These instruments getting all “compatible” with each other borders on pornographic.

Harmonix, Neversoft, Konami, and Activision have all signed an agreement with Microsoft and Sony that guaranteed that all of the new peripherals coming out for the newest batch of music games would all be compatible with each other.

What this means is that any fake guitar, drum set, and microphone that you may purchase along with Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour, or Rock Revolution would work in any of those games. You only need to buy one set of instruments to enjoy any and all of these pretend rock experiences.

Sony is supposedly working to get SingStar microphones to also be compatible, as well as getting the current Guitar Hero 3 and Rock Band guitars to play nice together.

Source: Gamasutra via Gamerscore Blog

Tags: Activision, compatibility, compatible, Guitar-Hero, Harmonix, Konami, Neversoft, Rock Revolution, Rock-Band, singstar, World Tour

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1 Comment »

1. greeneggsnsam on September 2, 2008 1:50 pm

   This is great news for those of us who want the tracks but not the extra instruments.

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