SingStar Online Battle Mode Unleashed!

Will there be any more add on trophies for singstar at any point???

also will Dance and Guitar have trophy lists?

I’ve got to be honest I’m a big Singstar fan but the new addons don’t interest me at all. Singstar is all about singing dancing games are for dancing and guitar games are for guitars. There are very few songs where I can see all three being warrented.

Guitar Hero is a guitar game it doesn’t offer singing.
Rock Band is a band and singing game it doesn’t offer dancing.
Dance Dance Revolution is a dancing game it doesn’t offering singing or guitar.

I feel Singstar is getting away from its comfort zone and adding adds on for the sake of Playstation Move.

Singstar developers should be taking more time to improve on the current product. Further enhancing online capabilities, song libraries and enhancing singing systems (rap scoring is still rubbish!).

The only feature Singstar REALLY needs is to be able to dump all the songs from the Singstar discs you already own on to the hard drive. Swapping discs all the time is a pain when people want to sing different songs.

I understand there is licensing issues, etc. but can’t there be some sort of check when you start up Singstar? Something like inserting all your other Singstar discs at the beginning as a security check before you are allowed to use one of the discs songs from the hard drive? I hope that makes sense.

Will i have to buy Singstar Dance & Singstar guitar to play converted exisitng songs or will i be able to patch my existing singstar game?

@SyncroUK I’m 100% with you on that issue.

Another way to ensure you own the discs is to send the disc or their serial number back to Sony and then Sony should make them available for download to you. You should verify your Identity with a one time code.

I’m against the fact that we have to pay an upgrade fee for songs we have already purchased. Guitar Hero and Rock Band have added features to their games and they didn’t ask for an upgrade fee. Please reconsider this as it’s unfair to all us loyal fans of the game.

The PSP feature is my favourite.

Well done.

Will you add a feature in the future for up to 4 Mics players on singstar?

I have to agree with syncroUk ,address the content issues before adding gimmicks.

would had been even more awesome if you could battle against people wich are NOT on you’re friends list aswell!, I hope you can make that happend!, amkeing it even more social

“You will be able to upgrade your existing SingStore songs to be compatible with both titles for less than the cost of a full song”

Is this a one off fee/download for all the SingStore tracks we have purchased or is this a per track basis purchase?
I.E. I have Lady Gaga Bad Romance and Snow Patrol Chasing Cars
2 songs that came into my head first don’t mention how Chasing Cars wouldnt necessarily work well with Dance lol)
Will I have too pay a fee for both tracks or just a one time only fee?

“We will be rolling out song upgrades in our regular SingStore updates”
Does this mean old SingStore tracks will be used as Filler for smaller updates making them look bigger than they actually are? Basically will it hinder getting more NEW Tracks on the Store? Or will they be treated as seperate updates within the same Brand Update, like Both come out on Weds Both on Store same time etc but one lists the Upgraded songs, and one lists the real new additions.

Thanks in advance.

I agree with mJ_mSv – I would like it so you can play with anyone worldwide versus being limited to people on your friends list. I don’t have any friends with singstar therefore I now really can’t use this online battle feature.

If anyone wants to add me feel free as i’m online fairly often and have tons of downloaded tracks – i’m dying to give it a whirl!

Thanks Chris for answering those.

I’m gonna reserve judgement on having to pay for Dance/Guitar “Upgrades” until the price of “Upgrading” Tracks I already have is given.
Could be a Good “Meh thats not too bad” or a bad “OMG HOW MUCH?!?!” lol. So I’m gonna wait til London Studios is ready to divulge this info

And I’m glad to hear it wont hinder Regular SingStore updates

Ok wait and see i mean will there be more addon for trophies as thats where it adds to people buying dlc i think.As i have sold my singstar games part from vol.3 because i love billie Jean need more MJ whats chances of Singstar MJ as i know if thats out and with a platinum i will go through the game all over again

Singstar is getting better each year… I can’t wait to play Singstar Dance with my friends… Only one friend of mine likes to sing cause the others are shy… Maybe with Singstar Dance everyone will join the party

Upgrading for guitar or dance costs money? What a terrible way to treat your loyal customers.
Any news on the locks on the new songs in the store?

Just a few things:

1. I understand that if we have already a song we can upgrade it for the move function, paying something extra. But what about the new songs that you will upload to the singstore, they are gonna remain the same price as now? is there gonna be an option for just to buy the kareoke song( or now when we buy a song, are we buying for move,guitar and koreoke function) ?

