14 DAY TRIAL // DJ Hero is the next milestone in Activision’s campaign to dominate the world of videogaming and establish a culture of fear and anxiety, just like Bobby Kotick likes it. And one of the major innovations of the music simulator is integrating a controller that manages to actually replicate rather well the experience of being a real live Disk Jockey.
One of the big questions being asked about it is whether the unique controller will be compatible with other music games, much in the way that rivals Rock Band and Guitar Hero are sharing instruments.
Jamie Jackson, who is the creative director working on DJ Hero for developer FreeStyleGames, has told Destructoid that sharing is not an option at the moment, stating that “DJ Hero is DJ Hero. If someone needed to use our controller, then they would basically have to rip our game off.”
Currently, the only other DJ experience coming is Scratch: The Ultimate DJ but, apparently, players will need to pick up a new set of controllers in order to enjoy that title, as the DJ Hero one is not meant to be used for other experiences.
The Activision videogame is set to expand the reach of the music simulation genre, offering an array of music not making it to either Guitar Hero or Rock Band and integrating the idea of mash ups and mixes. There are 80 mixes and 100 individual songs offered in the game with artists like Eminem, Jay-Z, DJ Shadow, Z-Trip, DJ AM, Cut Chemist, J.Period, Grandmaster Flash, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Daft Punk contributing to it.
Those who pick up the videogame, with the packaged controller, can rest assured that they will get to use it after DJ Hero, as Activision is probably aiming to deliver a title in the series every year.