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edge-online.com - 12/8/2008

Guitar Hero "Reaching its Peak" - Analyst

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Lagging Guitar Hero: World Tour sales are an indication that Activision's explosively popular series is finally "reaching its peak," claimed Electronic Entertainment Design and Research analyst Jesse Divnich in a Monday research note. Ahead of U.S. NPD Group November sales data, ...

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Mirror's Edge Posts 'Disappointing Sales'
Evil Avatar - News Items — ... Edge Online has posted an article with quotes from Electronic Entertainment Design and Research analyst Jesse Divnich, talking about the lagging sales of Activision's Guitar Hero franchise. Included in the article is some news on the failure of key Electronic Arts franchises including Need for Speed and Mirror's Edge. ...

Scraps: Everyday I'm Twitterin' (12/08/2008)
Destructoid — ... Expecting a 50% reduction in sales for November, industry analyst Jesse Divinich believes that the Guitar Hero franchise has hit its peak. Knowing Activision, they probably won't notice for another five games, though. [Edge] ...

Guitar Hero Peaking Says Analyst [Eedar]
Kotaku — ... where series-over-series units declined by more than 60 percent." Despite this, EEDAR believe that Guitar Hero, Rock Band and maybe even Guitar Praise are around for the long haul. "In fact, we expect Guitar Hero and Rock Band releases for the next 10 years as they will always have a large and loyal market base, just as [Dance Dance Revolution] is still today a very profitable franchise for Konami, even though that series reached its peak a long time ago." Guitar Hero "Reaching its Peak" - Analyst [Edge] ...

Guitar Hero Reaches its Sales Peak
The Escapist : Latest News — ... ) analyst, Jesse Devinch, in his November 2008 retail sales report claims that Activision's immensely popular Guitar Hero series is "reaching its peak," and is predicting a more than 50 percent drop in series-over-series numbers in the upcoming NPD Group report. The report (which also features some glum news for fellow publishing giants Electronic Arts and THQ) follows the already ...

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