2. Are you thinking in have some bundles like: camara+move+game or the big one camara+move+WIRELESS mics+newgame?

3. just for feedback, the psp control system is great! but it would be perfect if we can “rid” of the ps3 controller and only use the psp for navigation for example after a song ends.(‘cus after finish a song i have to press x in my ps3 controller to play next song, i think is kinda frustating still have to use both controlers it’s not practical in my point of view) please consider it!

4.haha i just can’t stop asking this song: I gotta feeling-Black eyed peas. please make it happen.

cheers…and netherlands world cup champion.

I’m guessing if separate Dance or Guitar tracks are released on the SingStore that the will cost more than the normal tracks. Am I right?

Looks like it’s going to be an expensive time with the Playstation. Song upgrades, Singstar Dance and Guitar and Playstation Move. Let’s hope my Playstation Plus account can help with some of that.

Can you add a Youtube feature were you can upload your videos to youtube?

suncroUK – I’m with you!
I would even consider paying a fee for every dumped song, or some check at the begining of the game. That would make life so much easier!

Yet another update has gone by without implementing a simple ability to select which discs you own and have all your songs shown on the carousel. It has been said that there are legal issues involved in getting permission to allow people to format-shift from the discs to the hard drive (though we know that this is not an insurmountable problem as Harmonix have managed to implement this feature without a problem in Rock Band – and given that Sony owns the rights to many of the songs on these discs anyway, it doesn’t seem beyond the wit of man to implement the same feature for a small, fair fee), but a simple checklist would take very little time to code and test, and would answer the prayers of your most loyal customers – those who have bought and continue to buy the most discs. It’s a really quick win.

The PSP functionality, while great, is also crippled by not being able to queue up songs which are not on the disc in the drive.

I don’t want to be cynical, but it’s almost as if Sony are unwilling to implement such a simple feature because they would rather people buy the songs that they already own again from the Singstore. But Sony wouldn’t act like that would they?

In the video is shown 2 players on the same console playing against other 2 same console players online. So it can be played 2 vs 2 online?
I haven’t tried it yet.

Dear Chris,

These updates are great (especially the vibrato one).
However, there is onle little quirk that I would really want to see fixed. Because of its gameplay mechanics Singstar is well suited to be used with the PS3 remote, but it is not as straightforward as it could be. As now, it seems that the “OK” button on the remote has the functionality of the “circle” button (back/cancel) instead of the cross button (select). This causes a lot of unwanted cancels with people who are not familiar with the game.

I think this quirk would be quite straightforward to fix, and it would enhance greatly our Singstar experience at a minimal cost.

Thanks for your time, and best regards.

Disc Based songs – could we not just import the name/title and thumbnail image into the carousel, but then still require the disc to play it? Therefore, we still need the disc to ‘play’ the song, but all titles can be browsed via the PSP/main carousel.

A nice touch would be for the game to say which disc to load in next i.e.
Next up.. Artist/Song
Please insert Singstar: Popworld

Not rocket science, and still retains the ‘must own disc to play it’.

The PSP function – brilliant, speeds up the choice so the fun is never interrupted!

Now just let it see my entire Singstar Catalogue!!!!

it would be good to see if we can have more than one player singing at the same time- would be good also to see others who are playing as so if we wish we could add as friends so we play with more people..also does it allow for disc changing to the playstation 2 singstars or is it only compatiable for the singstar3 discs…otherwise i really like it..

oh and if anyone would like more singstar friends you are more than welcome to add me softball_chic71

Couldn’t agree more with the comments about either importing disc based songs (PS2 and PS3 discs), or at the very least being able to tick the disc you own and all the songs appear in the main menu with a insert this disc option. we’ve got a bout 10 discs now and this would make playing the game much more user friendly.

As has already been pointed out, it’s being done already with Rockband

thanks for adding me piinkribbons hopefully we will catch each other on there soon..ummm betta let me know wat singstar discs u got…

the more features, the better! would be nice to launch directly through singstar rooms in home and sing with someone you meet there! if anyone wants to add me, I’m ecot75

dman vibrato is hard to get lol

Hey, do the online battles also count for the “In It To Win It – Play 200 songs in Battle mode” trophy?
If they do, I’ll continue with online battles only. I Love it

Short additional offtopic question: I’m thinking about a Sony AINO, which can be used for remote play. Can I use the Singstar playlist option with it?

Thanks for the good job!