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Originally Posted by The Mana Knight There seems to be a stealth update on the SingStar store. I say that because I noticed Avril Lavigne "Complicated" is up.

Both of her songs (Complicated and My Happy Ending) were up the day of the 6/13 update. I think some others were also new to the US Store but not listed as NEW b/c these songs were already up in Europe.

Originally Posted by evergoo Both of her songs (Complicated and My Happy Ending) were up the day of the 6/13 update. I think some others were also new to the US Store but not listed as NEW b/c these songs were already up in Europe.

Well, they were never up before in the U.S. store, since I don't look at new songs (I usually look at all songs). Kind of weird.

I still want to know what happened to "Heaven Is A Place On Earth", because I'd download that right now.

Are any of the videos in HD? Do they plan on releasing them in HD? Do other regions have different songs available that we don't?

Originally Posted by jazzman Are any of the videos in HD? Do they plan on releasing them in HD? Do other regions have different songs available that we don't?

One video is HD. I thought the main reason videos were not in HD was to save space, but I'm thinking many of the songs may not have a native HD video (due to being old).

Originally Posted by jazzman Are any of the videos in HD? Do they plan on releasing them in HD? Do other regions have different songs available that we don't?

Oh yes. UK has atleast 40 songs on us, maybe more after the recent updates. Off the top of my head I can remember Alice Cooper and the Darkness.

Some of the Editors videos are HD I believe. I'll let you know, they're downloading now.
Superb songs, btw.

Finally got the this - my second PS3 game! I am totally loving it. Buying the same song in Rock band and SingStar hurts a little, but it's nice to have the choice.

Does anyone know if any of the songs in the store are country or if we can expect country songs in the future? My mom wants me to get some songs she'd recognize.

Bought:

A-ha - "Take On Me"
Blue Öyster Cult - "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"
Cyndi Lauper - "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
The Clash - "Should I Stay Or Should I Go"
Elvis Presley - "Suspicious Minds"
David Bowie - Heroes
Franz Ferdinand - "Take Me Out"
Len - Summertime
MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This"
The Monkees - "Daydream Believer"
R.E.M. - "Stand"
Radiohead - Creep
Roy Orbison - "Oh, Pretty Woman"
Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely
Spice Girls - Wannabe

Want to Buy:

Buzzcocks - "Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You shouldn't've)?"
Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
Belinda Carlise - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Billy Joel - Piano Man
Billy Joel - Uptown Girl
Don McLean - American Pie
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
Roy Orbison - Crying
Run DMC - It's Tricky
Sister Sledge - We Are Family
Survivor - "Eye Of The Tiger"

Is anyone else finding that actually downloading the songs is much more difficult than actually buying them? I bought 30 last week, and its taken me an entire week to d/l 10 of them.
Its because the SINGSTAR server sucks so much.
Damn.
Still love the game though.

Originally Posted by Azumangaman Is anyone else finding that actually downloading the songs is much more difficult than actually buying them? I bought 30 last week, and its taken me an entire week to d/l 10 of them. Its because the SINGSTAR server sucks so much. Damn. Still love the game though.

Well, I bought three songs yesterday and it took me around 5-10 minutes to download all.

That sucks to hear because when I bought 15 songs, it took me like an hour at the most to download all (I think). However, I have Verizon FiOS internet (which is pretty high speed).

I just picked this up last night for $53 at Costco (I missed out on the GS deal) and so far I love it! The Singstar online stuff is pretty slick, and I bought 11 songs last night and didn't have a single issue with the store. It took about 20 mins to download them all.

The one thing I don't understand is the availabilty of certain songs, or lack of. I would love to get Fix You by Coldplay, or Feel Good Inc. by the Gorillaz, as they were removed from the USA release. They should have these songs on the store!

Originally Posted by riggy469 I just picked this up last night for $53 at Costco (I missed out on the GS deal) and so far I love it! The Singstar online stuff is pretty slick, and I bought 11 songs last night and didn't have a single issue with the store. It took about 20 mins to download them all. The one thing I don't understand is the availabilty of certain songs, or lack of. I would love to get Fix You by Coldplay, or Feel Good Inc. by the Gorillaz, as they were removed from the USA release. They should have these songs on the store!

It could have been a last minute licensing issue in the U.S. I remember that's what kind of held up the SingStar release in Europe. Thankfully the U.S. had to wait a few months for it, since it allowed the SingStar store to build (when it came out in Europe, there were only a few songs or so to download).

Not sure if people have seen (this is mostly Europe, but has many of the same songs) this:
http://singstargame.com/en-gb/Browse...ang=EN&filter=

You can preview various songs online on that site.

Originally Posted by Azumangaman Is anyone else finding that actually downloading the songs is much more difficult than actually buying them? I bought 30 last week, and its taken me an entire week to d/l 10 of them. Its because the SINGSTAR server sucks so much. Damn. Still love the game though.

Yeah, I downloaded around 10 songs last week and it took me quite a few hours on cable, not as bad as you but still slow. Sounds like it's gotten faster from the previous posts, though I haven't bought any songs recently to see.


Got around 9000 points on medium with Radiohead - Creep which was pretty cool, though it's not too hard of a song. Haven't tried hard yet, I think I need to work on medium a bit more.

Oh man, I'd been putting off buying Singstar for ps3 because I'd been having so much fun with vocals on rock band and had a lot of the old singstars...

And I made the mistake of looking at this thread and the DLC which I hadn't looked at yet.

