So, we know that Guitar Hero 5 has—for a price—backward compatibility with existing song catalogues. But does it enable frontward compatibility in previous titles?
Answer: No. The DLC you’ll get in Guitar Hero 5 is not usable in Guitar Hero: World Tour, according to Destructoid, and it’s not a big surprise why. They’re two different games.
An Activision rep told D’toid that “advancements and innovations” in Guitar Hero 5 make playing its DLC on previous versions a no-go. These features include vocal star power and and advanced drumming mode.
Bringing your existing DLC up to Guitar Hero 5 is possible through an export/import mechanism, but again, for a price, which Activision has not revealed. Also, it’s applicable only to 152 of the 158 songs in the World Tour and Smash Hits catalogue, and no one knows which songs are the blacklisted six.
Guitar Hero 5 DLC Won’t be Compatible with Guitar Hero World [Destructoid]
Ben Latimore
Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 1:56 PMThese features include vocal star power AND AND advanced drumming mode.
Am I the only one who noticed this? It should be AND AN.
Goraxium
Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 6:49 PMChances are they’ll fix that, and you’ll be left looking a little foolish.
In any case, my only question would be if they plan on charging people twice for the exact same DLC. Seems like the route they’re taking at the moment…