Rhythm game peripheral compatibility made simple

by Majed Athab { Aug 19th 2008 at 9:00AM }

With SCEA bringing word of cross-peripheral compatibility for PS3 rhythm games yesterday, consumers looking for that "one music set to rule them all" seems to be a reality drawing closer. However, making sense of the fickle plastic instruments jungle is still quite a daunting task and knowing where each individual peripheral fits into the mass is still a convoluted process. Making life easier on all of you, Joystiq have provided a simple to read chart which clearly illustrates compatible peripherals across all platforms -- behold the Instrument Compatibility Matrix, version 3.0. Color-coded and accompanied by lots of visuals, hunting for that perfect set to fit your needs couldn't be more convenient.

Tags: activision, guitar-hero-world-tour, harmonix, konami, mtv-games, red-octane, rock-band, rock-revolution

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

pr0fecy @ Aug 19th 2008 9:54AM

This is WRONG. The guitar hero 3 Les Paul IS a work in progress and sony said they are working on having it work with Rock Band 2 (which is what i need). So instead of having NO under that it should have N/A because it is still a work in progress.

James Hammond @ Aug 19th 2008 10:25AM

Agreed.

Ghaleon @ Aug 19th 2008 10:29AM

Do you know WTF "N/A" means?

CPRxChris @ Aug 19th 2008 11:15AM

That's good, because I'm kind of a mess when it comes to this kind of stuff...

I prefer the microphone of SingStar (especially the wireless ones), the drums of GH: WT (from the look of it), and (contrary to what other people like) the Guitar of Rock Band.

Lars @ Aug 19th 2008 5:19PM

That's not contrary. Everyone I know (and myself) say that the RB Strat is way better than the GH guitars. A few people weren't sure about it at first (being used to GH) but after a bit of playing with the RB Strat, they decided it was a big improvement too.

macserv @ Aug 19th 2008 9:33PM

It's not possible for the RB drumset to be fully compatible with GH:WT. It simply has too few pads... it's missing an entire color.

Furthermore, the GH:WT guitar has a touch-sensitive area toward the base of the neck. Any gameplay elements in GH:WT involving this functionality would not be accessible to older instruments... The RB guitars basic on/off solo keys there, and the older GH guitars have nothing.

Long story short; The GH:WT instruments can probably be used to play less feature-rich games, but the relationship is not bi-directional.