Basic Fun Launches Guitar Hero Carabiner at Toy Fair 2008, 2008-02-17 – 2008-02-20, Booth #1633". Yahoo!. 2008-02-13. Archived from the original on 2008-09-05 . Retrieved 2008-03-11. a b Simons, Iain (2007-12-05). "Book Excerpt: Inside Game Design: Harmonix Music Systems". Gamasutra . Retrieved 2008-07-24. Xbox One: Requires a generic Xbox One controller receiver and additional software. Please see the Xbox One Wireless Receiver entry in Receivers and Dongles for more information.

The core gameplay of the Guitar Hero games is a rhythm video game similar to Konami's Guitar Freaks [39] and to a lesser extent Harmonix's previous music games such as Frequency and Amplitude. The guitar controller is recommended for play, although a standard console controller can be used instead. [98] [99] However, the guitar controller has been required for play ever since the inclusion of drum and vocal parts in the series. The game supports toggling the handedness of the guitar, allowing both left-handed and right-handed players to utilize the guitar controller. [98] [99]

Guttridge, Luke (2009-06-02). "Guitar Hero 5 Preview". Play.tm. Archived from the original on 2012-03-12 . Retrieved 2009-09-05. a b "Guitar Hero Smash Hits Review (Xbox 360)". Team Xbox. 2009-06-17. Archived from the original on 2009-06-22 . Retrieved 2009-06-30. This is something I just found out about and that I've never seen mentioned anywhere other than very obscure places. Basically, if you have any of the later xbox models (manufactured on or after August 17, 2011), the audio will always get desynced during songs, and there's no way to fix it. This is apparently because Microsoft updated the audio chip on the console which these rhythm games weren't designed for, which causes this desync issue. Xbox 360: Requires a generic Xbox 360 controller receiver, please see the Xbox 360 entry in Receivers and Dongles for more information. PS3/PC: Requires a unique wireless receiver. The PS3/PC World Tour and Guitar Hero 5 receivers look identical but are NOT interchangeable. Please see the guitar's Receivers and Dongles entry for more information.

Helgeson, Matt (2009-09-01). "Guitar Hero 5". Game Informer. Archived from the original on 2009-11-09 . Retrieved 2009-09-02. Carless, Simon. "Exclusive: Exploring Guitar Hero III 's Patent Secrets" . Retrieved 1 January 2017.Making the controller work on PS3". guitarherogame.com forums. Archived from the original on 2007-07-01 . Retrieved 2008-04-01. That means they are not compatible with PC or computers. So, you might be struggling to use those Xbox 360 Guitar Hero controllers with your PC. And you want to know if there is a way to use them with the PC. Before we go, you can read our post about How to Connect PS3 Controller without USB. Anyways, if you have liked this post, you can share this with others.