Analyst: DJ Hero Disappoints
More ball gazing.Published 09/11/2009 at 19:00 by Tuffcub
DJ Hero “Best New IP Of 2009″ [25]
Bob Kotick: DJ Hero Didn’t Get it Right [12]
UK PS3/360 Charts: Week Ending 28th Nov [22]
Michael Pachter beware, a challenger has risen and is gazing at his balls (crystals ones, of course) to forsee the future. Let us welcome Cowen Group analyst Doug Creutz who has been predicting the sales of games in the United States for October. Doug thinks that overall sales will be down compared to last year due to the lack of big releases and that PS3 hero Nathan Drake sitting at the top of the charts.
Good news too for Borderlands which he predicts to be on track with sales around the 500,000 mark but bad news for DJ Hero which limps in with sales of just 200,000 in the US. According to VGCharts, DJ Hero has only sold 290,000 copies worldwide on all formats (PS3, Xbox, Wii, PS2), by comparison Guitar Hero 3 has sold over 15 million units, 1.4 million units in it’s first month of sales.
With the recent news that Beatles Rockband is only likely to break even and Guitar Hero 5 sales well down the death knell may be sounding for rhythm action games.
Source: Gamasutra
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BadBoyBoogie | 09/11/2009 19:23
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Well I won’t be helping matters then as far as DJ Hero is concerned, as I’ve just spent a fair bit on a Guitar Hero band bundle!!
SuperKing | 09/11/2009 19:37
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It’s too damn expensive.
davidjmclare | 09/11/2009 19:48
always on easy
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Dj hero is £100 for a bit of plastic! what did they expect?!
if you go with a second hand guiter being £15 (GAME) and the game itself £20, then id expect the price of the dj hero bundle to fall to about £40, which i would pay, but this will never happen.
Raen | 10/11/2009 09:19
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If they sold it at £40 it’d probably be selling it at a significant loss.
carlosfilippsen | 09/11/2009 20:31
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I played this at my mates house. I personally think its an ok game but the price tag is too high in my opinion.
Dunks | 09/11/2009 20:39
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Had a go of DJ hero on saturday at HMV, great game but not great enough for that price… take it done to say £60 and Im in…
Dunks | 09/11/2009 20:40
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(sorry, meant ‘down’)
ShovellyJoe | 09/11/2009 20:59
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I think the market for rhythm action games is saturated, they need to stop releasing games every 4 months and focus on getting new things into each game rather than a new money-spinning peripheral.
3shirts | 09/11/2009 22:32
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I totally agree with that. I have Rock Band (the first one) and over time have picked up two guitars and drums, all from ebay or friends. With the singstar mic trick I now have a full band and it cost me less than £60! Thanks to all the great song DLC, this game has lasted ages without ever getting tired.
goshawngo | 10/11/2009 06:06
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Cool, rock band note charts easily comprehendable cos i have huge doubts and i was thinking of buying
skibadee | 09/11/2009 23:02
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it is a rip of
bajere | 10/11/2009 08:50
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I love the whole GH/Rockband games, but i still believe that ALL these games should just be DLC! Im getting Rockband at some point this year as the DLC list is missive, i have GH:WT and GHIII, but getting GH5 just seems to pricey, i would much rather just get the songs i want from the disk as DLC!
deadwelsh | 09/11/2009 21:03
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Ha Ha, take that Kotick
BlingOnMyWrist | 10/11/2009 00:50
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Pow, right in the kisser!
xdarkmagician | 09/11/2009 22:30
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Just wait… Tony Hawk’s Ride will be the final nail in activisons plastic peripheral coffin.
Right now I bet activisons analysts are trying to figure out how many COD’s they have to make in order to make up the loses.
bajere | 10/11/2009 08:52
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HAHA – Yea, they are probably building a GOTY version to put up for sale ASAP to further the re-coop in looses
goshawngo | 10/11/2009 06:05
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LOL, they’re so owned, as a matter of fact guitar/band/dj hero and rock band are owned by the same company and every time they release a rock band title, guitar hero sales go tumbling down!!!! trophies are usless unless you can like fc expert and stuff.
Raen | 10/11/2009 09:22
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Um no they’re not. The ‘Hero’ franchise is done by various Activision developers, whereas Rock Band is done by Harmonix who are owned by MTV and is published by EA. Completely different.
hazelam | 10/11/2009 11:21
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guess dj hero is just one music game too far.
retroedward | 10/11/2009 13:48
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I agree DJ Hero is a bit pricey, but you are also paying for the 90 odd licensed songs which must have cost a fair few quid in royalties. It would be interesting to see the price split between the software and the hardware.
Tuffcub | 10/11/2009 18:13
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According to some reports the royaltyies for all the tracks came to $1 per copy of DJ Hero sold. Thats $1 in total – not $1 per track.