SingStar (Stand Alone)

by Sony

Product Features

• A true interactive singing experience, where everyone is a star as they sing along with their favorite artists to the authentic videos of chart-topping tracks
• With the SingStore feature, download and purchase hundreds of songs and videos from across multiple genres to build your ideal SingStar playlist. You pick the songs and create your own personalized SingStar party collection
• Exclusively on PS3, experience My SingStar Online, where you can share your personal SingStar performances and experiences by uploading your own photos and videos created from within the game. Meet friends, view and rate videos created by others within the SingStar online community
• Using the Blu-ray disc and PS3's high-definition support, view select videos in full HD
• Perform solo-style or challenge friends and family to a sing-off with multiplayer gameplay

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0016QCCFS
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: May 20, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,600 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #4 in Video Games > PlayStation 3 > Rhythm > Singing & Karaoke

Product Description

Entertaining at home takes on a whole new meaning this fall as SingStar™ comes to the PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system. Developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's London Studio, SingStar PS3 takes the successful interactive singing experience established with the multi-million selling global PlayStation®2 franchise to the next level with personalization and community taking center stage. SingStar PS3 allows you access to a catalog of hundreds of downloadable songs featuring the real artists and videos, via the PS3 online SingStore™. Become a global star as you share your SingStar experiences with friends and the online SingStar community via captured video, audio and photos. A perfect addition to the social gaming genre, SingStar will revolutionize the way you spend time with friends and family. Songlist: Amy Winehouse - Back To Black, Beck - Loser, Blind Melon - No Rain, Blink-182 - All The Small Things, Britney - Spears Toxic, Coldplay - Clocks, Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On, Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me, David Bowie - Let's Dance, Faith No More – Epic, Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To, Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing, New Found Glory - My Friends Over You, Ne-Yo - So Sick, OutKast - Hey Ya!, Pixies - Here Comes Your Man, R.E.M. - Losing My Religion, Radiohead - No Surprises, Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated, Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin', The Automatic Automatic – Monster, The Cardigans – Lovefool, The Killers - Mr. Brightside, The Pussycat Dolls – Beep, The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil, The Smashing Pumpkins – Today, U2 - Beautiful Day, Warrant - Cherry Pie, Weezer - Buddy Holly, Wolfmother - Love Train

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Please read the bundle reviews also!!!!, May 29, 2008

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G. Otero -. Perez "Psych Reader" (Philly, USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: SingStar (Stand Alone) (Video Game)

Will supplement to what other reviewer's have said. Bought this for my wife. I have Rock band. Never owned a SingStar title before. If you like Karaoke this is the game for you. Much more difficult than the Rock Band vocals part, especially rapping which is tough. Resolution of videos varies from artist to artist, depending on resolution on which it was recorded originally (thus older videos or indie bands will have lesser resolution videos). Game with bundle brings 30 songs from different genres. Each additional song on the online store is $[...]. For those of you that are multilingual you can have access to some songs (limited still) in your language by switching languange. Right now the store has about 250 something songs (excluding the multilingual thing I said) with some known bands and some I have never heard off. Adding the PS Eye adds another dimension to the game. You can record audio only and video tracks and export them to a media stick. The online features are also very interesting. Quality of music is very good. Some people have complained of the volume of the vocal tracks, which I don't find so distracting. I seem to get more distracted by the videos (especially the Blink 182 video, which in some parts i just burst out laughing.) I liked the vocals for Rock Band more but I have only played Sing Star this twice. I think its a great party game provided your guests know some of the songs. I have heard that they will bring some new songs every so often on the store. Rock Band owners: Very little overlap in the songs in Rock Band and Sing Star!

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great fun -- but pick the right version!, July 15, 2008

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C. N. Beaudrot "game crazy" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: SingStar (Stand Alone) (Video Game)

Sony makes you buy their microphones to play SingStar -- you cannot just take your Rock Band microphone and plug it into your PS2 or PS3. So if this is the first version of SingStar you are buying, make sure to get the one with microphones!

Otherwise the game is a lot of fun. The music selection feels like it contains more current music than Rock Band, and the songs that are from back in the day have a different feel. But there are tons to choose from online as well.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This game is a blast!, May 21, 2008

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Sebastian Fernandez (Tampa, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: SingStar (Stand Alone) (Video Game)

This new version of Singstar for PS3 has many features that make it superior to its predecessors, such as the online capabilities, the wide range of competition modes, and the high definition videos.

Now we can create videos using the PS Eye and then post them online. It is also great fun to be able to watch the myriad of videos available from other users, which range from talented to crazy over the top. There is one big problem with the online capabilities though, and that is the reason why, even though the game is great, it gets only four stars: you cannot compete against others online! The other minor issue has to do with the limited length of the videos as well as the limited amount each player can create.

This is definitely a party game, and it is clear that the creators recognized this and provided a much wider range of battle modes. And the music is more varied in styles than before, catering to almost all tastes; by the way, I am not including the song list in this review because it is shown under the product description. For those that want a wider selection and do not mind spending some extra bucks, there is a humongous list of downloadable songs (200 at this point). On the other hand, those that have the microphones for any of the Singstar games for PS2 won't have to spend the extra money to buy the bundle, since the prior microphones work perfectly with this game; as a matter of fact, they look, and probably are, identical.

The bottom line is that those that like singing and want a game that is fun and can be shared by many cannot go wrong with this game. If they added the option of competing online, the game would be almost perfect.