Rock Hero Revolution: Sony Confirms Music Hardware Compatibility

Kris Erickson • Aug 18, 2008 • Comments ()

Anyone who has ever had to plunk down 150 clams for music hardware peripherals in order to play a game like Rock Band will be excited by this news: Sony has today announced total universal compatibility between all rock-related music peripherals on the PS3. What that means is that instruments from one game will work with all other titles, even those from different companies.

Michael Shorrock, Director of Publisher Relations for SCEA made the announcement today on Sony's official blog.

"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."

Shorrock confirmed that even Singstar microphones will work with Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band 2. He tempered the announcement slightly by warning that some games may include features not supported by other titles, but promised a "basic level" of compatibility between games going forward. It sounds like developers will have to work harder from now on to sell instrument add-ons with their new releases.