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Guitar Hero 5 DLC Incompatible With World Tour

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]

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  • Ben Latimore

    These features include vocal star power AND AND advanced drumming mode.

    Am I the only one who noticed this? It should be AND AN.

    • Goraxium

      Chances 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…

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