Singstar devs respond to complaints
by Jem Alexander 
{ Jan 17th 2008 at 10:00PM }
On the 18th (that's tomorrow - or today, by the time you're reading this) another 18 songs will be added to the store. Artists include David Bowie, Blur and KT Tunstall. Does this bring the total anywhere near the 350+ that was promised for launch? No, it doesn't. Then how about the update after that? During the week of February 4th (hmmm, that's three weeks away) there will be another update, but they don't say with how many songs. After that the store will be updated twice monthly.
We wonder how long it will take to reach that magic figure of 350 songs that was promised. These 18 new songs coming tomorrow are certainly a start, but we're still not very impressed.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Broken Haiku @ Jan 17th 2008 11:31PM
I'm going to get this once they shape up. Not worth it currently.
Haiddasalami @ Jan 18th 2008 1:28AM
You go get them! I am still waiting for a video review!
Wayne @ Jan 18th 2008 3:51AM
My wife is dissappointed by the lack of songs on the Singstore. Sony I'd just like to say, we are waiting to give you our money.
nahworry @ Jan 18th 2008 9:12AM
I just come back from checking out the Singstore. The update is live, but my, what a sh*tload of crap is this? Sony takes four weeks off, and then all they have to offer is a measly eighteen songs, all of which will surely fail to ignite the users' enthusiasm? What a wasted opportunity!
Most of this update is C grade stuff (why on earth, out of all of David Bowie's back catalog, did they have to choose 'Life on Mars'? Why 'Avalon' by Roxy Music? Who is this KT Uninstall anyway? Who needs that Spanish crappy metal stuff?), and I don't really understand why Sony or the developers are not capable of AT LEAST putting all the material from the various Singstar PS2 editions online, NOW. There can't be any licensing issues for those, and the videos and lyrics of those are already processed and ready to go.
Sony really seems to be ignorant of how much revenue they are letting pass by by this strange upload policy. Next update is due February 6th (or so it says on the Singstore). Make that sooner, and make it a massive one!
jtedesco33 @ Jan 18th 2008 8:57AM
Yet again Sony promising and having nothing to show for it. This is why I don't get excited about all the things they say are coming down the pipeline. Factor this in with all of the delays of Home which I am in beta for and it sucks along with other games, that are sposed to set the world on fire.
You guys need to stop talking and start delivering
The_Fireball @ Jan 18th 2008 9:49AM
I totally agree, where the hell are the PS2 tracks? And where is Daft Punk? I saw a Video on the SingstarTV feature of some French dude singing a DP tune. Is that on their disk, cause it aint on their store or the UK one? Sort it all out Sony, please!
elephant_stone @ Jan 18th 2008 10:13AM
Would'nt Daft Punk be a little....easy, and.....repetative (dont get me wrong, I love 'em)?
Anyway...yeah, sh*t update! Where's MC Hammer?!
Popfrogs @ Jan 18th 2008 11:09AM
LOL @ the idea of "singing" a Daft Punk song. That's like singing Firestarter by Prodigy.
jtedesco33 @ Jan 18th 2008 10:18AM
Crappy promises that can't be fulfilled are the reason that Sony got completely dominated in the December NPD charts, selling only 797.6K PS3's. How are you ever going to beat out the 360 which sold 1.26 million or the Wii which sold 1.35 million if you can't even give us 350 music tracks you promised.
chris.westermann @ Jan 18th 2008 10:42AM
Again this is a disturbing trend that is starting that you pay full price for a game, and then get bled dry buying upmteen micro-expansions at $1.99 each until the actual game cost balloons to over $200. These types of games should be free, or a nominal fee for download or purchase, and then they can feel free to charge for micro-updates. A full price game without any content should be called out and Sony should admonish this practice (and refuse/revoke licensing to repeate offenders). All these music/guitar/beat games can stuff it as I refuse to buy content on a one or two song basis in order to play the game I paid full price for.
Popfrogs @ Jan 18th 2008 11:11AM
The solution: don't buy games that will be expanded (Singstar, Motorstorm, Warhawk, Oblivion, etc. etc.).
dezel1455 @ Jan 18th 2008 11:04AM
singstar is a great game but needs to do somthing special 2 make it better than the PS2 versions. the Singstore offers alot of great ideas but they need 2 pull out there finger 2 please the crowds. PS i hope they dont keep releseing the old songs we have on ps2 already.