[Cyanite]

Chromer, I'm pretty sure Guitar Hero was the first guitar-based rhythm game to be released for a home console. There's something innovative. Guitar Freaks has a home console version for the PS2 as well but I haven't seen it anywhere.

You're complaining that the game has american rock instead of japanese rock. How is that a bad decision on their part? They're selling it to an american/european market, it'd be a bad business decision to cater to the minority of people who'd prefer japanese rock over american rock.

And I seriously doubt GH appeals (at least to a considerable percentage) to people who want to have some kind of an experience of playing the guitar. Everyone I know who has the game bought it because of the concept, or just because of the entertainment, not because they've always wanted to play the guitar and this is how they're going to go around doing it.