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Lips microphone won't be compatible with Rock Band or Guitar Hero at launch photo

As evidenced by the all-too-confusing Rock Band /Guitar Hero peripheral compatibility debacle, gamers loathe being forced to own multiple sets of plastic instruments when they shouldn't need to.

Speaking with Lips creator Keiichi Yano, MTV Multiplayer found out that the karaoke game's mic will not be compatible with Guitar Hero or Rock Band, at least initially.

Why, you ask? The Lips microphone is wireless and contains an accelerometer, which is apparently reason enough for it to not function with those other titles out of the box.

Yano says that a patch from both Harmonix and Neversoft could remedy the situation, though. As a cheap bastard who doesn't own a Rock Band mic and kind of wants to get Lips, I would greatly appreciate the gesture, guys.

It can't be that hard to whip up a quick patch, can it?


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cannonball's Avatar
cannonball at 11/13/2008 22:45
But will the microphone for RB/GH work on Lips?
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 11/13/2008 22:48
Wait, why do THEY have to make a patch? Wouldn't the patch have to be for the Lips game? I'd think the Lips developers would be the ones to have make the patch, and it'd be the others who would have to allow them to do so. That was the deal when Activision was blocking Harmonix from released a patch for GH3 Guitar compat for PS3 anyways...
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 11/13/2008 22:49
Oh lawl, I'm reading backwards. Yeah, I was thinking the GH/RB mics wouldn't work with this. Which is a valid question.

Also not sure why you would need this mic to work with their games?
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 11/13/2008 22:53
I don't get it. Why would the added functionality of an accelerometer which has no part in RB/GH affect the microphone functionality?
Muddy Waterz's Avatar
Muddy Waterz at 11/13/2008 22:55
What the hell is Lips?
The-Excel's Avatar
The-Excel at 11/13/2008 22:59
And just why pray tell does the microphone need an accelerometer in the first place?
Electro Lemon's Avatar
Electro Lemon at 11/13/2008 23:26
I hope the RB microphone works with Lips, because I'm kind of looking forward to this game.
BluDesign's Avatar
BluDesign at 11/14/2008 00:16
@excel

To monitor and track your movements back to Microsoft.

And to reprogram your mind.
Fogo's Avatar
Fogo at 11/14/2008 00:48
Weird how the thing needs a patch to work with RB/GH. I mean isn't the thing using Microsoft's proprietary wireless tech to connect to the 360. It's the main reason why the Les Paul guitar worked with Rock Band on the 360 but not the PS3.
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Holyetheline at 11/14/2008 11:18
dude my rock band mic broke the other week, it sucked! =(
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