Sales were poor for ‘DJ Hero’ following it’s October 2009 release, while another Activision title, ‘Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’ became a pop culture juggernaut, it’s easy to see why Activision went all-in on an extremely profitable first-person shooter with cultural ubiquity versus a franchise facing diminishing returns like the ‘Hero’ franchise. The suggested retail price for ‘DJ Hero’ at launch was roughly €120, and that’s of course before you add in buying more songs as downloadable content.įor maximum brand synergy, players could also hook up their Guitar Hero controller and have a duelling Guitar versus DJ mode. 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 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. 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. Currently, the latest 24-hour peak saw just over 2,400 players online, which is an overall hard fall from the all-time height of over 33,000.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. As for the size of the said player base, Steamcharts shows that the game received a little population spike between October and December, though things are beginning to fall off a bit as of these past 30 days. The game itself currently sits on a Mixed user review aggregate though recent reviews are skewing mostly positive. Q1 will also star some new enemies, features requested by the community, and a release to the Xbox, which still has no date to share but has gone through some promising testing, according to the post. Indeed, a new map is set to arrive during the year’s first quarter Last Oasis Updates, which guarantees new ways for players to explore. Developer Donkey Crew submitted a few hints at potential Last Oasis Updates and what to anticipate moving into the opening months of 2021.īeginning with what looks to be a loom of some sort as part of the game’s content push next week, as well as some teaser screenshots of what seems to be a new area. MMOBEEP found out buried underneath all of those community posts full of memes, community guides, and screenshots from the Last Oasis player base.
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