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PlayStation 3 News by Tom Bramwell
Sony has issued a statement to Eurogamer regarding the current lack of songs on the SingStar PS3 SingStore, promising new content on 18th January and more to follow in early February.
"SingStar fans have been asking when the SingStore will be populated with more songs," the statement reads. "Our original vision, as outlined in early preview coverage of SingStar, was to have more than 350 songs available on the SingStore. We are working hard to increase the volume of content as quickly as possible.
"Eighteen new tracks will be live in the SingStore from 18th January (15 English and 3 Spanish tracks) including songs from KT Tunstall, David Bowie and Blur. This will be followed by an update the week of 4th February, including tracks from The Editors and MC Hammer, and we will be updating the SingStore with new content twice monthly thereafter. Thanks for your ongoing support."
The statement comes partly in response to a petition to Sony complaining about network outages, a lack of updates, "false advertising" (namely the "hundreds of songs available to download" image on the in-game interface), and a "lack of community news".
We've asked for comment specifically on the network issues, but we're still waiting on that.
Readers have also reported to us that their plaintive attempts to catch Sony's attention using uploaded video pleas have been ignored, with the videos deleted.
For more on SingStar PS3, which - but for the above issues - is a splendid package in many ways, check out our SingStar PS3 gamepage.
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JediMasterMalik
17/01/08 @ 16:44
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Excellent stuff, wasn't expecting a response. 18 new tracks tomorrow is a good start, I want at least weekly updates though.
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DonnieDarko333
17/01/08 @ 16:56
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Superb! Please be a selection of American and European artists though and more up-to-date songs.
Twice monthly with around 18-20 songs each update is ok by me, thats 36+ songs per month. I don't wanna be spending £50 per month on new songs, so i suppose thats a good amount. So i suppose the update will follow a pattern: Jan 18th Feb 8th Feb 29th etc..etc.. |
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BadBoyBonner
17/01/08 @ 17:02
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So all this extra storage on Blu-Ray has allowed Sony to squeeze on thousands of tracks on to the PS3 version of Singstar......hang on a minute!
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JediMasterMalik
17/01/08 @ 17:03
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@MBar - You get an lol out of me, well done.
Also, as much as I wouldn't want anyone seeing me singing KT Tunstall, I do quite like some of her songs. :(
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monkie_king
17/01/08 @ 17:04
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A petition? That's crazy. Whatever happened to the old-fashioned approach of just launching a $5m lawsuit?
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BadBoyBonner
17/01/08 @ 17:09
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JediMasterMalik - perhaps you wouldn't mind people SEEING you sing the songs? ;-)
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LeeroyJenkins
17/01/08 @ 17:39
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About time... but only 15 English songs??? Disappointing still in my opinion.
It really needs to be weekly too. Sony need to follow up this statement with another thats a bit more substantial and has more of whats going on behind the scenes. We need to know why there aren't the 300 songs promised at launch, not just 'we will add 18 more this week and more in the future'. We want all our questions answered. It's not good enough. Sony need to learn from MS about how to deal with the community. |
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optimusprym8
17/01/08 @ 17:45
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"Sony need to learn from MS about how to deal with the community."
what, sorry we can't say anything as we're being sued? :P |
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JediMasterMalik
17/01/08 @ 17:53
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Yes, and there are no new mics, they are the old mics. The wireless mics aren't out yet.
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DonnieDarko333
17/01/08 @ 18:31
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See i would agree with weekly updates, but like i said before...what if you wanted 50 songs in one month?! Thats £50!
Unless you obviously wait to buy them...but then you'll never be on top of the releases as more will keep coming in! |
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LeeroyJenkins
17/01/08 @ 19:56
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"what, sorry we can't say anything as we're being sued? :P"
There's a BIG difference between not being able to talk due to LEGAL reasons, and just not saying anything for a month for no apparent reason. Because a Major Nelson style blog is the sort of thing that Sony needs desperately - to be able to talk to the PS3 community like human beings, rather than giving us rare PR-laden statements. |
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designerheadache
17/01/08 @ 20:31
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@JediMasterMalik
sorry your wrong, the mics with the PS3 Singstar are new, they are a far higher quality and build than the ps2 mics, but yes no wireless option yet which is sorley needed! |
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JediMasterMalik
17/01/08 @ 21:21
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The mics look exactly the same to me. I got the bollwood bundle when it came out recently and the mics look identical, maybe they updated all of them recently.
@BBB - I like to think of myself as a decent singer actually. ;) |
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kangarootoo
17/01/08 @ 23:10
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@designerheadache
The PS2 mics DO work with the PS3 version of SingStar. The new mics may be nicer looking, better build, quality, insert other speculation here. But technically, they are the same. |
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kangarootoo
17/01/08 @ 23:21
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This is utterly unrelated, but this thread is new and has a fair few posts so I figure people are still reading it.
