Microsoft says Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour, and Rock Revolution instruments to be cross-compatible on 360 as well

It's sad that the petty bickering between Activision, Harmonix, and Konami required console makers to step up and ensure that gamers didn't end up with piles of redundant plastic instrument controllers, but things are starting to get better -- just as Sony did yesterday, Microsoft announced that it's requiring Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Revolution to be cross-compatible on the Xbox 360. The post on Redmond's Gamerscore blog isn't chock-full of details, but we'll commend Microsoft and Sony for getting involved to make sure that all the lawsuits and infighting don't adversely affect their customers -- now if they could only find a way to make those drumkits actually fit into a living room, we'd be all set.

[Via Joystiq]

[Clark H. @ Aug 19th 2008 10:30PM]

World Tour has Ozzy too, no?

[cruz @ Aug 19th 2008 10:36PM]

that means that you can play the same game online but in different consola ?

[Lazerface @ Aug 19th 2008 10:35PM]

Be glad they're not real drum kits, they would be even bigger and make a lot more noise/police visits

[Camper @ Aug 19th 2008 10:40PM]

Rock Band 1 -> Compatible with Rock Band 2
Rock Band 2 -> Compatible with GHWT

Rock Band 1 -> Combatible with GHWT?
No. Logic does not apply when there's profit to be made.

[Ben @ Sep 2nd 2008 4:35PM]

Hey, so does this mean that if i buy GHWT with instruments they will work on rock band 2 and possibly 1?

cause i just wanna get the most out of money, and be able to play as many songs as i can.

Thanks

[Rubicon @ Aug 19th 2008 10:44PM]

why is the ninja battling a fellow ninja, shouldnt it be ninja vs pirate?

[tha-don @ Aug 19th 2008 10:53PM]

one is also holding his guitar backwards

[Diego @ Aug 19th 2008 11:45PM]

Yes, its backwards because its Dick Dale in ninja disguise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU0RMV_II8

[chef @ Aug 20th 2008 2:10AM]

There are no fellow ninja, for fellow ninja are not ninja. That is the ninja way of the ninja.










Ninja.

[Bryan T @ Aug 19th 2008 10:46PM]

Go Microsoft?

[Mike @ Aug 20th 2008 3:42AM]

Microsoft are just copying Sony as usual...

[Andrew @ Aug 20th 2008 9:34AM]

@mike the 360 has had cross compatability with these games ever since they came out. the only exception was GH which activision specifically designed not to work with RB controllers. Why do you think it was only PS3 users who were pissed at activision.

[Mad Dick Bones @ Aug 20th 2008 1:12AM]

Nice picture, engadget. I think this one is attached to one out of every five or six posts regarding Guitar Hero-like games across the web.

[Andy Anonymous @ Aug 20th 2008 1:35AM]

Yeah, I thought so. In other words, Sony yesterday was trying to take credit for something that a) they had nothing to do with and b) isn't exclusive to their console.

[Reader @ Aug 20th 2008 1:53AM]

Triple ownage.

[gunther2501 @ Aug 20th 2008 2:07AM]

Electric Dragon 80.000 V

Guitar!!!

[EricLMcCormick @ Aug 20th 2008 8:16AM]

I'm really hoping that these companies will then continue the trend into the PS2/3 and the Wii, specially because I have the Wii!

[Joe @ Aug 20th 2008 8:31PM]

Nintendo: We don't think grandparents and 3-year-olds care about cross-compatability.

[mark @ Oct 13th 2008 1:31PM]

If i buy GHWT with instruments they will work on rock band 2 and 1?

cause i just wanna get the most out of money, and be able to play as many songs as i can.

Thanks:) !