MTV Multiplayer writes: "Most karaoke is probably best left forgotten, but that's not "SingStar"'s philosophy. Sony wants you to remember your performance and share it.
Sony has clearly gone to great lengths to develop a proprietary YouTube-like service for the PlayStation 3 debut of the "SingStar" franchise. The depth of the community features is phenomenal and sometimes more fun than "SingStar" itself.
I can't help but feel these features are stuck in the wrong game - "Guitar Hero," "Rock Band," are you listening? - but that doesn't make them any less impressive.
In order to take full advantage of what "SingStar" has to offer, you not only need the "SingStar"-branded mic (unfortunately, your "Rock Band" microphone won't work, nor will any other USB or Bluetooth-based mic) and a PlayStation Eye. The latter allows you to make a virtual record of looking and sounding like a fool."
IGN India says: “ Interior Night’s Charu Desodt on bringing Singstar to life on the PS2, winning a BAFTA, and upcoming Xbox Series X|S and PC game, As Dusk Falls.”
This may come as a bit of a shock to Americans, since it never really took hold in the US, but Singstar was one of the most important series ever released on a Sony console. And in January 2020, after 15 years of PlayStation karaoke, it’s finally going to be shuffled off the stage.
This game could live on as a VR game. Karaoke as different created characters or franchise characters from other games. Sing as Kratos or Nathan Drake or Parappa the Rapper, etc and post to social media if you're into that internet thing. Would be funny. And interesting if you had individuals who could really sing. Alloy becomes a virtual singing idol.
Sounds crazy but it's creative for VR. And you could use Dreams to create your backgrounds and music videos. I don't really sing but don't think they should give up on Singstar.
So if you invested potentially hundreds of dollars in the game with DLC songs, will all of it continue to work or are you just SOL now?
I loved SingStar but it hasn't been supported most of this gen. It had a half-hearted revival with a couple of discs but very little of the PS3 library transitioned across. I will probably keep my PS3 just for SingStar when PS5 comes out.
SingStar was huge in the US. Where did the idea that it wasn't popular in the US come from? It wasn't a hardcore game, so the hardcore gaming community never really noticed it much, but the game was a huge money maker for Sony.
Sony is shutting down online servers for SingStar and Driveclub in early 2020.
Extremely disappointing how Sony has treated one of its best exclusives this generation. Love Driveclub. Such a shame it never received the love, attention and respect it deserved from Sony, post-launch.
everyone can make mistakes and definitely Sony made one by letting to die Driveclub, if you didn't know is still best looking racing game out-there , not only looks heavenly stunning but plays awesome as well, not sure how hard affected Sony to take such decision but for what we know is a very bad decision taken.
I can only agree with Yi-Long and masterfox...Sony just made a HUGE blunder with no doubt.
I adore DriveClub and I've been playing It a lot the last couple months. I even just got Platinum in both DriveClub and DriveClub bikes this week. But the multiplayer in both is absolutely baron. There's no matches on either to play online. You need to arrange online meet ups
for My Nieces yeah thats who I'm getting it for lol
I still think Sony should be using the SingStar community interface and features for the entire PSN network.
It would undoubtedly outshine Live by miles.
This game is indeed far more fun than it has any right to be! Alcohol is mandatory!! :)
In particular the Social networking functions and connectivity are are exceptionally well realized and definitely propel this title into 'next gen' territory. If only other titles like Rock band would have taken such an approach... we can only hope that other titles will follow where this one has led.
interesting feature. i have this game, and it makes a lot of fun! especially on parties!
I'm not the biggest Rock Band or Guitar Hero fan but features like the ones in Singstar would easily make these games unmatched and would only add to the cult like following.
-Black-