Rock Band 3 Officially Announced For Holiday 2010 76
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An anonymous reader writes "Philippe Dauman, Viacom CEO and President, announced today that Harmonix is currently working on the next Rock Band game, Rock Band 3, due for release Holiday 2010. 'The company is pursuing the game in spite of an industry-weakening decline in the once-booming genre of peripheral-equipped music games. Although the franchise has generated over $1 billion to date, the category in general saw sales contract by as much as half throughout 2009. MTV Games parent Viacom also saw Rock Band declines drag on its balance sheet in its last fiscal quarter, and expressed a need to refocus away from pricey peripherals in favor of software. It also said that due to royalties it would need to be more "selective" about track listings, and that it needs more support from the music industry in that department.'"
Re:Which holiday? (Score:4, Insightful)
...the franchise has generated over $1 billion to date...
It also said that due to royalties it would need to be more "selective" about track listings, and that it needs more support from the music industry in that department.
We ain't making enough cash off this donkey. Find me a cheaper one.
There. TTFY.
Why can't a company look at a product and simply say "You know, we had a good idea and we did it well." Why do they always have to look at how they can do the same idea again and try to fuck someone over harder to make the same money? It's the IDEA that's the money maker, not screwing over some part of the liabilities sheet. Seriously. Just once?
Are bands/labels dumb? (Score:5, Insightful)
Why would ANYONE charge to be in Rock Band? If you want a sure way to boost your sales, get yourself featured in Rock Band. Thousands of people discovering or re-discovering your music is a pretty fucking obvious way to scare up some sales. Hell, for any game where music is featured a band is only screwing themselves by putting up barriers for being selected. If I had a band, I would murder my way into getting put on a GTA music station. Even for big name stars, reminding hundreds of thousands (millions?) of people that you still rock isn't going to hurt. It is even more important if you are an older band whose original followers are in the process getting jammed into nursing homes. You should be fighting over the privilege to introduce yourself to the younger generations via Rock Band.
The music industry has its head jammed so firmly up their ass that is a minor miracle and a testament to monopoly power that they continue to exist each year.
Re:Which holiday? (Score:5, Insightful)
It's the IDEA that's the money maker, not screwing over some part of the liabilities sheet.
That's BS. The original idea itself counts for very little; "ideas are like assholes: everyone has one". It's how you turn an idea into reality that counts, and how you get the money in from people in return for their little bit of that reality which counts, and yes, how you control liabilities.
Re:Simon (Score:3, Insightful)