Guitar Hero Unplugged - MS Says No to Wireless Xbox 360 Guitar

Red Octane, publisher of Guitar Hero, says not to hold your breath for a wireless Xbox 360 guitar controller, because the Microsoft wireless technology is “proprietary.” Hopes for wireless 360 thrashing were dashed a little over a month ago after it was discovered that the Xbox 360 guitar was tethered, and following the announcement last week that Red Octane would produce a wireless guitar for the PS2, it seemed only natural that one would show up for the Xbox 360.

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“Well, that’s a Microsoft issue. Their wireless technology is proprietary…so they aren’t allowing 3rd party manufacturers to make anything at the moment…. so until they allow us to do so, we aren’t able to,” said Red Octane’s Bryan Lam.

Interestingly enough, there is no mention of using a USB dongle to provide wireless functionality for the controller. Red Octane used a wireless dongle for the PlayStation 2 version of Guitar Hero so is it unexpected to think that the same couldn’t be done for the Xbox 360?

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