Rock Band isn’t dead; it’s just gone to bed. Also, it’s not Activision’s fault it’s taking a nap, apparently.In a new AMA on Reddit, Harmonix co-founder and CEO Alex Rigopulos addressed the question of what happened to the music games genre.Popular theory holds that Activision’s frequent Guitar Hero releases caused genre fatigue, but Rigopulos disagreed – at least partially.“I think there’s probably some truth to the notion that Activision ‘over-published’ Guitar Hero. But I wouldn’t agree that the decline of the genre was ‘entirely the fault of Activision’,” he said.“Reality is always more complicated than this. For example, it didn’t help that GH and RB were the most expensive video games on the market during a brutal recession. I also don’t think that either GH or RB delivered enough (or the right kind of) evolution of the experience in the years that followed the initial releases – something we hope to address at some point in the next outing.”What’s that you said, Rigopulos? The “next outing”? Are you saying Rock Band isn’t dead and buried?“Of course I was sad when Rock Band passed its (first!) peak, but one way or another, it will be back,” the executive said.“Music games need… Read full this story
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