Guitar Hero Embraces Rock Band Instruments, My Wallet Rejoices

If there’s anything I actually dislike about Rock Band and Guitar Hero, it’s that their instruments aren’t completely compatible with each other; Rock Band guitars don’t work in Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero guitars don’t work with Rock Band on certain platforms, et cetera; it’s a huge mess, and in the end, it’s the consumer who loses.

So I tip my hat to Neversoft— developers of Guitar Hero: World Tour— for doing the right thing and adding complete Rock Band instrument support to the game:

Such a move might seem surprising to those who observed previous compatibility battles between the Rock Band and Guitar Hero camps. [Brian] Bright [Neversoft director] has no hard feelings, though. “Look, it’s ridiculous to expect people to have two, three drum sets,” he pronounced emphatically.

No kidding.