Nintendo Wii Fanboy

The headline is deceiving. Activision is blocking the RB guitar, not the other way 'round. Harmonix have always said they believe it's best for the consumers and the companies if all peripherals are compatible, whereas Activision keeps saying the opposite.

But I don't really care. Anyone actually buying Guitar Hero anymore? It's so watered down and just a dump of a handful of songs with slight gameplay tweaks for $60. Activision says they plan to release 30 versions of Guitar Hero within the next year... ugh.

Back when Harmonix made the first Guitar Hero it was fresh new and exciting, but now that it's in Activision's hands it's just a blatant attempt at sucking wallets dry with no real inspiration fueling the series.

They should if they want me to buy it. I'm not going to buy another plastic guitar.

I was mildly tempted to buy GH3 until I heard that the RB strat doesn't work in it. So they should allow it if they want my $$.

No it is not silly. In fact, it is to both of their benefit to allow compatibility. Instead of half the people getting one game, most of the people would get both. And the customer doesn't get screwed- which also increases sales.

Except that they both want to sell you more plastic toys, so why would they create a situation where you can just use a competitors garbage instead?

I havent tried but I dont see how it would, I dont think RB maps the wiimote buttons to the colors.

I'll have to give it a try tonight, but I dont see anyway it'd work.

It'd sure be killer if it did work though the RB guitar is crap, the strum bar is way too soft, it needs to click.