Guitar Hero Has Left The Building

Activision has announced that the seminal rhythm based game that swept the world Guitar Hero is no more.

Yes, the franchise that, along with the Dance Dance Revolution, brought rhythm gaming to the masses will no longer be produced.

As has been established, I was a late adopter of the Guitar Hero series, but I still fell in love with it after I had played it, as many other people had as well.

We all knew that it couldn't last forever. Yet it is still sad to hear that this popular series has finally come to an end. Though part of me thinks that there may be other legal reasons why the series is coming to an end with so many artists suing them over their likeness in the game being used on other songs.

DJ Hero seems to be unaffected at this point, at least as far as I have read. But that could change soon too.

On the game trading websites I frequent, there is a little bit of trepidation about the future of the Rock Band series as the end of Guitar Hero may be an indication that music games in general are on their way out. I think that is indeed a legitimate concern, as the market is rather saturated at the moment and people may be sick of the genre. But hopefully Rock Band can weather the storm and come out stronger because of this announcement.

But I guess only time will tell how this entire segment of the industry grows now.