Logitech to do Guitar Hero 4 instruments

By Robert Purchese Published 4 August, 2008

Activision green-lights third-party gear.

Logitech, which makes steering wheels and keyboards and mice, will now make "premium instruments" for Guitar Hero World Tour.

Support will be offered for all platforms - 360, PS3, PS2, Wii - and the first creations will be available alongside the game this autumn.

"With Logitech, we know we have found the right partner who can deliver top-quality premium hardware that consumers have come to expect from Guitar Hero," said RedOctane bigwig Charles Huang.

We certainly look forward to having a choice.

Head over to our Guitar Hero World Tour preview to how the game is shaping up.

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Comments (16) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • paulf #1 4 years ago

    when you say support will be offered for all platforms, do you mean one instrument will work on all the consoles ?

  • tomwhitaker #2 4 years ago

    Where do they keep getting these revolutionary ideas?!

  • Tricky #3 4 years ago

    One instrument on all consoles?! None of the manufacturers are going to give the thumbs up to that. You definitely wouldn't be able to get your product licensed for 360 (a pre-requisite of actually selling them!) if it also supported PS3.

  • rob76 #4 4 years ago

    Let's hope they don't break down as quickly as logitech mice and keyboards.

  • paulf #5 4 years ago

    thats what i thought tricky, hence asking for clarification on what 'support for all platforms' does actually mean

  • kangarootoo #6 4 years ago

    I think we need to all be rather cautious about making cross platform support assumptions. To my eyes, the article just says they are going to make peripherals for all platforms.

    That said,
    "None of the manufacturers are going to give the thumbs up to that. You definitely wouldn't be able to get your product licensed for 360 (a pre-requisite of actually selling them!) if it also supported PS3"

    I think the only issue would come into play with the various PS and XB buttons needed on the peripheral. The vendors probably wouldn't be happy with their competitors logo appearing next to their own. If there were no technical submission rule forbidding that, I'm not sure they would really care that much. The things that seem like outrageous heresy to a handful of fanboys don't really bother serious businesses.

    The main reason I can think of that we wouldn't see sucha peripheral is it would push the price up and have a small market. I mean how many people out there would actually spend extra to buy a controller that worked within one specific game on two different consoles? We are talking about a market who have essentially bought the same game twice. I would dispute such a market exists in any size worth inventing in.

  • PodlingJuice #7 4 years ago

    I f'ing hate it when stuff like this happens. I just know I'll end up buying the worse / cheaper version and regretting it.

    My place can only house so many plastic instruments! Ghaa! Gaming is supposed to be simple. I can't be arsed with choice, dammit!

    Baaa, baaaaaa.........

  • oupe #8 4 years ago

    @rob76

    I call BS. Logitech makes great hardware and had good customer support in the past.

  • Kill_Crazy #9 4 years ago

    ^^^
    +1

    never had any problems with Logitech over the years.

  • tomwhitaker #10 4 years ago

    Only had one problem with a Logitech product before - the mouse in my wireless keyboard and mouse set died after just under three years. They sent me a new mouse AND keyboard free of charge.

  • Tricky #11 4 years ago

    @kangarootoo, I work for a company that makes peripherals, including for 360; there's no way you'd get the product through MS's license program if it had support for PS3 ;-)

  • MBar #12 4 years ago

    My Logitech mouse is still working after about four years of MMOs and MANY trips from my desk to the floor.

    Who said it would be one instrument for all consoles? It says they'll support, i.e. make, instruments for all the consoles surely?

  • rob76 #13 4 years ago

    @oes!

    2 keyboards out of 3 and 1 mouse out of 2 (1 of them after 1 month)

    not a statistic to make me a BSter...unlucky maybe??

  • kangarootoo #14 4 years ago

    @Tricky

    That is disappointing to hear. You would hope they wouldn't be so purile about these things.

    I also call shenanigans on suggestions that Logitech make tatty equipment. There will always be failures, the odd anecdote doesn't really count for much. Generally speaking their stuff is pretty good.

  • Jamiesan #15 4 years ago

    Doesn't the U in USB stand for Universal...? I have a hard time seeing many stores saving space for four large-ish boxes with essentially the same gear for different consoles when at least 3 of those consoles have USB slots (dont know if the Wii has USB..)

  • TASTYRYAN #16 4 years ago

    Wow about time, the recent guitars suck like hell. Can't stand the sound of the tapping button. Click, clack clik CLAK!!