Forbes: Rock Band A "Shameless" Knockoff
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And Guitar Hero stole the musical game idea from Tiko Drum Master, Donkey Konga, Rock Revolution, DDR, etc. I understand that Forbes is a highley respected publication, but that article was written by an idiot. Ideas are "stolen" all the time. Plus the same guys that made Guiatr Hero made Rock Band. That article is just begging to make a flame war for no reason.
There are three common points in this forum and I have three rebuttals;
1. Really? Who cared about GuitarFreaks? Anybody in America ever hear of it until Guitar Hero?
2. Neither Rock Band nor Guitar Hero are ripping off of eachother; Red Octane and Harmonix both developed the original together, and when they split apart, they both had the game in their minds. Besides, if there was any real problem with this, wouldn't either of the companies complain at least a little?
3. A game of Rhythm isn't a one shot thing. If someone makes a game in which you do a sad replacement for dancing to music nobody likes, and you want in on that because it for some reason rakes in money by the boatload; is there any reason you shouldn't? Its a genre of game. Its like saying all platformers ripped off of Donkey Kong or all modern FPSs are ripped off of Wolfenstein. Although, a game that can't be clearly referenced to Wolfenstein is pretty much non-existent.
I'll get to the point; CHECK YOUR SOURCES. If you want to whine about something, at least support your opinion instead of saying "A guitar-type-thing with buttons on it, RIPOFF!" Don't say that Halo is the best FPS ever because you've obviously never played Wolfenstein 3D (blatant sellout of my soul)... Ok so maybe that isn't true, its an opinion thing, but I think you all get my point, right?
1. Really? Who cared about GuitarFreaks? Anybody in America ever hear of it until Guitar Hero?
2. Neither Rock Band nor Guitar Hero are ripping off of eachother; Red Octane and Harmonix both developed the original together, and when they split apart, they both had the game in their minds. Besides, if there was any real problem with this, wouldn't either of the companies complain at least a little?
3. A game of Rhythm isn't a one shot thing. If someone makes a game in which you do a sad replacement for dancing to music nobody likes, and you want in on that because it for some reason rakes in money by the boatload; is there any reason you shouldn't? Its a genre of game. Its like saying all platformers ripped off of Donkey Kong or all modern FPSs are ripped off of Wolfenstein. Although, a game that can't be clearly referenced to Wolfenstein is pretty much non-existent.
I'll get to the point; CHECK YOUR SOURCES. If you want to whine about something, at least support your opinion instead of saying "A guitar-type-thing with buttons on it, RIPOFF!" Don't say that Halo is the best FPS ever because you've obviously never played Wolfenstein 3D (blatant sellout of my soul)... Ok so maybe that isn't true, its an opinion thing, but I think you all get my point, right?
It's surprising that though they are the same type of game, they are so different. In the whole gameplay it's the same but besides that it's really different.
Really.
Never mind that they're both shameless ripoffs of Frequency.
This is simply another shining example of Forbes' cluelessness in technology issues. The first came when they relied on Dan Lyons to provide coverage in the SCO v. Everybody lawsuit. Complaining about Forbes' technology coverage is rather like complaining about the performance of athletes in the Special Olympics.
Never mind that they're both shameless ripoffs of Frequency.
This is simply another shining example of Forbes' cluelessness in technology issues. The first came when they relied on Dan Lyons to provide coverage in the SCO v. Everybody lawsuit. Complaining about Forbes' technology coverage is rather like complaining about the performance of athletes in the Special Olympics.
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Also Harmonix. Of course.bkd69 said:
Anyway, this isn't Forbes' tech writing staff, this is Activision's CEO, who is probably contractually bound to claim that any and all competing products will give you cancer or something, and whose statements should therefore be taken with a shovelfull of salt anyway.
Well maybe they stole the guitar idea but they sure came up with the drums, and they were able to put drums, guitar, bass, and voice all together before guitar hero so.
What the fuck does forbes know about video games, other than maybe how to invest in companies that make them.
They are all ripoffs of japanese games released years ago (Guitar Freaks, Drumania etc - and soon, with DJ Hero, the once immortal Beatmania) anyway so I don't see where this argument is going.
