Guitar Hero et al have peaked, but still have longevity

‘Guitar Hero’ and ‘Rock Band’ and all those other cheap imitations have been something of a success story in the last 18 months, of course, and the record companies have been busy, possibly a little late in the day, seeing how they can turn the public’s passion for pretending to play music into a revenue stream by making music available to download for the game.

Which is all lovely, but we can’t be having too much good news can we? So, thank God for reports that stats from research firm NPD Group show interest in the music game franchises has peaked, and that sales of the actual games is in decline. Continue reading here.

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