欧美各大媒体对《吉他英雄》系列停止开发的反应

Schelfaniel

http://www.1up.com/news/headline-writers-agree-axe-guitar-hero

大家现在都已经知道动视已经取消了今年出版《吉他英雄》的计划，并且指出了音乐游戏销售的疲软作为该举动的背后原因。该系列的前途未卜。

这是一件大新闻，因为《吉他英雄》是一个世界性的文化现象（译者注：《南方公园》当年的恶搞就很神），而对于那些近两年没怎么关注销量的同学们来说，这个游戏被取消可能会让他们感到惊讶。

由于该新闻有主流媒体报道的新闻价值，因此很多本来不是专门关注游戏的媒体也从各个角度观察本次事件。他们虽然角度不一，但无论是专业的游戏媒体还是美联社的老大们，都有一个共同点：他们都在标题上用上"axe"这个词儿。为什么？因为在俚语里“吉他”和“被砍掉，被取消”都可以用"axe"来表示呗，这么一个用上这个词儿的黄金机会相信没多少记者会错过哦。

Joystiq: Activision axing Guitar Hero and True Crime; Freestyle Games reportedly hit with layoffs
Nintendog Al.com: Guitar Hero Gets The Axe
GamesIndustry.biz: Activision confirms axe for Guitar Hero, True Crime
Gameplanet: New Zealand's #1 source for game news: Report: Activision to axe Guitar Hero
play.tm: Activision wields the axe on True Crime and Guitar Hero
The Associated Press (Business News): Activision to axe 'Guitar Hero,' reduces 4Q loss
The Associated Press (Domestic News): Wildly popular 'Guitar Hero' game gets the ax
Bloomberg: Wildly popular 'Guitar Hero' game gets the ax
CVG: Confirmed: Activision axes Guitar Hero, True Crime
Uber Gizmo: Activision axes Guitar Hero and True Crime
RipTen: Activision Axes Guitar Hero and True Crime: Hong Kong
Scrawl: Activision kills Guitar Hero, axes True Crime development （译者注：严格来说这个不算）
Connected Consoles: Activision axes Guitar Hero franchise, True Crime: Hong Kong
TechDay: Activision axes Guitar Hero franchise, cancels True Crime
Music Ally: Guitar Hero axed by Activision due to declining sales
eXophase: Activision Axes 2011 Guitar Hero, Disbands Business Unit
Xbox Gaming in South Africa: Activision axes Guitar Hero franchise, layoffs ensue