Whether or not you consider yourself a maestro on the pretend Gibson guitar or just simply enjoy Guitar Hero as a classic party game, it’s no doubt a fun game and one we all hope to see revived on next-gen consoles soon. While many considered Guitar Hero a novelty title and a fad that faded very quickly, there are still many die-hard fans out there – and many more just waiting in anticipation for the announcement of a new game. Not to mention additions such as practice mode and a more loaded in-game store. It does this through a library of songs that maintain the quality set by the first.
Either way, even if it wasn’t all that much cheaper, when you consider the prices of controllers and accessories available to the PS5 and the Xbox Series X, the Guitar Hero guitars probably won’t be considered that expensive anymore. Overall, Guitar Hero II takes a title that revolutionised the music gaming genre and improves on near perfection. With technological advancements, it could be that the product could be produced for much less. Those pricey controllers would probably not cost an arm and a leg anymore. We had Band Hero, Rock Band and DJ Hero out at the same time. There were just too many games competing in the genre at the time. One of the main reasons that Guitar Hero halted was because of oversaturation. Just imagine rocking along to Pearl Jam’s “Dance Of The Clairvoyants”. With great new music out there, there’s definitely an audience for a new game.
The title has always received positive praise, with aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic both scoring the Guitar Hero Live release around 80%.Ĥ. Studios like money and this seems like a guaranteed way to make more.ģ. When you consider that the franchise has sold over 25 million copies worldwide and has generated over $2 billion in revenue, it all makes perfect sense. It just might mean that the studio is prepping a new design for next-gen consoles.Ģ. This sounds like good news for Guitar Hero fans. The SG design was very much a replica of the original guitar hero controller. Guitar Hero 2 (2006) GH2 was released with a cherry red Gibson SG guitar controller for the ps2, and a white Gibson Explorer for the xbox 360. In some embodiments, the user is provided a video game controller simulating a musical instrument, which the user may operate similarly to its real musical instrument counterpart. Many consider this original controller design to be the driving force behind the magic and popularity of the guitar hero series. While there’s currently no official announcement regarding the future of the franchise, a new patent filed earlier this year for a music controller by Activision might point to a resurrection of the beloved game:Ī music-based video game provides a user-directed sound generation feature. Here are a few reasons why Guitar Hero on the PS5 and Xbox Series X is a good idea:ġ.