[Multiplatform] Rock Band - YOUR PLASTIC TOYS USE BATTERIES? PERVERT.

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Harmonix being sold.

The saturation and relatively quick death of this genre is neither surprising nor unexpected when you consider how quick the turnaround on these games are, especially after how poorly GH6 and RB3 have been doing, but it's none-the-less a sad thing.

In before Activision buys them and makes them make COD map packs.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Shade

I dunno if RB3 has been doing poorly.

Rock Band 3 debuted in 26th place in the UK charts, with sub-8000 units sold. Guitar Hero 6 did 10 times that. Which is WAY DOWN from the one and a half MILLION on an opening week that they have done in the past.

Without NPD numbers anymore, we can't have a completely accurate barometer of US performance. But it has been fuck awful, and when the relative charts come out soon enough we'll how low it placed.

The genre is in decline for a whole variety of reasons, but to assume Christmas is going to change the thing's fate by a large margin, especially one THIS CONSIDERABLE, you're being completely ignorant of the facts and just how front loaded sales tend to be in this industry. First week sales are extremely telling of how well a title is going to do, this one is no different.

Harmonix should have smartened up post Beatles, but by going and doing Green Day they certainly didn't do themselves any favours. That's certainly true.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Their products are no longer profitable. Of course it has to do with sales figures. Don't believe everything you read in a corporate PR statement. "Company abandons positive revenue stream; shareholders rejoice" is not often a headline.

The bit about ongoing support is neither here nor there, considering.

RB3's lackluster sales have to do with a tonne of factors, but to assume they will pick up further down the line to an extent that makes the venture not a resounding failure is naive and silly. In any country.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.