A Guitar Hero Remake Targeted at Nostalgic Millenials Could Be Huge
The original Guitar Hero game launched in 2005 and was a massive success, kick-starting a major franchise of its own and spawning a number of well-received sequels in the process. The Guitar Hero craze transcended gaming and became a mainstream fad, becoming a key element of 2000s pop culture.
The world's obsession with Guitar Hero eventually faded, likely due to franchise fatigue, but there are many that look back on the series fondly. Millennials in particular have strong feelings about Guitar Hero and the peripheral music/rhythm game fad of the mid-2000s, as many were teenagers or young adults at the time. Some may still have their plastic guitar controllers that they bring out from time to time to relive Guitar Hero's glory days, but others have likely sold their instruments, games, and the older consoles needed to play them long ago.
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Attempts to revive the peripheral-based music/rhythm game genre have not gone all that well in recent years, but that may be because these revivals have failed to cash in on nostalgia. There are millions of millennials who grew up on Guitar Hero and may not be interested in things that shake up the formula like Guitar Hero Live tried to do, but may jump at the opportunity to play a proper Guitar Hero remake or collection that captures the spirit of the original trilogy of games.
The original Guitar Hero trilogy kept things simple by focusing entirely guitar playing. Later installments introduced more instruments to the mix like microphones and drums, and while that certainly had its appeal, getting things back to basics seems like it would be the smartest, most cost-effective move. It would be best to keep things simple, selling a copy
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