ago I would only buy any music games if they could be integrated into my current Rock Band setlist.

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    #33  Edited By NMC2008
    @xyzygy:  
    I don't think Harmonix would think it's awesome for them, why would you think that?
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    #34  Edited By Kezmer

    I really was hoping for Call of Guitars: Modern Hero Warfare

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    #35  Edited By xyzygy
    @NMC2008 said:
    " @xyzygy:  I don't think Harmonix would think it's awesome for them, why would you think that? "
    Because now they have the monopoly on the Music game scene. I realize that competition is good though, so it's not all good I guess.
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    #36  Edited By Vinny_Says

    Jeez OP, did guitar hero rape your mother or something?

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    #37  Edited By jakob187

    *ugh*
     
    Warriors of Rock was a solid entry that I thoroughly enjoyed.  It took shit back to the days of Guitar Hero II and Guitar Hero III in terms of on-disc soundtrack, general irreverence and tone.  I guess too many people are allured by "quantity" in Rock Band that they can't just enjoy a game for what is put on the disc at all.
     
    This is seriously stupid.

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    #38  Edited By melcene
    @jakob187: I've been into the series since the first GH game on PS2, when it was basically the only one (other than the Konami one or whatever it was).  Guitar Hero definitely had some highlights, and I would have remained a HUGE fan, if they allowed importing of one game into the next, then the next, then the next.  But that wasn't the case.  So it's not really a matter of quantity but hell, just supporting the fans that have been loyal to them over the years.   I would love to be able to play some of the GH1 games without dusting off my PS2.  And the greatest hits release just wasn't enough for me.
     
    Warriors of Rock was okay.  Honestly, if I plug in a GH game anymore, odds are its GH: Metallica.
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    #39  Edited By moelarrycurly
    @Mikewrestler5 said:
    " @stringbacon said:
    " Hooray! Tons of people lost their jobs! "
    Yeah, because I totally care about who lost their job and who didn't. "
    COLD
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    #40  Edited By Jeffsekai

    THANK.GOD.

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    #41  Edited By AhmadMetallic

    CoD is next ? 
     
     
    omfg if CoD disappears im gonna.... O M G JUST IMAGINE A WORLD WHERE CALL OF DUTY IS NO LONGER RELEASED EVERY YEAR ? 
     
    AW MA GAWD FUCK !!!

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    #42  Edited By HitmanAgent47

    good

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    ive had some good memories of this game...  oh well, the yearly release was actually bugging me

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     I never bought a guitar hero game, I've never bought a Rock Band game, and I never will. They're fun to play at parties, for about 10 minutes. Never been vaguely interested in actually buying one.
     
    I don't need to spend ~£100 to get a high score to enjoy playing music. I'm sorry if that sounds elitist but it's true.  
     
    Guitar Hero dying has no effect on me at all. I really couldn't give a shit. I don't buy Activision products anyway so the idea of them moving resources to work on something else is uninteresting to me also.

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    #45  Edited By niamahai
    @zudthespud said:
    "  I never bought a guitar hero game, I've never bought a Rock Band game, and I never will. They're fun to play at parties, for about 10 minutes. Never been vaguely interested in actually buying one. I don't need to spend ~£100 to get a high score to enjoy playing music. I'm sorry if that sounds elitist but it's true.   Guitar Hero dying has no effect on me at all. I really couldn't give a shit. I don't buy Activision products anyway so the idea of them moving resources to work on something else is uninteresting to me also. "
    but it made you maek post!
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    #46  Edited By ColinWright

    Who doesn't celebrate layoffs? 

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    #47  Edited By MelissaPeterson

    Not quite all the way unfortunately, it looks like a possibility for it to be released on the Playstation phone :(

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