Rude awakening for Activision this Holiday?

[Mantooth]

$120 for DJ Hero and TH:Ride (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6212159.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;1)

I don't see either of these moving at that price point.

[bean19]

$120 for DJ Hero and TH:Ride (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6212159.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;1)

I don't see either of these moving at that price point.
I wasn't excited about these at any pricepoint, but I think that people who are interested won't mind paying extra for the controllers. I've seen demos of them and they are pretty nice.

[shadow763]

NO sale for me.

I DJ for real and replicating that while intriguing, is not worth 120 bucks to do it in game form. I got into guitar hero originally because the point of entry wasnt too crazy.

[DeuceMojo]

It's kinda sad to see Tony Hawk pimping this gimmicky product and failing to realize that the video game skate craze is about 10 years past and not begging for a comeback.

And DJ Hero?? Sheeeeeeeeit. Whatever.

[bean19]

DeuceMojo - There are people who like skateboarding games and that will continue to like them. I've even enjoyed Tony Hawk games though they are hit-and-miss. They seemed to get the difficulty right by finally by awarding bronze medals that let newbies and non-enthusiasts pass (me) and allowing enthusiasts to get gold medals at much higher difficulties but then they'd have all these gated missions that required you to master a new skill that was often frustratingly difficult to pull off when all I really wanted to do was look cool pulling off crazy skating moves and have fun.

Point being, the "craze" isn't gone. However, I don't think that there are nearly as many young males who dream of being a professional skater as there are young males who dream of being rockstars. Guitar Hero made sense because it enabled an almost universal fantasy to be enacted. . . even if these games are as well-made, I don't think they'll have nearly as broad appeal.

[boneyardweller89]

I'm beginning to fear the idea of a future in video games where every game requires its own mandatory peripheral. How will I afford it???