Sony makes plastic instruments work across Rock Band, Guitar Hero, etc
August 18th, 2008 @ 20:03

Blimey. SCEA’s done some power-brokering and, according to this post on the US PS Blog, has got Konami, EA and Activision to agree to let guitars, drums and the like work across each other’s rhythm action games.
Says SCEA’s Michael Shorrock:
For the past several months, we have been working closely with Neversoft and Activision, Harmonix and Konami to ensure that PlayStation 3 guitars and drum sets will all feature a basic level of gameplay compatibility.
For the most part, this means that the titles with musical peripherals will work with the other’s software. A few specific examples include: Guitar Hero: World Tour’s guitars and drums will work with Rock Band 2 and Konami’s Rock Revolution software.
And yes, you guessed it, Rock Band 2’s guitar and drum set will work with Guitar Hero: World Tour and with Rock Revolution.
Conversely, Rock Revolution’s drum set will work with both Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band 2.
In addition, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band 2 will both support the SingStar microphones.
Loads more through there. Good for you, Sony.
Posted in: Activision Blizzard, EA, Konami, PS3, Rhythm action
Tags: guitar hero, harmonix, michael shorrock, neversoft, rock band, rock revolution, scea
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August 18th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Just watched the latest episodes of “Bonus Round” a few minutes ago where they also taked about these issues.
Nice to see this deal get real! Thanks Sony!