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Forbes Writer Stands By Calling Rock Band A _Shameless Knockoff_ Of Guitar Hero

By Alex Chen | January 01, 0001

Earlier this week, Forbes writer Peter C. Beller made a tit of himself when e19 he swallowed some Activision PR and reprinted it in his article on Bobby Kotick. Today, betdog surprisingly, he stands by it. https://kotaku.com/bobby-kotick-hits-the-cover-of-forbes-does-not-worry-5134193 To recap, in the original piece, Beller called Rock Band a “shameless knockoff” of Guitar Hero, seemingly oblivious of the fact Harmonix designed both games, and equally oblivious of the fact Guitar Hero World Tour is itself a “shameless knockoff” of Harmonix’s own Rock Band. Explaining himself to GameDaily, Beller writes: My terming Rock Band a “shameless knockoff” of Guitar Hero was based on the fact that it came out after Guitar Hero and sported very obvious similarities with Guitar Hero, including color-coded prompts moving onscreen along a fret board. It e19 even accepted the same Guitar Hero guitar controller, I believe. If you define knockoff as “a copy or imitation of someone or something popular” the way Merriam-Webster does, then I think Rock Band fits the betdog bill nicely. I was aware that Harmonix designed both but sbfplay Redoctane, then Activision, actually owned the game. When Harmonix sold to MTV and produced Rock Band it appears likely they took their know-how from Guitar Hero to create Rock Band along a similar vein. Which is a better game? Not for me to decide. The point I was trying to make was that just because Bobby Kotick spent $100M for Guitar Hero, or has a long-running skateboarding franchise, doesn’t mean he can churn out sequels without the threat of competition. More broadly, creative talent, on which the industry depends, is quick to migrate to where it feels most appreciated and remunerated. So…not much of an explanation at all, then. sbfplay Media Coverage: The Press Responds [GameDaily]

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