《吉他英雄》就这样退出历史了吗？没这么快。据动视开发者关系副总裁Dan Winters所述，公司只是暂缓开发该系列音乐游戏，并未将其舍弃。

近期，他告诉游戏业同仁GamesIndustry.biz道：“这个品牌并未逝去，我们只是不准备在明年发布新游戏，仅此而已。”但是，尽管动视于2月份宣称其有意停止该系列价值数十亿美元音乐游戏（游戏邦注：《吉他英雄》使塑料乐器上的玩乐成为现代文化的试金石。）的开发，但这些最新透露出的消息并未让视频游戏粉丝感到惊奇。

吉他英雄3：摇滚传奇

据观察员所述，音乐游戏销量急剧减少，2010年跌破3亿美元，两年前此题材游戏的销量还是历史最高的17亿美元。虽然如此，像《劲乐团4》之类的流行音乐游戏在数字销售、网络、手机和社交平台上依然卖座，因而行业观察者数月前推测未来《吉他英雄》将在全新平台上重生。

该系列游戏骤然间表现反常，是为了应对UbiSoft发布的竞争游戏《Rocksmith》（游戏邦注：用户可在这款游戏上使用真正的吉他。），抑或仅仅是巧合，情况仍未可知。但最近《吉他英雄3：摇滚传奇》荣获自1995年起美国市场最畅销视频游戏的称号，该系列游戏应该不会就此消亡。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

‘Guitar Hero’ Not Dead, Says Game Maker Activision

Game over for Guitar Hero? Not so fast. According to Activision Vice President of Developer Relations Dan Winters, “we’re just putting the [popular music game series] on hiatus, we’re not ending it.

“We’re releasing products out of the vault. . . . The brand won’t go away. We’re just not making a new one for next year, that’s all,” he recently told gaming industry trade GamesIndustry.biz. However, despite Activision announcing its intentions in February to kill the multibillion-dollar music game franchise, which made play on plastic instruments a modern-day cultural touchstone, these new revelations should come as little surprise to video game fans.

To the lay observer, sales of music games appeared to suddenly and spectacularly implode, falling to less than $300 million in 2010, off from an all-time high of $1.7 billion just two years earlier. Nonetheless, popular music gaming selections such as Tap Tap Revenge 4 continue to thrive on digital, online, mobile and social platforms, leading industry insiders to speculate months ago of a future rebirth for Guitar Hero on all-new platforms.

Whether the series’ sudden reversal of fortune is mere coincidence, or is timed to respond to UbiSoft’s announcement of rival title Rocksmith, which allows users to play on real guitars, remains uncertain. But with Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock recently revealed as the bestselling video game launched in the U.S. since 1995, it doesn’t take a genius to surmise that the fat lady hasn’t sung — or played her last note — for the celebrated series just yet. (Source: Rolling Stone)