Forbes Magazine calls Rock Band “Shameless Knockoff” of Guitar Hero, Alex Rigopulos’ Head Asplodes
Posted by Alex Lifschitz Categories: Activision, Corporate News, Culture, Electronic Arts, Music,
Hay fanboys, listen up! And before you read anything, the following was from FORBES, not Bobby Kotick, for the sake of Rock Band/Guitar Hero wars everywhere.
In a recent profile of Activision CEO and industry provocateur Bobby Kotick, Forbes decided to talk about a number of Activision bread and butter franchises, such as Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (whose empty, frail husk now litters that halls of Activision, milked clean of its sweet, sweet nectar). Somewhere around the end, though, is an interesting little snippet of text:
“EA also teamed with MTV to sell Rock Band, a shameless knockoff of Guitar Hero that added drums, bass and a microphone to the world of make-believe rock stars. EA says it is returning to an “auteur model” of designing games, taking bigger chances on fewer ideas.”
Look, we should all see this kind of writing for what it really is: Unresearched and inflammatory. Even if you didn’t know that the Rock Band guys are the guys who made Guitar Hero in the first place, it’s a wee bit unprofessional to take sides. I’ve worked for Activision, and they’ve said some crazy things regarding the music game timeline, but don’t confuse the quote as coming from Kotick.
Funny how they don’t mention Guitar Hero: World Tour anywhere.
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Wii Makes Forbes “Gadgets We Love” List
Posted by Christopher Sasaki Categories: Nintendo, Reviews, Wii,
With Nintendo’s Wii launching this coming Sunday, Nintendo’s new console has been getting more love from outside the mainstream gaming press. This week, Forbes reviewed the Wii and placed the console on their “Gadget’s We Love” list, alongside Guitar Hero, the Nokia N95, and Slim Device’s Squeezebox among others. Forbes also dropped a review of the new console, echoing many are saying: the console is fun for both hard-core and neophyte gamers, but Forbes still isn’t 100% convinced that the strategy will be enough to displace either Microsoft or Sony in the console wars.
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