Rhythm Gaming is all the rage, or is it? Turns out Guitar Hero: World Tour didn’t meet or exceed the figures they hit with Guitar Hero III. Where GH3 brought in $115 million in the first week, GHWT brought in $67 million in the same time frame.
Why?
There are plenty of factors that could cut down the sales units, considering those that can purchase Guitar Hero World Tour don’t have to purchase additional instruments to play the game like they played GH3.
- Rock Band 2: This game arrived before Guitar Hero 3 and folks went for this game instead because it was first to launch. Some gamers have to make a choice on which to purchase because they can’t buy both.
- Hot Games: Although Rhythm gaming can be fun, a lot of great games are arriving this season so gamers have to make some big decisions.
- Economics: The economy isn’t exactly thriving right now and retail outlets are already predicting less than stellar numbers.
- Saturation: Since the original Guitar Hero game, we’ve had a number of titles from Activision including their Aerosmith edition and Harmonix pulling out Rock Band and Rock Band 2. There is talk of a Hendrix version and a Metallic release – how much is too much?
We know people love charts, so here is another to toss at you via Kotaku:
Guitar Hero World Tour Sales, via Kotaku
The break down from Guitar Hero 3 to World Tour is obvious, also apparent is the shift in console when buying into the rhythm gaming franchises. The Wii has started taking more market share, odd considering the DLC isn’t there, and the PS3 is showing its lackluster sales of the console by growing in proportion but not excelling to grab huge share (PS3 fanboys attack!). Sony kicked ass by taking control of the share using their PlayStation 2 with Guitar Hero 3, but has lost that lead for the World Tour.
Will these lower sales figure change the future roadmap for Activision in their Guitar Hero franchise or are they satisfied taking home $67 million in the first week of the launch. That is still a lot of money and probably doesn’t even consider any money they could (or will) potentially make on the World Tour hardware.
Luckily, the rhythm gaming content doesn’t get old with age, it just gets more classic. No doubt Guitar Hero World Tour will be landing in homes over the holidays and into 2009.
@PSP Go Price Goes Back to $200 After 3 Days
I honestly don’t know what to believe. Looks like a mistake. Good point from Jonah, now every person (that cares about it) will wait for the price to go down :).
@Industry Struggling With Casual and Mobile Game Market:
All industries that sell information or information services (be it music records, movies, games, communication services) get affected by how the information technology evolves.
There’s also a need to follow the social trends, not only the technology, and this is where some industries lack behind. I don’t see record companies doing what Nine Inch Nails did:
https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/11947
@Gamer Loses $1800 In Games from Steam:
… that’s dumb. If you were caught once, why the heck would you try it again?
Now, another question: did Valve just take preemptive actions? Because if they did, that can turn bad for them.
Now, if you really want to sell a game you own on Steam, make one Steam account for each game. Then sell only THAT account.
@Netflix vs. Facebook: Jennifer, very good point there, with the interests of the said bank 😀
And no, Jonah, it was not the ‘Tom Cruise Mission Impossible’, it was the TV series Mission Impossible:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMDthmydL1c
Carmack is more interested in the game engine rather than the game itself. Tim Willits is the ‘game’ guy from Id, along with John Romero.
@Question of the week: I’d go for GDC as well, because I’m more interested in how games are made, and because I’m not Average Joe 😛
@PSP Go Price Goes Back to $200 After 3 Days
I honestly don’t know what to believe. Looks like a mistake. Good point from Jonah, now every person (that cares about it) will wait for the price to go down :).
@Industry Struggling With Casual and Mobile Game Market:
All industries that sell information or information services (be it music records, movies, games, communication services) get affected by how the information technology evolves.
There’s also a need to follow the social trends, not only the technology, and this is where some industries lack behind. I don’t see record companies doing what Nine Inch Nails did:
https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/11947
@Gamer Loses $1800 In Games from Steam:
… that’s dumb. If you were caught once, why the heck would you try it again?
Now, another question: did Valve just take preemptive actions? Because if they did, that can turn bad for them.
Now, if you really want to sell a game you own on Steam, make one Steam account for each game. Then sell only THAT account.
@Netflix vs. Facebook: Jennifer, very good point there, with the interests of the said bank 😀
And no, Jonah, it was not the ‘Tom Cruise Mission Impossible’, it was the TV series Mission Impossible:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMDthmydL1c
Carmack is more interested in the game engine rather than the game itself. Tim Willits is the ‘game’ guy from Id, along with John Romero.
@Question of the week: I’d go for GDC as well, because I’m more interested in how games are made, and because I’m not Average Joe 😛
@qotw
i would totally attend comic con to see monster hunter armors and stuff
@qotw
i would totally attend comic con to see monster hunter armors and stuff
I was searching for a good gamming podcast for mounths and finally found it, tks guys, really great show
I was searching for a good gamming podcast for mounths and finally found it, tks guys, really great show
@PSP Go – I am ashamed to admit that I have owned not just one, but three PSP’s. At this point Sony seems to be cranking out system after system without putting enough in it. It seems like the only thing they do it make it slimmer.
@Gamer Losing 1800 – If he wants to sell his account he should find someone privately not announce it. I think that people will never read the ULA no matter how short it gets. Its just that part of the registration where you click the check box and hit next.
@PSP Go – I am ashamed to admit that I have owned not just one, but three PSP’s. At this point Sony seems to be cranking out system after system without putting enough in it. It seems like the only thing they do it make it slimmer.
@Gamer Losing 1800 – If he wants to sell his account he should find someone privately not announce it. I think that people will never read the ULA no matter how short it gets. Its just that part of the registration where you click the check box and hit next.
cmon derrick record the podcast already i cant live without your podcast
cmon derrick record the podcast already i cant live without your podcast
It’s not going to happen for about a month, will explain in an episode will post this week with outtakes.
It’s not going to happen for about a month, will explain in an episode will post this week with outtakes.
A month is fine, as long as nothing bad happened to you guys.
A month is fine, as long as nothing bad happened to you guys.
Unfortunately it wasn’t good news at all. My son was diagnosed with Leukemia a week or so ago and we’re working to get him better. Spending a lot of time in the hospital with him and we’ve not got time to record anything until he’s able to come home.
Unfortunately it wasn’t good news at all. My son was diagnosed with Leukemia a week or so ago and we’re working to get him better. Spending a lot of time in the hospital with him and we’ve not got time to record anything until he’s able to come home.
Fuuu …
Sorry about the news, I was hoping for something “we won a one month trip to Hawaii” kind of thing …
Anyway, family comes first.
Fuuu …
Sorry about the news, I was hoping for something “we won a one month trip to Hawaii” kind of thing …
Anyway, family comes first.