Sony Computer Entertainment America has announced that it has managed to ensure basic PS3 music peripheral cross-game compatibility between Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Revolution.

“For the past several months, we have been working closely with Neversoft and Activision, Harmonix and Konami to ensure that PlayStation 3 guitars and drum sets will all feature a basic level of gameplay compatibility,” said Michael Shorrock, SCEA’s director of publisher relations, in a post on the PlayStation Blog.

“For the most part, this means that the titles with musical peripherals will work with the other’s software,” he noted.
 
Rock Band 2’s guitar and drum set will work with Guitar Hero: World Tour and with Rock Revolution, while Rock Revolution’s drum set will work with both Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band 2.

In addition, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band 2 will both support existing SingStar microphones.

The news will be welcomed by fans of the increasingly popular music/rhythm genre who have expressed their unhappiness at being forced to either choose between competing titles, or to fork out for multiple sets of instruments for different games.

“We’re still working hard to ensure compatibility between the Guitar Hero and Rock Band titles currently on the market, and we hope to have an announcement on that shortly,” Shorrock added.