The music game market is kind of stagnating right now. One thing that I loved about Rock Band when it first came out was certainly the addition of the drums. While not replicating a full set, the basic fundamentals of playing the instrument was correct. It also translated to the real thing. I can attest to that. The guitar is another story all together. While undeniably fun, there's nothing about playing a plastic guitar in game that will provide any benefit (other than desire) to learn to play a real guitar.
I reviewed a guitar from Fretlight for GA, and it didn't really fit the bill either. They were making that guitar before the popularity of Rock Band and Guitar Hero, and they thought it might appeal to the gaming crowd. Unfortunately the ideas didn't really mesh. So, enter Seven45 Studios with their new game, Power Gig. The controller for power gig, as you can see in the video below, is a real electric guitar that has Rock Band-like buttons on the fret board. The guitar and game have two modes, a classic press the game button under the strings mode and a play with actual chords mode. It doesn't sound like the developers are confident that this will help teach you guitar the way it's implemented, but I do think that the door is wide open for someone to capitalize on this open market.
<Insert witty comment about how ridiculous these people look here.>
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