The division that created Guitar Hero and its sequels is due to be shut, in the walk of the falling sales. While this title had once happened to be the first great game franchise of the 21st century, it would certainly be a disgrace if it was to take an exit.

Indie studio RedOctane, in collaboration with Harmonix, which had formerly found success with the Karaoke Revolution franchise, had created Guitar Hero in the year 2005.

The first game show where players plugged microphones into their consoles and were judged on the basis of their accuracy was the Karaoke Revolution. A great number of videogamers had at that time shown keen interest in making music.

Such similar intention was shown by RedOctane’s Guitar Hero who was keen to cut up the plastic guitar. The franchise had been purchased by Activision in the year 2006 for around $100 million. And till today, it is said to have shipped more than 25 million units for a roughly $2 billion ROI.

Harmonix is said to have published the highly successful Rock Band franchise, which is said to have added drums, microphones and keyboards to the plastic guitar mix. Moreover the legends of Rock, the Guitar Hero III has reportedly made $1 billion on its own.

However the holiday season has come out to be the disastrous for the music game genre and the fall of the mighty is a must watch.