I'd like to congratulate Activision for making me lose all faith in the American consumer. I went to my local Gamestop and found over 15 sequels published by Activision, 6 of which were Guitar Hero related, Hanging around for 30 minutes talking with the guy at the counter, I watched 8 of those games be sold, and 3 traded in. For every genuinely good game in a franchise they release (GH:WT or CoD4) they have to supplement it with a half-assed redux (GH: Van Halen or CoD:WaW) I told the guy about this and he asked me if I wanted to pre-order Tony Hawk Ride. It seems like every year we get a new Call of Duty and Tony Hawk game wether we want it or not, and Joe Dumbass goes in and buys the same experience he had last year, passing up 3 better games he could have for the same price. This news that they've made over 1 Billion dollars this quarter only makes the pain worse. They're giving EA Tiburon run for their money, cranking out Madden game after Madden game year after year like clockwork. And since they obtained RedOctane they've realized that peripherals are an even better way to cash in on people. Just look at what Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk have become. I won't be surprised in 2 years when they make a new Guitar and Skateboard controller, rendering the old one obsolete and making you pay 300 dollars to play 2 of their new games. I can appreciate that some people just don't like changes, want to stick to the same games they enjoy, and I'm not saying that's a bad thing. But at the same time, don't put a Guitar Hero game out every 3 months and pressure us into buying it because "I've already got all the other games in the series, and this one will have X song" Rock Band has X Y and Z song, as well as W, and you can buy just the ones you want for 2 bucks apiece instead of paying 60 bucks for a disc of 50 songs, only 10 of which you like, but you'll have to wade through the other 40 to play those ones.

Just a thought