A recent stop to Toys R Us to take advantage of their oh so tasty Buy 2 Games Get 1 Free promo going on this week. That's where I took this pic.
To say that the battle between Guitar Hero and Rock Band this month was intense was an understatement. We'll soon see NPD numbers for September which will validate who at least was stronger out the gate.
Activision threw out the first volley and said that Guitar Hero was crushing The Beatles: Rock Band in sales at least by 4 to 1. Then just this week a couple of analysts, including Michael Patcher, forecasted that Rock Band actually outsold Guitar Hero.
I found it hard to believe that The Beatles: Rock Band could outsell Guitar Hero. After all, although The Beatles are considered THE best group of all time, it is still ONLY one group.
So here I was thinking that Guitar Hero would be dominant... until I was in Toys R Us!
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Cuz i have rockband 1 and 2, guitar hero world tour and metallica. I dont plan on gettin the beatles cuz im one of the few in the world that doesnt like them, i can care less for them. thats just me. I love these music games so i have the best of both worlds.
I buy Rock Band games because they always have a better set list.
They both are great games. I prefer GH over Rock Band because GH seems to be a bit harder. Playing expert on Rock Band can get boring but that is my opinion.
1 band(that I only like some songs) compared to 83 bands and RUSH, Dire Straits, Bob Dylan etc, it's GH5 4 me
I've always hated guitar heroes. The drums never feel right, and according to my friend, neither does the guitar. The calibration is always funky and the animations haven't matured since guitar hero 3. They're still awkward looking guys making weird movements.
Harmonix just has an uncanny attention to detail. So what if they're not harder, I'd rather play the song how it is, not how the maker of the game wants it to be. It could be the best set list in the world but with Guitar Hero doing it, the song is usually just ruined. (their track list has a few gems but it mostly populated by unknown garbage songs)
Not only that, but Guitar Heroes customer service is terrible. Is it really that much of a hurtle to be able to transfer songs from one disc to another like Rock Band does it? Or how about the half dozen guitar heroes released every year... It just gets old. I'd rather have one game a year with tons of sweet DLC so then, you could just pick what songs you want instead of overpaying for a playlist that's 50% trash.
And I'm aware that Beatles Rock Band doesn't let you transfer songs. But it's The Beatles and the game was custom made for The Beatles, therefore the songs only belong in the Beatles game.
Rock Band FTW.