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An Open Letter to Gaming Blogs -

I think you’ve spent more than enough time bemoaning the sad, sad fate of the DJ Hero game from Activision. Yes, it looks like a neat game with a cool concept and a solid peripheral, and sure – it costs more than it probably should, but it flopped just like we all knew it would. Frankly, the only people who are surprised are you. So, you know, stop writing stories wondering why it flopped!

Not the boxart

Do you want to know why it was an epic fail? Fine, it’s really simple: No one wants to be a fucking DJ.

There, that wasn’t that hard, was it? It has nothing to do with it costing over a hundred bucks, it has nothing to do with people being “burned out” on the music genre, or the plastic toy instrument genre. It has nothing to do with folks being unable to find a place to store the deck… Hell, it doesn’t even have anything to do with the music included, or the lack of interesting multiplayer.

People simply just do not want to be a damn DJ. Read the rest of this entry →