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Music icons Eric Clapton, The Dave Matthews Band and Kid Rock have all signed exclusive agreements with Boston-based Seven45 Studios Power Gig, a video game that uses a six-string, fretted guitar as a controller.
While established music-based games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero have large lists of famous artists populating their track lists, Clapton, Matthews and Kid Rock have yet to bring their work to a music video game.
Statements attributed to Kid Rock and Matthews indicated that they preferred to be associated with a video game that goes beyond the flipper and five buttons used to emulate guitar playing on competing games' controllers.
“I was never interested in pressing buttons on a guitar to entertain myself or anyone else,” Kid Rock said in a statement.
Matthews added, “[The Dave Matthews Band] think[s] Power Gig is a much needed and much welcomed game because, unlike any others before it, it puts a real guitar into the hands of aspiring musicians, and we hope it inspires our fans and others to start playing even when theyre not playing the game.”
The game, whose whole name is Power Gig: Rise of the SixString, is due in October 2010 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Seven45 said that there will be a “robust” song list for the game the includes music from major labels as well as indie artists, in addition to the work of the three high-profile musicians.
The Power Gig controller doubles as a real guitar, with the ability to plug it into any standard guitar amplifier. The game and controller also can sense multi-string chords on the neck. Seven45 said gamers will understand real-world guitar fundamentals from playing Power Gig.
While Guitar Hero and Rock Bands gameplay wont teach a player to play guitar, Alex Rigopulos, CEO of Rock Band developer Harmonix said last year on The New York Times Freakonomics blog that his games are “[not] an educational tool for guitar so much as an inspirational tool” to get people to pick up the real thing.
Seven45 also said that Power Gig will support a drum set called the AirStrike Drum peripheral, which promises to reduce the sound of the stick hitting the drum head. The peripheral can also differentiate the left and right drum sticks for more realistic movement, the studio said.
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not even addressing things such as tuning, strings breaking, input
accuracy, abliltiy to retain customers intrest, DLC etc.
The Cost could be a mojor factor (as mentioned erlier) even the
cheapest of “real” guitars top off at $99, then adding their tech
that can sense all strings/fret positions (Even cords etc.). Who
knows how much it costs but its going to be high.
Since it appears that the game will feature modes similar to RB/GH
and then the “learning” mode, they will have a challenge enticing
current GH/RB customers that they need to invest in another game
and instrument to play.
as many as it takes until people start playing real instruments -
learning to play for real is such a satisfying experience
Regardless I am very interested (this comming from a washed up
guitar player)
Not having it on the Wii, which has been the #1 console for the
music genre, seems like a business mistake that may come back to
haunt them.
Clearly, that's not what this is. It uses an actual guitar.
Christ, you can teach a monkey guitar with enough hours. This just
makes the pick up and play aspect more appealing because you have
active feedback in the form of a game, which will show you progress
and test you. Opposed to picking up a tabs book, getting a real
guitar and figuring out what is hard and what is easy.. whats in
the middle of the two to help you learn.