Guitar Hero Shredding onto Major Consoles
According to Activision Chairman and CEO Robert Kotick, during a recent keynote speech, Guitar Hero will be making riffs on every "significant" new format beginning next year. What formats does that mean? PlayStation 3 should be a given considering the game first made notes on the PS2, and Xbox 360 is quite significant... so is the Wii in as well? We're betting on it, given the unique nature of the console Guitar Hero is a perfect fit - and given Activision's support of the Wii already it's a safe bet.
So, does that mean all the next-generation consoles will be hearing the music of Guitar Hero 2, or will that be an exclusive to Sony while the rest of the consoles get a release of the original Guitar Hero? It's actually not clear, though it would certainly make sense to release the latest version to all systems. Here is what Mr. Kotick had to say at the keynote:
So, does that mean all the next-generation consoles will be hearing the music of Guitar Hero 2, or will that be an exclusive to Sony while the rest of the consoles get a release of the original Guitar Hero? It's actually not clear, though it would certainly make sense to release the latest version to all systems. Here is what Mr. Kotick had to say at the keynote:
"[Guitar Hero] was a great IP that was really in need of global distribution and the operating efficiencies that we could bring to what was a relatively small company," Kotick told the crowd. "The long-term opportunities here include all sorts of product extensions--music downloads that are very high-margin opportunities--and we'll start with the launch of Guitar Hero 2 for the PlayStation 2 this Fall. And you can expect next calendar year launches of Guitar Hero on every significant new format."
posted by Christopher Martin at Thursday, September 21, 2006
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