Even though the controllers ofGuitar HeroandRock Bandlook similar, they’re not exactly interchangable. AsNick pointed out earlier, the Xbox 360Guitar Hero IIIguitar will work withRock Band, but the PS3GHIIIguitar will not. It’s worse in reverse: theRock Bandguitars do not work at all withGuitar Hero III.
WhileRock Banddeveloper Harmonix seems to be open to cross compatibility,Guitar Hero IIIpublisher Red Octane would rather not bother with the competitor’s peripherals.
“I don’t think we’re too interested in having their guitars work on our game, because they’re having a lot of issues with their guitars,” said Red Octane’s Charles Huang to1UP. “From our standpoint, to be quite honest, if you know a competitor’s product has issues, there’s not a whole lot of motivation to make these problematic controllers work with your game. Why would you want to cause yourself the headache?”
Huang’s “problematic controllers” remark references reports ofRock Bandguitars breakingafter little use.
