Poor PS3 owners. They’ve been waiting for a compatibility patch that would allow them to use their Guitar Hero III guitars with Rock Band, but the patch just doesn’t seem to be coming. The reason? According to Harmonix, the patch is ready to go, but Activision has kept it from being delayed.

“Two weeks ago, Harmonix created a software patch for the Sony PLAYSTATION 3 version of Rock Band that allowed for guitar compatibility and support for third party peripherals, including enabling use of Activision's Guitar Hero III controller with Rock Band. The compatibility patch was submitted, approved and had been scheduled for release by Sony on Tuesday, December 4. Unfortunately, Activision objected to the release of the compatibility patch. The patch remains with Sony, but we have been told that it will unfortunately not be released due to Activision's continued objection.”

That’s the story from Harmonix, and it’s really a shame. All joking and PS3-bashing aside, it seems really unfair that 360 owners can use their GHIII guitars with Rock Band and PS3 owners can’t. If this is indeed the whole story than it seems that Activision is just being bitter and petty. Instead of trying to stop people from playing Rock Band by force, perhaps they should allow the presence of competition to inspire them to make the next Guitar Hero installment something completely revolutionary.

 

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