Guitar Hero Gets New Developer

GameDaily is reporting that the much loved Guitar Hero series seems to have been given over to new developers. NeverSoft, makers of Gun and the Tony Hawk series of games, are now advertising open positions on their Guitar Hero team. Harmonix, Activision, and Neversoft are all mum on the development at this point, but it's hard to argue with a big 'hiring' sign. Notably, Neversoft appears to be hiring for a PlayStation 3 version of the game. From the article: "Neversoft is undoubtedly filled with much talent, but we're not quite sure why RedOctane would give the development duties to them after Harmonix created two hugely successful games. Guitar Hero II really cranked it up to 11 with sales of more than 805 K units in December alone in the U.S. In fact, according to recent NPD data, the game was the fifth best selling game for all of 2006 with 1.3 million units sold in the U.S."

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Re:Sales numbers

[trdrstv]

I'm surprised that anyone would be planning a PS3 version of guitar hero any time soon. From the point of view of sales, it is a loosing proposition. I mean, look at the numbers.

Though that is true (You won't see many PS3 exclusives for quite a while, because it isn't worth it) you only have to take in more money than it costs to port it from the 360 version (considering the 360 and PS3 both support USB for the guitar). That and this offers an upgrade path for those who have the GH games from the PS2.

In truth is would be better to keep the PS2 line and offer a PS3 compatible guitar.

Just doing the port?

[merreborn]

Is there any reason to believe that these guys aren't just responsible for the PS3 port of GH2?

They're talking about trying to knock out 3 ports of GH2 this year, and GH3 by the end of the year as well.

I wouldn't be surprised if that's just too much for Red Octane/Harmonix to tackle without a little outsourcing.