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    Rhythm Video Games Quickly Entering Twilight of Their One-Hit Wonder Career

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    Image of OmegaVader OmegaVader
    12/20/09

    In reply to Rhythm Video Games Quickly Entering Twilight of Their One-Hit Wonder Career
    I blame Neversoft for oversaturating the market. GH3 insatantly crap-itized the GH series and was the catalyst for my movement from GH to RB -- stick with the developer, not the franchise, a lesson learned the hard way.

    As long as Harmonix keeps cranking out new songs, I'll keep buying the worthwhile ones. That Nirvana 3-pack a few weeks ago was a no-brainer, and I've bought every Beatle album thus far released.
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    Image of Tiger-Fever Tiger-Fever
    12/20/09

    In reply to Rhythm Video Games Quickly Entering Twilight of Their One-Hit Wonder Career
    Strangely enough, fake instrument games aren't the only kinds of rhythm games! In fact, we've had rhythm games before guitar hero came out. I've only been playing DDR/ITG/Pump for 7 years ago now and Konami still seems to be doing fine with their IIDX/Guitar Freaks/Drum mania/Pop'N series. They're are even some DS rhythm games that have done moderately well, so please stop announcing the death of my favourite genre as though it's imminent.
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    Image of twoback twoback
    12/20/09

    In reply to Rhythm Video Games Quickly Entering Twilight of Their One-Hit Wonder Career
    These reports always crack me up. It's the same way with all the "Wii sales are down - oh no!!" foolishness. The clear reason for this is everybody already has them! Maybe people will buy the games, but who is going to buy new guitars, drums, etc. When you already have them? When will the analysts learn that once sales start tailing off, then maybe the market is saturated. And when that happens, its time to move on and release new ideas. (but not ideas like DJ Hero, actual, good ideas.)
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    Image of Yerzriknot Yerzriknot
    12/20/09

    In reply to Rhythm Video Games Quickly Entering Twilight of Their One-Hit Wonder Career
    I never got the appeal of the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises.
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    Image of milovoo milovoo
    12/21/09

    @Yerzriknot: Have you ever played either one? They are pretty fun, with a group maybe after a few drinks. Like karaoke without the singing (or with - if you want)
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    Image of Yerzriknot Yerzriknot
    12/21/09

    @milovoo: Never played them with alcohol. Maybe that's why I don't get it.
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    Image of Chromeo is just Chromeo again Chromeo is just Chromeo again
    12/20/09

    In reply to Rhythm Video Games Quickly Entering Twilight of Their One-Hit Wonder Career
    Market got over saturated. Happens all the time.

    I mean, just LOOK at how damn many vampire shows are on TV!
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    Image of RedEye RedEye
    12/20/09

    In reply to Rhythm Video Games Quickly Entering Twilight of Their One-Hit Wonder Career
    Though you say that DJ Hero "also disappointed", going by your figures it sold more that Beatles Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Current sales figures are around 1.2 million.
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    Image of MaxPoint MaxPoint
    12/20/09

    In reply to Rhythm Video Games Quickly Entering Twilight of Their One-Hit Wonder Career
    the second i heard the words "DJ Hero" i knew it was all downhill.
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    Image of BIGE1312 BIGE1312
    12/20/09

    @MaxPoint: Yeah. What's next? Accordion Hero? Trombone Hero? Oooo! I know! Pan Flute Hero!
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    Image of Jux Jux
    12/20/09

    @BIGE1312: I have no idea how Sousaphone Hero didn't sell more items.

    [www.theonion.com]
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    Image of Møbius Møbius
    12/20/09

    @BIGE1312: Oh come on, they would only do the big games with big instruments! So clearly, next in line should be Guitar Hero Hero.
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    12/21/09

    @BIGE1312:
    Bagpipe Hero?
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    Image of MaxPoint MaxPoint
    12/21/09

    @BIGE1312: i'm thinking triangle hero.
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    Image of The-Overmind The-Overmind
    12/20/09

    In reply to Rhythm Video Games Quickly Entering Twilight of Their One-Hit Wonder Career
    Well, the games can only offer so much variety. Each new game that comes out if pretty much a clone of the previous game except with a fresh playlist. Personally, that's not enough to keep me interested.
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    Image of ryan09266 ryan09266
    12/20/09

