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Music Game Genre On the Decline
After enjoying several years of popularity, music games seem to be drawing less and less interest from gamers lately. Guitar Hero and Rock Band titles have been conspicuously absent from a list of the 20 best-selling software titles in the past two months, and one report estimates that revenue from those games has dropped by almost half. Analyst Jesse Divnich suggests that there's no longer much room for dramatic improvements in game play, saying, "it would be erroneous to assume that any franchise or brand can grow unless it brings something new to the table. After a while, utility to the gamer will diminish and he/she will surely move on." Nevertheless, the companies are happy to continue to rely on DLC sales while working on new releases. Harmonix is showing off a trailer and a partial set list for The Beatles: Rock Band, and Neversoft has detailed a number of new features and tracks for Guitar Hero 5.
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How long did it take for guys to realize that you can't impress a girl on a first date with a couple of warm wine coolers and a guitar ballad played on a plastic guitar with colored buttons?
Get real. Go buy yourself a real acoustic 6-string, take 5-10 years to learn to play and (hopefully you started practicing when you were 5) soon you will be able to reel a lady into your bedroom that doesn't look and seem similar to a plastic love doll or your parole officer.
Come on, how many campfires have you been around lately where someone pulls out a fake guitar and sings air-band songs? No thanks. Get some real skills - anyone who excels at Guitar Hero deserves to be beaten like a red-headed step-child at a family picnic who wines, has cleft palate and a nasty case of tourette syndrome.