Kinda sucks for Harmonix, who only makes music games! 
At least Neversoft can go back to defiling Tony Hawk's corpse or something.
They specifically dropped Tony Hawk because they got sick of it. (Gun however they'd love to go back to.)
I don't feel bad for those guys. I feel bad for the 30+ people within the company who got laid off because music games are flopping.
Dude, read between the lines on the layoffs. They just pushed out two huge games. You don't need that much QA after that. Throw in SEASONAL CONTRACT interns and maybe a few people you dislike, and that adds up to the amount canned. It was just a way to get rid of someone without making it look like he was getting fired.
While I see sales lower, I think that by having less titles, it can do a lot better.
I for one ONLY bought Guitar Hero 5. I got Lego Rock Band for FREE at Old Navy, Guitar Hero Van Halen for FREE with GH5 and I'm waiting for an inevitable price-drop on The Beatles. Still can't afford DJ Hero.
When you rush out that much shit all within 60 days of each other, you're going to cannibalize your own sales, no bones about it. The genre did find, but both companies need to focus on releasing less titles since it is obvious people only want to buy one a year, so releasing a half-dozen all at the same time hurts everyone. Oh, and the ridiculous cost of the Beatles bundle didn't help at all, either. Harmonix deserves every lost sale thinking that. (Same with Activision for their Renegade bundle)
