Buying karaoke tracks and watching people has never been easier than with the upcoming SingStar Viewer application for the PlayStation 3.
Available for free from the PlayStation Store, the SingStar Viewer is a standalone app that will allow you to do a slew of things only once possible from a SingStar disc. You'll be able to purchase music, as well as watch (and rate) clips of other singers' performances, as well as upload your own.
Once installed, the app will show up on your XMB under "Games," and can be accessed without the SingStar disc. Previously, SingStar owners had a bond -- only they could watch others embarassing themselves in front of a TV singing Robbie Williams songs. No longer -- now anyone can laugh at you.
The SingStar Viewer has only been announced for Europe -- where SingStar is some kind of religion -- as "coming very soon." However, it would be silly for Sony not to bring it to other territories; we'll check in with Sony for confirmation.
[Update: SCEA confirms that the Viewer is coming to North America, though they still have not set a date for release.]
Why are all music games not already a free download with paid DLC for the songs? But this business of letting you do everything except play the actual game without the disc is kind of annoying.
n0brein: SingStar is a much better karaoke game than Rock Band. Though surprisingly I find Rock Band to be a much better plastic instrument game/drum simulator. Sony should work out a deal with Harmonix to make the PS3 versions of Rock Band have better vocal support exclusively.
Maybe then we could FINALLY get LEGO ELO: Rock Band featuring SingStar!
Publishers charge for peripherals and tracks... there is no need to charge for a disk witha few songs on or new UI. They could offer large song packs if people still want these large scale upgrade.
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10:40 AM on 12.15.2009
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Well I guess I need to download some songs I actually know first. And learn how to sing. That may be important.
ps: the first sentence sounds like straight off the press release ;) no offense though :)
n0brein: SingStar is a much better karaoke game than Rock Band. Though surprisingly I find Rock Band to be a much better plastic instrument game/drum simulator. Sony should work out a deal with Harmonix to make the PS3 versions of Rock Band have better vocal support exclusively.
Maybe then we could FINALLY get LEGO ELO: Rock Band featuring SingStar!
I can see this being the future of music games.
Publishers charge for peripherals and tracks... there is no need to charge for a disk witha few songs on or new UI. They could offer large song packs if people still want these large scale upgrade.
I'm good with this.