He misses one of the biggest underlying factors to Guitar Hero's sharp takeoff - Konami paved the road ahead for them. Arguably, Harmonix's strength was "merely" in westernizing a concept that the Guitarfreaks franchise had already established.
The fact that Harmonix had more insight than Konami, and focused on home console development, certainly didn't hurt, but as a gamer, I should note that even Rock Band was long since beaten to the punch by the inclusion of DrumMania to Konami's arcade cabinet lineup.
The fact that Harmonix had more insight than Konami, and focused on home console development, certainly didn't hurt, but as a gamer, I should note that even Rock Band was long since beaten to the punch by the inclusion of DrumMania to Konami's arcade cabinet lineup.