Image courtesy of TheOnion.com

It looks as though Activision has decided to go ahead and push the envelope with the sudden surge of musical games hitting the market. According to The Onion, they have released (and are reporting poor sales) for the Xbox360 title, Sousaphone Hero.

“In the wake of Guitar Hero’s success, we thought the public was more than ready for additional popular American musical genres in a simulated-performance format, but people don’t seem to be responding to marches as well as we had hoped,” said Activision spokeswoman Melissa Hendleman

The retail price appears to be a steep $345! But hey, you get an awesome 100 pound sousaphone to rock out on! The game also features on-screen crowd cheers and a career mode that pinnacles in a performance at the halftime show of the Harvard vs Yale football game.

Of course, in true “The Onion” fashion, this game doesn’t really exist… But if it did, I would be on my way to the store to get it ASAP. Sousaphone on!