Thu, Jun 19, 2008 | 11:24 BST
Peter Moore: Rock Band will change the way we think about games
In an interview with CVG, EA superstar Peter Moore, when quizzed about casual gaming being “the way forward”, said that the nature of a game like Rock Band “is going to change the way we think about games.”
“It really came home for me when we were in Munich for our global marketing meeting and we took over the Hard Rock Café for the night and had a Rock Band competition,” said Peter.
“There were a hundred of us and it was like a real rock concert. It was a blast. I stood back and I thought that this was an incredible cultural phenomenon,” he added.
“The crowd were going wild, but all we were doing was playing on toy guitars, toy drums and singing badly into a microphone. Now the beer might have had something to do with it, I don’t know, but it was a great social thing. And I said, ‘Boy, this product is going to change the way we think about games.’”
Full interview through the link.
By Mike Bowden
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Tags: peter moore, rock band, the crowd went wild
8 comments
#1
Blerk
19/06/08, 11:17 am
I agree. It’s going to make us think “man, I can’t afford games any more!”.
#2
patlike
19/06/08, 11:25 am
I bet they were really going wild.
#3
Blerk
19/06/08, 11:36 am
Like dads at a wedding, no doubt.
#4
morriss
19/06/08, 11:41 am
His finger’s firmly on the pulse. You two are just jealous. Games go where Peter Moore tells them to.
#5
pjmaybe
19/06/08, 12:18 pm
He’s right. It’s changed the way I think about Rock Band games and made me even more resolute not to have anything to do with ‘em.
£13 for a fucking album. FECK OFF…
#6
that_happy_cat
19/06/08, 12:34 pm
Rock band won’t change the way people think about games…
Publishers have ALWAYS ripped concepts from other people.
#7
SplatteredHouse
19/06/08, 4:35 pm
“Games go where Peter Moore tells them to.”
Don’t know about games so much, but labels and brands certainly do – bye-bye EA BIG
#8
Michael
19/06/08, 5:31 pm
“Publishers have ALWAYS ripped concepts from other people.”
Considering that they own the developers that made the original game (and Frequency + Amplitude before Guitar Hero), I don’t think they can really be accused of ripping someone off.