The October 2009 release of ‘DJ Hero’ was perhaps a sign the idea had jumped the proverbial shark. The franchise had simply expanded too much, too fast, much like Oasis circa 'Be Here Now'. It doesn’t take a business genius to tell you the market was over-saturated, and was certainly a factor in the franchise declining shortly after that. The 'Rock Band' kit probably somewhere in a mates' attic
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The late 2000’s economic recession has been cited as a factor in declining sales for the musical rhythm games who really had €300 spare kicking around to buy a full suite of plastic music instruments? Aerosmith frontman Steve Tyler- the band made more money from their 'Guitar Hero' game than any of their albums The craze was lampooned everywhere from episodes of 'South Park' to Eminem music videos.Īnecdotally, the ‘Guitar Hero’ games were the game of choice for parties at friends houses and served as an inspiration to explore more obscure bands or classic rock because they were included in the games.
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In a 2015 interview, Post Malone attributed the beginning of his musical career to the ‘Guitar Hero’ franchise, and the series’ most famously difficult song ‘Through The Fire And The Flames’ managed to crack the lower half of the American pop charts, which is no mean feat for a 7-minute speed metal song.Ī 2008 report from The Independent said there were around 12 million young people aged between three and 18 in the UK, and per to a study by UK charity Youth Music, more than half of them play music games on consoles, and around 2.5 million of these have been inspired to learn real musical instruments. Prior to the fall, there was a meteoric rise for the music rhythm game.įirst released in 2005 in the United States and in 2006 in Europe for the Playstation 2, the original 'Guitar Hero' became an overnight sensation, instantly becoming a franchise in the process.
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