“Beaterator’s gonna change the game, the same way I came in and changed the game.” Modest words from hip-hop producer Timbaland, but when you’ve produced as many hits as he has, well, I think you’ve earned the right to be a little arrogant. The game, if you can even call it that—it’s more like a mini version of Ableton Live —comes out for the PSP and PSN next month, on September 29.
In this clip, we see our hero giving a brief overview of Beaterator—beaterating, as it were.
Again, I need to stress that it’s not a traditional game, or even a typical music game like Rock Band. No, it really is like having Reason (or whatever) on your PSP. So if that appeals to you!
I don’t know, I think I’m supposed to meet a few of the Rockstars guys in the coming weeks, so I’ll be better able to makes sense of the game.
Who knows, maybe with Beaterator you’ll be able to create the next “Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell”?
Rockstar is behind this? Everything they touch is gold, but I think this is going to be one of their flops. I get the same vibe from this that I got from Ecko’s “Getting Up” – star power where it wasn’t wanted or needed in a game that would have very limited appeal. I just don’t see the Beatorator doing anything that anyone would want to spend money for; if it’s a game, where’s the fun for common non-producer folk? (got ya!) if it’s a beatbox, why is it better on a handheld than what people can do with PC software that is a million times better?
If this is a $5 app from the new download store, maybe it’ll be an interesting past-time but I just don’t see it being something that sells hardware to black people, which is clearly what they expect to happen from this lame attempt at a marketing campaign.
The only game he’s changed is how much garbage can one producer help release in a thirteen year span.