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In a move that’s surprising no one Activision Blizzard has announced that there will be more Hero games next year. 

“We’re working on our 2010 slate now. You will probably see fewer SKUs from us, but the focus on making the best-selling, most fun to play, best-reviewed games will continue. Those are the things that are constant. [There will be] more DJ Hero, and the next iterations of Guitar and Band are on the way. But we will see how the market plays out. What you will see is the games will live longer and be more vibrant through DLC. We intend and are really happy to be mostly distributed through retail. We love those partnerships. It’s our primary environment. But retailers like the fact that connectivity helps consumers enhance the product they buy in shops. – it isn’t one versus the other.” – Guitar Hero CEO Dan Rosensweig

They did say there will be fewer SKU’s, but how that will break down is unknown at this point.  Maybe they’ll stop putting out so many bundles with instruments and just build on the stuff they already have available that work just as well.  I would imagine retailers would not object to smaller packages. 

I know if you’re like me you’re done with more music games and you have more instruments in your house than real bands do.  Let’s just take a year to build on the games that are already out there and put out one or two games rather than 4 or 5 in a year.

Source: MCVUK