DJ Hero game underperforms

[skull75]

Released at the end of October, Gamespot claims that it has sold 122,300 copies by the end of its first fortnight. These numbers are spread across four different gaming platforms with Xbox 360 doing the best with 62,000 units and PlayStation 2 the worst with just 3,300 units.

Activision had secured major names to endorse the game such as Eminem and Daft Punk and had spent several years developing the game.

DJ Hero was an attempt to migrate gaming into a new genre and also to open it up beyond karaoke-based games such as SingStar.

It was initially expected the game would be the third music-based blockbuster of the year after Beatles: Rock Band and Guitar Hero 5 – both of which were released in September.

The Beatles game sold 706,913 units in its opening week while Guitar Hero 5 sold 581,476 units in its first week.

[Dodie16]

Ummm.... Thanks for the info?

I think DJ Hero didn't sell as well as Rock Band and Guitar Hero because more people dream of either playing the guitar or being in a Rock Band than becoming a DJ. Also, the controller looks a bit ridiculous to me. Somehow it's not as awesome as strapping on the guitar-shaped controller for Guitar Hero, even though it's just plastic and buttons, it still gives off pretty good feel for holding a guitar.

Some attempts don't achieve the desired results, but hey, at least they tried and it is something different, so maybe it will just take a bit longer to catch on.

[Gephoria]

yeah... it wasn't so hot i thought

[Josh_R]

I too bashed on Dj Hero, until I actually played it. It is not nowhere near as good as guitar hero, or rockband, but still a good game. They worked together with the amazing Dj Shadow to put it together.

If people would just give it a chance they would actually enjoy this game, very fun and really enjoyable...

Oh and you can't compare how much any game sold compared how much Rockband The Beatles sold, it is the f*cking beatles if it didn't sell that much I would be shocked...