edge-online.com - 12/8/2008
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Lagging Guitar Hero: World Tour sales are an indication that Activision's explosively popular series is finally "reaching its peak," claimed Electronic Entertainment Design and Research analyst Jesse Divnich in a Monday research note.
Ahead of U.S. NPD Group November sales data, ...
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offworld.com —
guitarcade.jpg Activision is planning on bring a port
of Guitar Hero 3 to the arcades in a...
port called Guitar Hero Arcade in a co-venture with Raw Thrills and Konami. This actually seems pretty perfect the gawking crowds of skill-appreciating ...
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Guitar Hero goes arcade
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Guitar Hero Peaking Says Analyst [Eedar]
Kotaku —
... are around for the long haul. "In fact, we expect Guitar Hero and Rock Band releases for the next 10 years as they will always have a large and loyal market base, just as [Dance Dance Revolution] is still today a very profitable franchise for Konami, even though that series reached its peak a long time ago." Guitar Hero "Reaching its Peak" - Analyst [Edge]
Haved Fake Guitar Games Finally Peaked? [Guitar Hero]
Gizmodo —
... Divnich does go on to explain that both Guitar Hero and Rock Band titles should retain a loyal fanbase for the next decade or so, even if they aren't the wild cultural phenomenons they once were—just as Dance Dance Revolution keeps a following despite most of us sticking our metal pads in the basement by now. [Edge via ...
Have Fake Guitar Games Finally Peaked? [Guitar Hero]
Gizmodo —
... Divnich does go on to explain that both Guitar Hero and Rock Band titles should retain a loyal fanbase for the next decade or so, even if they aren't the wild cultural phenomenons they once were—just as Dance Dance Revolution keeps a following despite most of us sticking our metal pads in the basement by now. [Edge via ...
We May Have Already Reached Peak Guitar Hero
Wired: Epicenter —
... 2600. Still, Santa, I could really use Rock Band for the Wii (and so could Epicenter's Mike Calore, from what I hear).
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Uh oh: Guitar Hero sales may have peaked
CrunchGear —
... Activision may have a slight problem on its hands what with Guitar Hero: World Tour not selling too well. The latest numbers, as one analyst from Electronic Entertainment Design and Research has interpreted for us, suggest that Guitar Hero sales may have peaked. (Please note the distinction between Guitar Hero and “music games;” no one is saying that music games are dead.) ...
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Guitar Hero World Tour Gets Euro Band Tracks —
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Activision has announced that Guitar Hero World Tour has added new downloadable songs from some of Europe's most popular groups just in time for the holidays. New tracks include "'54, '74, '90, 2010" from the German rock band Sportfreunde ...