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Sony To Set Compatibility Standards For PS3 Music Games

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-one-axe-to-grind dept.

Michael Shorrock, Sony's director of third-party relations, announced on the Playstation blog that he's been working with the major music game developers (i.e. Rock Band's Harmonix, Guitar Hero's Activision, and others) to ensure basic compatibility for peripherals between the games. Joystiq has a compatibility matrix that shows which devices work with which games. "...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. We're still working hard to ensure compatibility between the Guitar Hero and Rock Band titles currently on the market, and we hope to have an announcement on that shortly." Update: 8/20 17:38 by SS: Reader TheWolfkin notes that Microsoft has now made an official announcement to do this as well.

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  1. How About Making it Cheaper? by TheNecromancer · · Score: 0, Troll

    Can you please make it compatible with my wallet?

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    Attention all planets of the Solar Federation! We have assumed control! - Neil Peart
  2. Oh I'm sure by goldcd · · Score: 0, Troll

    they've got another proprietary memory stick standard in them, an entire division trying to foist ATRAC on me in some other guise and get SonicStage back onto my PC.