SO MANY OF MY FAVORITE BANDS. Ash. Feeder. Editors. Idlewild. Kasabian. Stereophonics. ALKDJALJLKD.

I hadn't even realized. I figured those would be for european countries only seeing as some of the bands aren't even signed over here in the states. I would pay absolutely ludicrous amounts of money for those bands on Rock Band, but I might have to break down for singstar anyway!

Now I just don't know whether I should look into getting the UK version instead-- there's songs on the disc that I want from both the US and the UK versions!

Originally Posted by The Mana Knight Well, I bought three songs yesterday and it took me around 5-10 minutes to download all. That sucks to hear because when I bought 15 songs, it took me like an hour at the most to download all (I think). However, I have Verizon FiOS internet (which is pretty high speed).

What is your speed according to your PS3? Mine usually runs at 53% because my PS3 is in the basement.
It's annoying because the PSN store works quickly but the Singstar server is brutal. I just need to find the right time. Once I found the right time and downloaded 5 songs in about 25 minutes. Which was wonderful.

Originally Posted by The Mana Knight It could have been a last minute licensing issue in the U.S. I remember that's what kind of held up the SingStar release in Europe. Thankfully the U.S. had to wait a few months for it, since it allowed the SingStar store to build (when it came out in Europe, there were only a few songs or so to download). Not sure if people have seen (this is mostly Europe, but has many of the same songs) this: http://singstargame.com/en-gb/Browse...ang=EN&filter= You can preview various songs online on that site.

If you replace the gb in your link with us, the US store will appear even though it is not an option from any menu.
http://singstargame.com/en-us/Browse...ome/SingStore/

Originally Posted by jezebelseven Oh man, I'd been putting off buying Singstar for ps3 because I'd been having so much fun with vocals on rock band and had a lot of the old singstars... And I made the mistake of looking at this thread and the DLC which I hadn't looked at yet. SO MANY OF MY FAVORITE BANDS. Ash. Feeder. Editors. Idlewild. Kasabian. Stereophonics. ALKDJALJLKD. I hadn't even realized. I figured those would be for european countries only seeing as some of the bands aren't even signed over here in the states. I would pay absolutely ludicrous amounts of money for those bands on Rock Band, but I might have to break down for singstar anyway! Now I just don't know whether I should look into getting the UK version instead-- there's songs on the disc that I want from both the US and the UK versions!

This link has the U.S. version:
http://singstargame.com/en-us/Browse...ome/SingStore/

Let me be honest, I use to play RB daily, but once I got SingStar, it took over (RB is still great, but since I prefer the music in SingStar, it's now what I play most). It's an excellent game, but in reality, there may be issues purchasing songs from Europe (you can have songs listed from all regions I believe, if you do the right searching, since I got Spanish and German songs to come up on the SingStar store).

Originally Posted by Azumangaman What is your speed according to your PS3? Mine usually runs at 53% because my PS3 is in the basement. It's annoying because the PSN store works quickly but the Singstar server is brutal. I just need to find the right time. Once I found the right time and downloaded 5 songs in about 25 minutes. Which was wonderful.

I'll take a look, but part of the reason for the actual PS Store running quicker is that some data is cached to the HDD I believe (and your not really getting on some special server like SingStar store, could be wrong).

Well, my PS3 is hardwired though, since mine SKU lacks WiFi (which is one reason why I want a 40GB or another SKU for my next PS3).

Originally Posted by The Mana Knight This link has the U.S. version: http://singstargame.com/en-us/Browse...ome/SingStore/

Thanks for that. There's still a good amount of tracks I want but I have to say I have MAJOR disappointment that these tracks are Euro/Uk only:
Blur - Girls and Boys
Coldplay - The Hardest Part
Coldplay - The Scientist
The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
Depeche Mode - Break the Silence
Idlewild - You Held the World in your Arms
Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
Men at work - Down Under
Placebo - Every you every me
silverchair - tomorrow
Travis - Sing

If I could find a way to get those I would be overjoyed. It especially breaks my heart for most of those because the band has other songs available for the US, just these select few (the select few I was more interested in!) don't appear to be. :(

That being said there are still at least 35 tracks to download that I'd personally call 'must haves' for myself. Compared to the 48 which I had picked out earlier going off the UK list. (Yes, I am a karaoke fiend.)

Has anyone purchased with success (ie been able to play) any of the european songs?

Let me be honest, I use to play RB daily, but once I got SingStar, it took over (RB is still great, but since I prefer the music in SingStar, it's now what I play most).

I think the reason RB has been my poison of choice is because it's perfect for both Adman and I-- He doesn't do the singing thing, so it meant we could play together and that any DLC purchased was useful for both of us, versus when I buy a singstar song all he gets is another song for me to sing and him to listen to.

Ugh the temptation, this game is going to make me broke even without some of those uk tracks. Really wish there was a way to import songs you've already got on the ps2 versions, I've got some of the UK and some of the US ones, stopped buying them when ps3 was announced...

Oh yeah, to let you know, I do believe we have gotten some of the U.K. tracks before after a while, so you'll never know. We'll continue to update this thread.

I think I'm going to go pick up this game today, I got bored with Singstar Pop for PS2 and I want to sing new songs... how much space approximately does a downloadable song use on the hard drive?

Originally Posted by freakyzeeky I think I'm going to go pick up this game today, I got bored with Singstar Pop for PS2 and I want to sing new songs... how much space approximately does a downloadable song use on the hard drive?

70MB on average. I'd definitely recommend getting this, I went back to playing Pop last night and the new Singstar is a lot more visually appealing.