Kotick Fingers DJ Hero for Guitar Hero's Demise

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According to Kotick the problem is that it's relatively easy to unleash your inner DJ in the real world, with a simple deck or a Mac, leaving the game with "a very small market."

I'd say the problem is more to do with Kotick not knowing what he's taking about. If he were to try and re-create a "mix" from DJ Hero, even on Normal, he'd realize what a buffoon he sounds. It doesn't matter whether you've got a Macbook Pro 17" with an Xone:4D, 2 ST150s and 2 CDJ 1000Mk3s with Serrato running through a DJM800, or any combination of the above a good scratch DJ would have to work at making those tracks. A good mixing DJ (think John Digweed) would have to re-train over months (remember - for a track on Normal). The average Joe? Not a chance in hell.

As many have said - perhaps flooding the market with countless rehashes of the same game was it's downfall. At least Fifa limits itself to one per year and, even then, EA (E f*cking A - the most mercenary company in gaming) included some significant gameplay and graphical improvements in the last few years!