    In reply to Rhythm Video Games Quickly Entering Twilight of Their One-Hit Wonder Career
    DJ hero is the most annoying game I have ever experienced. Why anybody would actually buy that is beyond me.
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    Image of deliciousburglar deliciousburglar
    12/20/09

    @ryan09266: why anyone would buy it after seeing the box it came in is beyond me.
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    Image of safil safil
    12/20/09

    @deliciousburglar: see, i bought the renegade edition cause i have a thing 4 collectable/limited edition bundles that i never even play/open. i don't know, i see it and i have to have it. should i mention that im broke now? lets see, just in front of me, i have prestige edition mw2, tekken 6 bundle w/ arcade stick, dj hero renegade edition. and not 1, aside from the game itself, have i played w/ the stuff it came w/. like the prestige, didn't even open it yet cause i bought mw2 a week b4 it came out at local mom and pop store. tekken 6 i just played w/ the game, not the arcade stick. and dj hero, heard the reviews and still didn't open the box, im afraid too. all plastic peripherals must DIE!!! that's why tony hawk is a flop too...
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    Image of Jux Jux
    12/20/09

    @safil: Well, at least you're not blowing money on hookers and blow, I suppose.
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    Image of Chromeo is just Chromeo again Chromeo is just Chromeo again
    12/20/09

    @ryan09266: I enjoyed playing my roomates copy of it, but didn't feel the need to spend $120 on another music game.
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    Image of safil safil
    12/20/09

    @Jux: at least not in that order. usually blow first, then the bright idea of ordering some hookers off of craigslist comes to mind. the hookers r to come down off da blow.... I suppose
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    Image of FightingChance FightingChance
    11/13/09

    In reply to This Week's Gaming Stories You Cannot Miss
    The future of Star Trek is crocodile skin uniforms? Sign me up. #bestofkotaku
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    Image of newgalactic newgalactic
    11/13/09

    In reply to This Week's Gaming Stories You Cannot Miss
    I really want to like ST. But I can never get over the lack of pockets in the ST universe. Seriously, cargo fatigues are no longer available in the future?

    Also, why does the entire upper-chain-of-command have to beam down to the planet surface/abandoned space ship to investigate every rogue distress signal? #bestofkotaku
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/13/09

    @newgalactic: It seems like Kirk and company are micromanagers. That ship has like, bazillions of crew but a handful of people take care of every issue. The federation needs to learn how to delegate.
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    Image of NeoAkira NeoAkira
    11/11/09

    In reply to Rock Band Voice Engine Tricked By Something Called a "Musical Instrument"
    Very cool video. #rockbandflute
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    Image of financingisfree financingisfree
    11/09/09

    In reply to Rock Band Voice Engine Tricked By Something Called a "Musical Instrument"
    i know where you are going with this, mr herrmann, but i feel like you almost undermine your point with the snarky "buh video game instruments aren't real" argument that has gotten so old.
    here is the thing: music video games like rock band haven't AT ALL contributed to the loss of kids knowing about good music (or "good" music). Time, and the insistence of record companies on limiting where and how you can get to music (this is not turning into a pro-piracy argument, i promise), whether new or old is to blame here.
    it is really easy to say "oh kids today only know a Beatles song because it came out of their xbox," but you know what? that's not the xbox's fault. that's not rock band's fault. that is simply the fact that the beatles haven't been a band that has made popular music since long before those kids were born. hell, some of the kids playing RB and the like have PARENTS who were born after the beatles stopped being a band. think about that. we are at that point.
    if nothing else, music games put music back in the hands of a totally new and different generation. those kids now KNOW a Beatles song. or a Rolling Stones song. or sure, even a terrible (IMO) Avenged Sevenfold song. it is VERY possible that without these games a lot of the people we are talking about would have simply never had access to them, or at least wouldn't have taken advantage of the access they did have. maybe now they are a new fan. maybe now they are going to look at their back catalog and are enjoying the hell out of it. maybe. this... is a Good Thing (tm).

    ... so kids are listening to these songs while playing plastic instruments and not real ones. would listening to the beatles WITHOUT the plastic instruments have made them that much more likely to pick up a real guitar and bring upon us a new renaissance of musicality among the youth? very doubtful. rock band and guitar hero don't make kids into real musicians, it makes them into kids (and adults, of course) who LIKE MUSIC. i think that is just as important.

    anyways... i think this video is very awesome. i love that you can see on her face just how much fun she is clearly having with this. #rockbandflute
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    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    11/09/09

    @financingisfree: I agree with that completely.

