Guitar Hero is dead? (No more DLC, no game in 2011)

**LCBetz** · Joined: 09 Jun 2007 Posts: 883 Location: Eau Claire, WI

I haven't played Guitar Hero regularly in a while now, but this thread did make me feel quite a bit nostalgic just as it has to others. I remember all the good times Guitar Hero has given me over the past few years, from playing Smoke on the Water on easy at Best Buy, trying to figure out that orange button on hard difficulty, toiling away at Cowboys from Hell and Bark at the Moon on expert before finally finishing GH1 expert career, doing the same to GH2 expert, passing Jordan and TTFAF for the first time, among other things. Also, Guitar Hero has been a catalyst to some of the friendships I have formed in my personal life over the past few years, and as someone who was a painfully shy teen who spent most of his teenage years alone, I'm very thankful for that. I will always look back at the Guitar Hero days fondly and as one of the best times of my life.

With that said, the end of Guitar Hero really was inevitable, for better or for worse. Rock Band’s days are numbered as well, and I would guess that its own death would likely come sooner rather than later. I can’t say I’ve really kept up with Guitar Hero or Rock Band a whole lot lately though. The newest Guitar Hero games that I own are World Tour and Aerosmith, and I only played through each setlist once before realizing that I wasn’t really enjoying myself. I was simply burned out; the novelty had worn off and GH simply wasn’t as fun to me as it used to be. I still play some GH every once in a while, but not nearly with the drive and dedication that I used to have.

I do still enjoy visiting ScoreHero, and I’ll probably still visit this place until the very end, since I’ve always liked the community here. I don’t think this site is going anywhere anytime soon. The level of attrition here may rise as a result of the end of the series (then again, it may not), but I think some of us like this place too much to stop coming back.

**DDRmaster1983** · Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 3

I began playing Guitar Hero in september 2006 when a friend of one of my friends brought his GH2 game. I was instantly hooked. But I began playing seriously when I bought the game in july 2007 and since then I've never missed any of the titles. I am pretty much disappointed that the series are coming to an end but it was expected that it would end some day anyway.

I have only one thing to say... R.I.P. Guitar Hero.

Oh, and also... NO STAIRWAY!!!

**Overwin** · Joined: 28 Oct 2008 Posts: 509 Location: Portugal

**viper565** · Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:55 pm Post subject:

We hardly knew ye...

Well. Here's to Rock Revolution 2?
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**ComicBookGuru** · Joined: 16 Dec 2007 Posts: 1678

And then it came to the PlayStation Phone.
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**HellAshes** · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 8320 Location: Livingston, NY

**yakityyakblah** · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 3985

How successful is RBN? Like how much money are you guys actually making?

**toymachine** · Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 9629 Location: Toronto

I don't think Rock Band is going to be shot in the head like GH was of course, but I do expect that once their initial DLC schedule ends that we'll see a decrease in quantity of songs per week and if the game no longer profitable the focus will be shifted to Dance Central and other games of it's kind.
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**ComicBookGuru** · Joined: 16 Dec 2007 Posts: 1678

Think of it this way: it's cheaper than ever to get into Guitar Hero.

Personally, I've just realized this. It's only $50 for a drumset, and $70-$80 for a GH5 or GHWoR guitar bundle. And the games! Oh, how they've dropped in price.

Wanna show some support? Buy the games you missed. Got a faulty controller? Replace it! Then move onto DLC. Start playing catch-up. Maybe if there's enough interest they can at least continue with DLC.

You could do that for Rock Band too. Pick up the Mustang, the keyboard, heck, even the Squier! If sales of competition increase, perhaps there'll be a conversation and a new Guitar Hero could come back to rock your world.

Who knows, maybe Kotick could tag it with "2013 is the year of Guitar Hero. It wasn't dead... it survived the arockalypse."

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**BigE33** · Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 182 Location: KCMO

HMX will be around for awhile still, Dance Central is gaining a lot of momentum

I think there is a huge opportunity being missed for both RB and GH right now, people may not want to drop 150 bucks on a band kit but with the mounds of used RB and GH games at game stores people are still in the market for reasonably priced guitars and drums

I cant tell you how many people call my store DAILY looking for this stuff and I have none to sell them outside of WoR full band kit which they dont want or RB3 keyboards
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**NMC2008** · Joined: 08 Sep 2008 Posts: 100

I think the Dance Central craze is over, so I dunno.

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