Music Games Losing Steam? Rock Band Fights Back with Community Songs Network!
Posted 7/22/09
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Categories: In what should really be of no surprise to anyone, analysis of the music game genre shows that sales are tapering down with a steady decline. Gamasutra gives us a little insight to details of the decline, showing that “U.S. Guitar Hero/Rock Band revenues are down 49% year on year, as discounted hardware and over 20 SKUs flood the market.” according to data from the NDP Group.
Honestly, if the makers of Rock Band and Guitar Hero didn’t see this coming they should have their market research teams go back to school. With the glut of “Band” and “Hero” spin offs, expansions and sequels, combined with all the knock off wannabe rhythm games being passed on to less savvy consumers it was simply inevitable.
LucasArts Makes my Cup Runneth Over
Today, via the lucasartsgames tweets along with their official press release page, LucasArts has succeeded in making old school PC adventure games fans collective wishes come true. Most everyone knew about the new Tales of Monkey Island and marketplace update of Secret of Monkey Island, but they have seen fit to grace us with a few more classics via Steam.
The current lineup for a July 8th release includes: (classics in bold)
Nintendo doesn’t announce a DS resdesign
It’s been a while since Nintendo announced the DS Lite, and we haven’t heard of the next smaller, brighter or more translucent iteration. What’s up with that?
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