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more about #rhythmgames Trey: Out of all of BP3...they choose DOA? more » kyle4: I don't really like rap but Eminem's lyricism on The Eminem Show and the Marshall Mathers LP is near genius. His flow is unlike any others. People can... more » KeroseneClimax: One Shot 2 Shot had me laughing my ass off when I first heard it in High School. I like Eminem, and Say Goodbye to Hollywood along with Soldier are tw... more » Mit: So, are these just a couple of albums that come with the game, or are these songs playable as well or something? A tad bit confused. In any case, I ... more » jjammerzs: Eminem is still considered a musician! (pulls plug) Good night!!! more » Odin: Unfortunately he doesn't seem to realise is that the majority of that 80% are out of reach. The 20% that is their market is maybe one more franchise (... more » kojirodensetsu: The problem is that companies (like activision) keep releasing sequels to these games. The ideal thing to do would be to get the mechanics so they're ... more » Tyr4nt: Let's analyze that 80% and see what percentage has no interest in music & rhythm games. A lot of people only play shooters or only play RPG's or only ... more » cwbys21: Got to love all the people who think they know how to run a company better than the people that actually are running a billion dollar company, and doi... more » Joseph Melan: Complete Market Saturation more » LeepNasty: The way she pronounced "console" removed any credibility she may have possessed. And on that point, I cannot be consoled. more » zepplinmike: Wait a second.... the bosses at Activision actually know what market saturation is?!?! Based on their activities, I was pretty sure they all skipped... more » robpe36: This year alone they're releasing Guitar Hero Metallica, Guitar Hero Smash Hits, Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits, Guitar Hero 5, DJ Hero, Band Hero, ... more » Jekku: Many retailers around my area had stacks and stacks of Guitar Hero: World Tour bundles sitting around until the prices were literally cut in half. It... more » RockyRan: Well what do you know? The CEO of a company responsible for saturation of the market pretends like it's not saturated. What a surprise! What did anyb... more » excel_excel: you know, theres a reason why the Tonk Hawks games stopped selling so well. And it wasn't because there was lots of other fucking skate boarding games... more » Demonbird: Yet every Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Costco, and Gamestop Have hundreds if not thousands of pounds worth of old music game stock on the floor, or the ... more » TheShape: Wait, there's a Guitar Hero CEO now? Is there a Halo and Call of Duty CEO too? ;) more » CockroachMan: Nope, the market for RYTHM GAMES is not saturated. The market for PLASTIC INSTRUMENT GAMES WITH NOTES COMING ON RAILS is! I wish we could have less ... more » SuicidalEarthworm: Well hell, maybe the other 80 percent don't give a rat ass about music games. I mean after all, we are gamers....we want games in the first place tha... more » -
#djhero
Eminem, Jay-Z Tracks Revealed for DJ Hero Renegade Edition
Activision gave Rolling Stone first dibs on the Renegade Edition tracklist for DJ Hero, featuring 12 cuts each from Jay-Z and Eminem - who recently endorsed the game by saying "the s—t is dope." More » -
#guitarhero
Guitar Hero CEO: Rhythm Gaming Market Not Saturated
CNBC gives a big free ad to Activision for about a minute, then Daniel Rosensweig, the Guitar Hero CEO, gets down to bidness. He doesn't think rhythm gaming's a saturated market. Less than 20 percent of console-owning households have one. More » -
#rhythmgames
Jimmy Page And Jack White Aren't Fond Of Music Games
During a press conference promoting the documentary It Might Get Loud, legendary Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and The White Stripes' Jack White had some harsh words for music-based video games. More » -
#feature
What Guitar Hero and Rock Band Can Teach Us
Contrary to your assumptions, Guitar Hero and Rock Band are not sneered at by all serious musicians. More » -
#rockband2
Battle of the Rock Bands Tonight on SPIKE
Disturbed, Judas Priest and Cheap Trick (pictured) are challenging the top three user bands in the nation tonight on SPIKE TV's "30 Minutes to Midnight," the official countdown show for the launch of Rock Band 2. The three bands challenge the users to play their songs, among the hardest in the game, with other competitive twists. There will also be a guy who can finish a song playing all four instruments at once. If you're one of those people transfixed by watching others play this game really well, you might want to flip over. More » -
#djhero
First DJ Hero Details: Turntable Controller, Mash-Ups, Guitar Co-Op
Recent Activision acquisition FreeStyleGames is hard at work on DJ Hero, a music rhythm game that will let gamers scratch to the beat of popular mash-ups with a laptop turntable peripheral, informed sources tell us today.
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