Gamegirl reports:
''So I was listening to my favorite radio station: X92.9, when one of the DJs: Greg Beharrel, posed a question that really sparked my attention...The question was: "Is [Guitar Hero/Rock Band] detrimental to the future of music? Rather than actually learn guitar, or any of the other instruments featured, are kids just going to play the game? Are they doing more damage than good?"
This great question inspired me to go more in depth with the topic. I wanted to get views, and opinions from people with various roles in the music industry: The casual guitarist, the band member, and from myself: The music consumer, and Guitar Hero!
It was interesting to hear all the negative comments towards these two games in question on the radio. The majority of callers to X92.9 were saying "Once people play Guitar Hero/Rock Band, they're never going to want to touch a real guitar or a set of drums." I can see that in some cases, but definitely not all. These kinds of games - I've seen for myself - have inspired people to start playing an actual instrument. My friend, Trevor, bought a guitar shortly after buying Guitar Hero... He would have never thought to buy a real one otherwise. A huge problem in this case that was being overlooked, was that a lot of kids and adults just can't afford to buy a real instrument, and especially can't afford all the baggage that goes along with owning such an item (Amp, lessons, etc...).''
It’s been nearly a decade since the release of the last Guitar Hero game. Is time running out for Guitar Hero, or are we closer than ever to the long-awaited reunion tour on the PS5 and Xbox Series X? As it turns out, we might soon see the return of a rock giant — at least, if modern gaming trends are to be trusted.
I just don’t see this being nearly as popular as it was back in the day. These kids are way too attached to phones and tablets to care about plastic guitars and drums. Would be cool if it did return but I just don’t see hype for it like the good old days of gaming.
I would gladly buy a guitar hero collection or just guitar hero 2 again on series X or ps5.
Most likely answer is both platforms because why leave out 60-70 million platform gamers
These groundbreaking video games changed gaming forever and drew in scores of fans in the process.
The Guitar Hero franchise died in the wake of Activision's lust for Call of Duty, but we should be dusting off those plastic guitars for a new Guitar Hero game.
Guitar Hero was good. The problem was Activision started creating many versions. Guitar Hero had the every one year cycle like COD and people felt they were being robbed.
It was even worse then that. My roommate and I were big into rock band. Had a concert sized sound system for it in the shop. Both rock band and guitar hero were doing a yearly release yeah, but then also doing song packs and band packs every other week almost at one point. AND releasing them on physical disc. Before we stopped we had litterely dozens of discs for different songs and bands. They just never stopped coming out. People can only handle buying so much for 1 game.
Why in the hell would one want to spend time to learn a button mashing order when you can lean to play a real guitar in the same time frame.
seeing as the artists and labels get royalties, why would it hurt them?
Hah, I think this article is a little ridiculous. There are always going to be basement bands. If anything it could be helpful by getting people interested in music.
I have friends who spend all their money on recording cd's and playing shows and they are terrible, but every basement band is convinced they are going to make it big. May be this could distract them as a cheaper alternative?
Kids today are such sheep, everything they do is based on whether or not it is considered cool. They don't take risks like when I was in highschool. They either listen to lame ass Emo or Rap, which isn't much better.
Guitar Hero and Rock Band have opened a lot of people's eyes to music they may have never considered. When you hear a song in passing it is easy to dismiss it. They just get written off as just another rock song. When you incorporate music into a fun activity like videogames a connection forms. Games like rock band make you appreciate these songs for what they are. People of all ages and backgrounds play videogames. A lot of these people never considered listening to rock.
Rock band isn't making kids put down traditional instruments, if anything it is causing more people to pick them up who never would have before. You can only go so far with rock band, eventually you are going to try and pick up a real guitar. For me, I dusted off my old guitars because of this game.