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PoV: Where did the music go?

Posted Jan 5, 2012 at 1:40PM EST by Harrison E

Listed in: Wii Tags: audiosurf, beat hazard, boogie, dance central, dj hero, Guitar hero, just dance, music games, rock band, rock band 3, rock band network

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1. PoV: Where did the music go?
2. History of Music
3. The Music Gaming Crash

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There was a time long ago, in a far off year called 2008, where music games were the cool thing. I know it may seem weird, but having plastic instruments and your buddies over was like the weekend thing to do. Set some cold ones away and play till your bones were brittle. It was a great time and then it all started to crash a year later.

More and more bands started to show up in town to steal the spotlight. DJ's and bands from yesteryear crowded the schedule and no one knew what to do. They just kept playing and then online the music media broke out with more and more "packs" turning up on PSN and XBLA. People could play whatever they wanted even if it was a remix of Rhianna and David Guetta.

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Then by the time 2011 rolled around the band had packed up and moved onto another town and no one knew what to do with themselves. It wasn't just one band either; it was the promoters, it was the distributors, it was the fans too, who had put their guitars away and decided to call it a day.

So in the span of two years, what happened?

A lot of people saw a shift in the market away from music games as early as the end of 2009. This was some time after the release of the phenomenal Rock Band Beatles and the less-than-popular DJ Hero. There was a sequel in 2010 for DJ Hero which was released to very little acclaim and success. But it wasn't just lacklustre sales that left the music industry in the dust. Far more interesting and slightly less complicated reasons formed from the musical wastelands than just rushed games with new coats of paint. Something much more interesting indeed...okay, well interesting is subjective, you could really just find it a bore and barely get past the next paragraph, but just level with me, if you like talking about games, it'll be interesting.

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Er, DJ Hero 2 was one of the highest-rated games of 2010, so I'm not sure where the whole "little acclaim" part is coming from.

Also, no Rocksmith? Kind of sad. You should go out and try it if you can- it's a new milestone in the rock simulation genre.

Thirdly, GH2 was the first released title under Activision (but only on Xbox 360). Also, Hrmonix developed Rock the 80s, not Neversoft.

Nitpicking, maybe, but it's my favorite genre and I love to see it fairly represented.

# GH2 was the first released title under Activision (but only on Xbox 360). — Landen 2012-01-06 20:41

Quoting SFenton:

Er, DJ Hero 2 was one of the highest-rated games of 2010, so I'm not sure where the whole "little acclaim" part is coming from.

Also, no Rocksmith? Kind of sad. You should go out and try it if you can- it's a new milestone in the rock simulation genre.

Thirdly, GH2 was the first released title under Activision (but only on Xbox 360). Also, Hrmonix developed Rock the 80s, not Neversoft.

Nitpicking, maybe, but it's my favorite genre and I love to see it fairly represented.

I played GH2 on my PS2 all the time! Where did you get your facts???

# GH2 — Harrison E 2012-01-08 03:53

GH2 was the first 360 title on the 360.
I really wish I could have had more time to write about Rocksmith. I think that they are the next-gen but sadly they don't get the same air-time/hype as the previous games. Good eye though.
Not nitpicking, all fairly true. Thanks S :)

+2 # ... — SeRosiS 2012-01-06 01:09

I play a more challenging version of Guitar Hero/Rock Band, it's called reading sheet music or tablature while staying in tempo...

+1 # RE: PoV: Where did the music go? — Stiltzkin 2012-01-06 06:30

Music games are still very popular in Asia

# RE: PoV: Where did the music go? — real 2012-01-07 06:34

People got lazy plain and simple.

+1 # RE: PoV: Where did the music go? — Chris 2012-01-07 11:05

What, no origins of plastic instruments? Sad not to see a mention of Guitarfreaks.

# Konami — Harrison E 2012-01-08 03:52

The original draft went into the whole history of plastic games, going all the way back to Mario Paint having that musical thing and Nintendo's Piano instrument. But I should have at least acknowledged Guitar Freaks.

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