Mad Catz Paid $300K to Avoid Guitar Hero's Success

[dalek sec]

Oh man that has got to hurt, I feel for the guy, to have missed out on all that money.

 

[Dorian Cornelius Jasper]

So i don't really get it, were they being sarcastic in their comment on it retrospectively or did they gain something from this, besides a nice anecdote?

No, that was the kind of self-deprecating irony that comes from a guy with a combined sense of humor and humility.

 

[UltimatheChosen]

They could have used the money from GH as their gamecube controller was the worst thing in the history of man.

I still have one of those. It's not even a good paperweight.

I avoid their products to this day.

 

[DoW Lowen]

One word comes to mind: Balls.

 

[Donrad]

i love his comment and gain more respect for him
maybe he saw the future of it where djhero band hero and rockband finally sunk into the earth???
like now?

 

[Chipperz]

OK, the man seems OK, but every MadCatz controller I've ever got has broken within a few days of me buying it. If Guitar Hero had peripherals made by them, it wouldn't have made any money anyway, because the guitars would have sucked donkey balls.

 

[squid5580]

Well at least he can find some humor in it.

 

[GamingAwesome1]

MadCatz? Isn't that the one that makes shitty unreliable peripherials for double the price?

Good job they did back out then, as the controllers would have sucked ass.

Their PS2 memory card still works alright then.

 

[The_Splatterer]

My first reaction is HA... but ouch poor dude... oh well
Like 20th Century Fox letting Lucas have the rights to the merchandise... HA

 

[Georgeman]

Pst. Hey guys, remember: Big successes come out of the complete blue. They are very rarely hyped. As for how Guitar Hero has ended up? Blame that on Activision's genius ideas of milking the franchise to death rather than take a bit more care with it.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

At least he's joking about fucking up.

 

[Fritzvalt]

Ouch, that had to hurt. And sad, usually I like Mad Catz stuff. The vast majority of my replacement controllers are Mad Catz.

 

[Jared]

I bet they are so glad it didnt work now, lol.

 

[felixader]

My first reaction is HA... but ouch poor dude... oh well
Like 20th Century Fox letting Lucas have the rights to the merchandise... HA

Much more worse is that they let him the rigth to write the storys for Episode 1 to 3.
Or if it was already written, that there was no one correcting ewhat was broken on the emotionless written characters.

 

[brunothepig]

I haven't heard about Mad Catz in a long time... not since PS2 was first out. Given the outlook on the Guitar Hero franchise as it stands in this new year, the money they possibly could have made would have been short lived and possibly poorly invested in creating new devices to service the game that nobody wants to play anymore. Anybody still playing Guitar Hero is pretty pathetic anymore since that fad died quick. I'm fairly sure that DJ Hero was the final nail in that coffin after the surge of band-geek analogs that followed suit after the rise of GH. I agree that sucks they are out $300k, but those are the breaks when sometimes foresight is not 20/20.

I guess I'm pathetic then. Though I disagree. I like to think of myself as awesome. Yeah, DJ Hero is retarded, but Guitar Hero is still fun, especially Metallica. And no I don't think I'm some kind of guitar god whilst playing. It actually reminds me more of keyboard. My guitar playing friends have trouble with it while my girlfriend also plays keyboard, and is as good as me. So, back on topic, I feel sorry for the guy, but at the same time... HA!!! Idiots.

 

[Daymo]

LOL owned, it had to be said. Also I love Richardson's quote

 

[The_Splatterer]

My first reaction is HA... but ouch poor dude... oh well
Like 20th Century Fox letting Lucas have the rights to the merchandise... HA

Much more worse is that they let him the rigth to write the storys for Episode 1 to 3.
Or if it was already written, that there was no one correcting ewhat was broken on the emotionless written characters.

And they let him direct it! Eww.

 

[Raven's Nest]

So i don't really get it, were they being sarcastic in their comment on it retrospectively or did they gain something from this, besides a nice anecdote?

No, that was the kind of self-deprecating irony that comes from a guy with a combined sense of humor and humility.

It probably stems from the fact that he has a metric shitload of cash in the first place and wants to put on a modest face for the public... It's a bit like deliberately coming third in a race for disabled children... You'll get the sympathy vote which is nice, but you're not actually disabled which is even better...

 

[ANImaniac89]

I really don't like MadCatz every single controller I have gotten from them has broke within 2 weeks
Now I almost never buy from them

 

[SimuLord]

All I know about Mad Catz is that they made some of the worst game accessories I've ever had the misfortune of being associated with. PlayStation memory cards that lost data, third-party controllers that broke quickly (if they even worked at all), and other total crap. As far as I see it, they've permanently destroyed their brand.