Activision may be threatened with Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk competition, says analyst |
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When a gaming company manages to churn out a hit franchise, we'd most probably think that they hit paydirt, like what Activision did when they came up with the Guitar Hero series of games. However, the benefits of coming up with a great title may be a bit of a bane as well. According to analyst Mike Hickey from Janco Partners, the emerging competition resulting from Activision's Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk franchises may prove to be "damaging for growth prospects".
Of course, when talking about Guitar Hero's and Tony Hawk's competition, it can only mean Harmonix' Rock Band (for the Xbox 360, PS3) and EA's Skate (also for the Xbox 360 and PS3). Hickey said that Rock Band may prove to be a compelling option in the console music gaming genre, which may eventually mean trouble for Activision itself.
Hickey said that analysts are expecting the Guitar Hero series to develop and evolve with the addition of new music peripherals in the near future, which will help the franchise in staying afloat in the midst of competition.
Via Gamasutra
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actually, activision didn't come up with guitar hero. it was actually Harmonix and Red Octane. after guitar hero 2 they sold off the rights to activision and harmonix went on to make rock band. then activision put out GH: rocks the 80's, which was terrible. i'm excited to play 3, but i'm not expecting much. the song list is horrible.
First off Guitar Hero III is going to rock just because of the song list, i dont know what song list you read but the song list is going to awsome
The song list is not "going" to be awesome, it is awesome.
i read the entire song list from ign.com
if you go there and in the search look up
(yes you can copy and paste)
Guitar Hero III Sonic FAQ
and it'll show you 14 pages of the songs.
now there might be more that i haven't seen, such as bonus tracks, but i don't think they're really gonna blow any minds with this game.
I got a pre-release copy and the game is very solid. The battle mode is very intuitive and makes for wonderful multiplayer. The song list is mostly good with the exception of the last few songs. I was disappointed that they could not get Stairway to Heaven.