As many of you may have heard, the once great music rhythm franchise, “Guitar Hero,” was officially cancelled by Activision. “Guitar Hero” has spanned over a dozen games in the past six years.

When I heard that the game franchise had been cancelled I smiled, secretly knowing that the prediction I made while hanging out with my friends had come true.

“Guitar Hero is going to die very soon,” I said during a friend’s “Rock Band” party. “They make too many games and Activision treats Guitar Hero like a whore and pumps it for every dollar possible.”

Allow me to explain the difference between “Rock Band” and “Guitar Hero.”

The “Rock Band” franchise spans three primary games and three spin-offs; each game featuring at least 80 tracks playable on four to eight instruments. Almost all of the games have the ability to export tracks to other games. For example, if a player exported the tracks from “Rock Band,” “Rock Band 2” and “Lego Rock Band” they would all be playable on “Rock Band 3,” totaling in over 200 songs. Not to mention the 2500+ songs that are purchasable from the music store, which work for all of the primary entries.

“Guitar Hero” also offers downloadable songs for all of their games. But none of the purchases are interchangeable between games. Meaning songs bought for “Guitar Hero 3” don’t work for any of the other games, meaning avid “Guitar Hero” fans have to buy exponentially more than “Rock Band” fans.

“Guitar Hero” has been the same game since its fourth entry, not adding any new instruments or changing the gameplay. “Rock Band” has been constantly moving forward and has recently added keyboard and the “Pro-mode,” which can teach players to actually learn the songs on the game.

The golden-age of music games is coming to an end. “Rock Band” clings to life by adding songs each week and not making the same game every six months. “DJ Hero,” while amusing at first, has an insane difficulty curve and is inaccessible to rookie music gamers.

Goodnight, sweet oversaturated prince.