If anyone is interested, I have a code for a 90 day trial of lovefilm.com, whom I use for game and film rental. I'm pretty sure its not number limited, so here it is for anyone who wants it. Don't say I never give you anything (unless it doesn't work, in which case you can say that). Go here, http://www.lovefilm.com/freegift And enter this code: XMLF717 It expires 31/05/08 so you've got ages. You can get a posh package for the 3 months and then downgrade it if you decide you want to stick with it but not pay so much. I started with a 90 day trial too, so lets just call this karma :) EG, if this somehow counts as advertising and is not allowed and so on, I totally apologise. I don't work for lovefilm or anything, I'm honestly just spreading the rental love (oh God, ABSOLUTELY no pun intended). Edit: cocked up writing the code. Good job I checked. It should be correct now. (checks 3 more times).
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JediMasterMalik
17/01/08 @ 23:40
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LoveFilm are really rather great, they keep sending my many months of free time after I only was with them for a month. :D
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"but yes no wireless option yet which is sorley needed!"
That should be priority no. 1: no wireless mics is no purchase. Don't want to splash out for wired ones and then spend extra cash on wireless mics a few months later. IMO they should have waited with the release until the complete package was ready (a bit like with the rushed PS3 itself. It's a great machine but it could have been sooooo much better). |
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Eighthours
18/01/08 @ 09:16
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It's pretty baffling how Sony delayed the release of Singstar for so long, yet still didn't have the Singstore working as it should.
Oh, and it's "Editors". Not "The Editors". Common mistake, but you'd think that in music announcements the PR bods would get it right! |
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mrtrevelyan
18/01/08 @ 12:15
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It would be nice to have the option to upload your tracks off the previous Singstar games for the PS2 onto the PS3 HDD, or at least be able to run the PS2 singstar tracks off the PS2 discs straight from the PS3 Singstar front end.
Surely the above options wouldn't be too much of a problem for 60G PS3s (with its built-in hardware compatability) - but perhaps a more all-embracing method (to include the 40G PS3 models) would be a downloadable software emulator patch which allows one to rip the PS2 singstar songs off the discs and onto the PS3? Sadly the cynic in me thinks this would cost the developers too much money and time to create when they can simply drip feed the old PS2 tracks onto Singstore (indeed, this seems to be what they're doing...) |
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"a downloadable software emulator patch which allows one to rip the PS2 singstar songs off the discs and onto the PS3?"
Problem is, the PS2 disks only contain SD video's. Sony would never allow you to use that stuff because if you'd show if off to your friends on your HDTV they might think the game stinks. A better option would be to allow people that own the PS2 versions, to download the tracks on those CDs from the network in the max. resolution your TV supports. |
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"Kangarootoo, I hope you and everyone else who abuses messaging boards to hawk their shitty little "get a PS3" deals gets run over by cancer. And I also hope all of your surviving relatives' children have really small dicks. Including the girls."
Hurrah for civilization! Don't see why you're so bothered though. He's not advertising the PS3, though that would probably be a far better investment of your money than renting movies. |
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It's just one of those offers/scams where if you get other people to sign up for trials of things, the spammer can get a free console/iphone or whatever bauble it takes to create a freaking adbot army. There are ads at the side of the page so we can have informed reviews and features. There's no benefit to us having people like him around.
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mrtrevelyan
19/01/08 @ 12:31
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Hi Les - yes: that would be a good idea too. I've noticed however that most of the Singstore music videos are in SD format also (well, as I have a retro low-def TV I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference between SD and HD anyway - I've actually noticed that Singstore lists most of their purchasable music video/songs as "SD").
Regardless - I don't see Sony implementing either your or my idea as there's money to be made (for Sony) to re-sell the previous songs individually (or as a pack) on Singstore. |
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tonynibbles
20/01/08 @ 16:44
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I think it comes down to licensing issues.
When you purchased your PS3 SingStar game, every track on that disc was licensed for distribution and use on a PlayStation 2 system with that current gen of game. The rights simply would not allow those tracks to be compatable on a brand new version of the game franchise - which incorporates video and audio uploading of that song, with people singing over the top of the original - its a completely different licensing area. And in fairness, anyone who bought a copy of their PS2 SingStar game 2/3/4/5 years ago would not have purchased it under the pretense that the game would be compatable with a new generation of the franchise developed especially for PlayStation 3. I don't have any problem with the PS2 games not being compatable with a brand new version of the game. All the PS2 games are compatable with each other - that's good enough as it is. |
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@Zomoniac: Create a user with your PSN ID on your GF's machine and you should be able to redownload songs you purchased at no cost. There's no option to copy installed game data across machines.
@Les: There currently aren't any songs with HD video anyway (it was quite telling when even the disc didn't contain any HD clips even though the packaging touted it as a feature). |
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lachiendupape
23/01/08 @ 11:38
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i know it's been torrid wait for decent updates but am I alone in my joy that i will be able to don my baloon pants and get the rap meter humming with my smooth lyrical flow? STOP..............Hammer time
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