    I'd rather have a kid say "Oh, that's the song from my Xbox!" then have them say "What is that?" #rockbandflute
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    Image of Scott Superawesome Scott Superawesome
    11/09/09

    In reply to Rock Band Voice Engine Tricked By Something Called a "Musical Instrument"
    She says she does this when she doesn't want to practice, but it looks like it is practice to me. #rockbandflute
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    spannu promoted this comment Scott Superawesome was starred Scott Superawesome was unstarred
    Image of spannu spannu
    11/09/09

    @Scott Superawesome: Yeah, but normal flute practice doesn't get you any virtual achievements and rarely involves a TV. #rockbandflute
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    Image of fUnKiE fUnKiE
    11/09/09

    In reply to Rock Band Voice Engine Tricked By Something Called a "Musical Instrument"
    What if..

    I like her version more than the original? #rockbandflute
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    spannu approved this comment fUnKiE was starred fUnKiE was unstarred
    Image of spannu spannu
    11/09/09

    @fUnKiE: That just means you have good taste. #rockbandflute
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    Image of Kyle Mistry Kyle Mistry
    11/09/09

    In reply to Rock Band Voice Engine Tricked By Something Called a "Musical Instrument"
    Damn, the flute is so hardcore.

    I want to hear more rage songs with vocals replaced by woodwind instruments. Or pianos. Or violins. #rockbandflute
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    Image of mangochutney mangochutney
    11/09/09

    @Kyle Mistry: Have you ever heard of a band called "Apocalyptica"? Their earlier albums are purty intense (they have become soft lately).

    As your comment, this is only meant half-ironical. #rockbandflute
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    Identity (reclamation) promoted this comment mangochutney was starred mangochutney was unstarred
    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    11/09/09

    In reply to Rock Band Voice Engine Tricked By Something Called a "Musical Instrument"
    Ironically, this is the best that Avenged Sevenfold has ever sounded. #rockbandflute
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    Image of mangochutney mangochutney
    11/09/09

    @ceilingFANBOY: You lie! (I always wanted to say this.) #rockbandflute
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    ceilingFANBOY promoted this comment mangochutney was starred mangochutney was unstarred
    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    11/09/09

    @mangochutney: Come on you pansy! (that is what I say to Avenged fans, that or "Hey, the 80's called, they want their suck back!" in which case someone else replies "Hey, the 90's called, they want their joke back!") #rockbandflute
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    Image of mangochutney mangochutney
    11/09/09

    @ceilingFANBOY: That actually is funny. If they are hardcore fans you should recommend Steel Panther to them. #rockbandflute
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    11/10/09

    @mangochutney: At least Steel Panther has the funny thing going for them. #rockbandflute
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    Image of mangochutney mangochutney
    11/10/09

    @ceilingFANBOY: They do, the do indeed. #rockbandflute
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    Image of ovil200 ovil200
    11/09/09

    In reply to Rock Band Voice Engine Tricked By Something Called a "Musical Instrument"
    On the the real situation, that 360 is getting awful ventilation.

    On the other hand, I'm angry that no one made the Flute Hero reference. #rockbandflute
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment ovil200 was starred ovil200 was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/09/09

    @ovil200: Someone did actually, just didn't get approval so that all could see, until now. #rockbandflute
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    Image of Chewbenator Chewbenator
    11/09/09

    In reply to Rock Band Voice Engine Tricked By Something Called a "Musical Instrument"
    It's a wonder that the mic doesn't pick up the speakers and count that. It does work on speaking parts though. So for the few songs which are all talking/rapping/whatever you don't have to do anything to get a perfect.

    Also, I wish I could match pitches as well as that on the instruments I play (trumpet, piano) I always need music when I play; until I have it memorized really.
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    ceilingFANBOY promoted this comment Edited by Chewbenator at 11/09/09 11:43 AM Chewbenator was starred Chewbenator was unstarred
    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    11/09/09

    @Chewbenator: She's probably using the pitch bar as a staff. #rockbandflute
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Rock Band Voice Engine Tricked By Something Called a "Musical Instrument"
    This is all I have to say.
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