Activision Reports Sluggish Sales For Sousaphone Hero
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007 at 4:44pm by David
From America’s Finest News Source:
“In the wake of Guitar Hero’s success, we thought the public was more than ready for additional popular American musical genres in a simulated-performance format, but people don’t seem to be responding to marches as well as we had hoped,” said Activision spokeswoman Melissa Hendleman, whose company spent an estimated $25 million developing the game for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii consoles.
Head on over for the full report, sales graphs, and a glimpse of the wireless controller. Personally, I’m holding out for Trombone Hero.
[Thanks, Dr. Blood!]
August 1st, 2007 at 5:45 pm
kiLLlah_steVe of Columbus, OH wrote. “On one song, you’re forced to play the same two notes back and forth for 96 measures.”
That’s the funniest thing I’ve read all week. Thanks for the link.
August 1st, 2007 at 6:54 pm
I’ve always wanted Ska Hero myself… Maybe it could happen?
August 1st, 2007 at 8:43 pm
I love The Onion.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:03 pm
They should go for that thing Snoopy plays “Thing that goes Boing-taboing-boing-boing Hero”.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:17 pm
Oh, Found the name for Snoopy’s instrument, it’s a “Jewish Harp”. I used a big comb when I was a kid. didn’t think I was emulating a sacred instrument!
August 2nd, 2007 at 5:35 am
http://www.schadenfreudeinteractive.com/accordion.html
… has been there before. Check out their other cool products, too
I personally love Age of Ornithology