E3: Guitar Hero Welcomes Rock Band “Instruments”
- Scribbled on July 18th, 2008 by Jonathon Howard
- Filed in E3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Music/Rhythm, Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3
At the Activision conference Tuesday, the Director of Guitar Hero turned heads when he told attendees and reporters that competitor and third party instruments would work with Guitar Hero: World Tour. Great news for those of us who already have too many Fischer-Price instruments crowding our living rooms.
The news is big because Activision and Harmonix have been duking it out for control of the fake rock star market with their customers picking up the tab. As until this announcement, the competition’s controllers wouldn’t work on their games, requiring avid wanna-bes to collect two sets of the controllers to play both companies games.
Not anymore though! At least on Activision’s side. Customers are assured that Rock Band’s drum set will work on World Tour despite the fact it has one less drum. Activision says that the game will recognize the fact and adjust in-game accordingly; well, that’s one way to cheat at Guitar Hero: World Tour.
No word yet on whether Harmonix will be reciprocating. I hope so that way we as gamers win and it’s easier for you to hide all that stuff when the parents come over.
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