Australian Singstar Store launches

PS3 News | We have the first pricing and track details.

Initially slated as a launch title, Singstar for the PlayStation 3 has finally arrived, just in time for Christmas. While the game is out in shops, today also marks the launch of the Australian Singstar Store. For a small fee gamers can hop onto the Singstore and download the latest songs to play against their friends.

The Australian Singstore has launched with 41 songs and all are available for the decent price point of $2.45. Every song on the store right now is available in SD, with none available in HD, hopefully the price point won't increase once HD clips become available.

The full track list currently on the store is as follows.

Alison Moyet - All Cried Out
Augie March - One Crowded Hour
Bloc Party - Banquet
Blur - Parklife
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
Cartel - Honestly
Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
Delta Goodrem - Born To Try
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
Depeche Mode - Shake the Disease
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran - Rio
Erasure - A Little Respect
Europe - Final Countdown
The Fray - Over My Head
James Dean Bradfield - That's No Way To Tell A Lie
Jamiroquai - Deeper Underground
Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl
Kasabian - Club Foot
KT Tunstall - Black Horse And the Cherry Tree
Len - Steal My Sunshine
Lightning Seeds - Three Lions
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
Maria Mena - You're The Only One
Marillion - Kayleigh
Men At Work - Down Under
Mercury Rev - Goddess On a Hiway
Nena - 99 Red Balloons
Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
Pink - Just Like A Pill
Sade - Smooth Operator
Spin Doctors - Two Princes
Silverchair - Tomorrow
Travis - Sing
The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men
Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
The Zutons - Oh Stacey (Look What You've Done)
The Zutons - Why Won't You Give Me Your Love

Look out for our review of Singstar tomorrow on PALGN.

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24 Comments

Nexus

4 years ago

I'm suprised to hear that the songs are only in SD. This track list is a great start to the Singstar Store. Does anyone know how frequently Sony are planning on updating the store?

Luke

4 years ago

Every fortnight I believe.

choinkees

4 years ago

Depeche Mode and Travis! Woohoo

I agree with Nexus: this is a pretty good selection for a launch list.

I wonder if there will be any tacky Christmas music in a fortnight?

LeonJ

4 years ago

So are you reviewing this drunk or sober Luke? I can't imagine playing this game without at least 12 beers.

Luke

4 years ago

hahah i'm playing through it now... have been all day nice and sober at the moment.

killjoy83

4 years ago

It seems that most, if not all, of those songs listed have already featured in previous Singstar titles. Is that correct?

Luke

4 years ago

from what I can remember it's about 50/50.

Luke Mitchell

4 years ago

From what I can see, there are at least 25 songs on that list that are new to SingStar.

I remember reading that the plan is to have around 100 songs per month once the game begins to pick up speed... which is great considering the previous expansions were only 30 songs every few months!

corder

4 years ago

How do you get onto the store just out of interest I'm guessing that there is a link in the game.

Jaws

4 years ago

I was under the poor impression that the Singstar series was mainly aimed at the female audience. Can someone of the male persuasion point out the flaws / truth to that statement?

Luke Mitchell

4 years ago

corder: Yeah just go to 'Online' from the menu and then select the SingStore - it's as easy as that.

Jaworski: The only truth to that statement is that stereotypically, females are probably more likely to sing just for the fun of singing. Some guys on the other hand would play SingStar because it's fun to get drunk and make an ass of yourself in front of your mates.

However, some guys do like singing, and the fact is that males are still more likely to have a console, and it's undeniable that in a party situation (whether it's a bunch of guys, bunch of girls, or a mix), karaoke is a helluva lot of fun, and you don't have to be a chick to sing your lungs out and have a good time.

I love music, generally speaking, and I also love to sing (even though people may not like it

). I've also established several friends who love the games, and we have regular SingStar nights which are always an absolute blast.

Gals may initially love the concept more than guys, but once you put a microphone in your hand, it doesn't matter which gender you are - it's just bloody good fun!!

corder

4 years ago

unfortunately i think this game isn't going to sell like the PS2 titles. Unless Singstar fans actually know about this game we will see i guess.

Jabjabs

4 years ago

Funny that with the video. They have been going on about HD content, all the videos on the disc are HD, all the advertisements are made in HD but downloads are SD?!?!

Good for me and my download cap but other than that it's an odd choice at the moment. Just os you know I'm not interested in it but my house mate is, she's a real singstar nut.

corder

4 years ago

i won't be buying this game but I'm interested to see how it goes sales wise and critical. This game is very important to the PS3 to welcome in a new audience.

Gizmocreative

4 years ago

I used to shake my head when walking past singstar on the shelves untill i traded in a pantload of games and couldnt think of a game that I wanted and the storeman at EB talked me into the entire singstar collection. I have never looked back I play it mostly with my girlfriend but have been known to belt out some tracks when home alone.

Its just good guilty fun and besides guitar hero, i havent found a product like it. We played one night at a party with three professioanl singers so we had the pro style microphones stands so we could lean on them axl rose style.

So guys and gals benefit from the fun to be had with this game. Except the rnb version which is a bit girly for me.

Jaws

4 years ago

Do many of the tracks contain male vocals? Id feel a little corny singing over a song sung by a girl

IISpacebreakII

4 years ago

Yay Bloc party ^^

I hope they release hunting for witches and some interpol songs.

Jellyfish

4 years ago

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Nena - 99 Red Balloons

I'm guessing this still is not in German yet? The English version is a travesty...

Maikii

4 years ago

But when do we get the Bollywood version???

Luke Mitchell

4 years ago

There are plenty of songs with male vocals - it's probably about 50/50. Oh and it's not corny if you're singing girly songs by yourself and nobody else can prove it.

Bollywood isn't 'big enough' over here to warrant a release of that particular expansion - you'll have to import I'm afraid if you ever want to play SingStar Bollywood.

99 Red Balloons remains in English.

PimpHat

4 years ago

Article wrote

The Australian Singstore has launched with 41 songs and all are available for the decent price point of $2.45.

$2.45 each or $2.45 for the set?

One is a great deal the other not so great.

Luke Mitchell

4 years ago

PimpHat wrote

Article wrote

The Australian Singstore has launched with 41 songs and all are available for the decent price point of $2.45.

$2.45 each or $2.45 for the set?

One is a great deal the other not so great.

They are $2.45 per song.

Given that MP3s off of iTunes are $1.69 each for just the bare bones track, it's pretty reasonable that for an extra 76 cents you get the film clip as well, along with the ability to play it as a SingStar song...

In fact, on iTunes (which I'm using as an example coz it's pretty common), it's $3.39 for your average film clip. I reckon the price of the songs on the SingStore is very reasonable.

ittekimasu

4 years ago

Would be a good idea that every song purchased and on disc can be listened to as normal songs via the music panel on the XMB.

and also looking forward to this game.