Should You Buy Rocksmith? No.

Today marks the release of Ubisoft’s Rocksmith, a music game that may seem a bit on the late end of the Great Music Game Craze of 2009. All the same, it comes with a tantalising promise: it allows players to plug a real guitar into their game console via a 1/4 inch-to-USB cable and play real notes along with the game.
This is an important step away from the plastic instruments of Rock Band — even the Fender “pro guitar” that was sold with Rock Band 3 used a MIDI output and not an analogue output. The ability to plug one’s own guitar into a PS3 or 360 to learn songs sounds pretty cool. But what do our guts say? It’s Gut Check time!