Hardcore Gamer: After five years of releasing rock-based rhythm games and several releasing content for them, they're finally coming to an end. Once heralded as one of the five must-buy game genres of the generation, they winded up being nothing more than a fad.
Still, had some of the best times playing these games with friends.
I'd like to see a return, but unfortunately activision killed it off for anybody who tried to be innovative with the formula ala harmonics.
They over-saturated a niche game, and it wouldn't have been so bad, but there were multiple knock offs that came around and even two games in the same series in the same year. I think people just kind of got sick of it.
Had there just been Rockband every two years or Guitar Hero every two years, it would have done well, and would probably still be going strong.
I do think we'll see it, or something like it again one day.
They'll be back in a few years.
3 Guitar Hero games in one year killed the GH franchise.
Activision should come out with their own brand of milk since they are quite familiar with it.