SingStar Volume 2 heading to North America in October

Such pointless flamebait.

As a gamer who bought SINGSTAR(PS3), I'm not offended in the least - well, by your comment anyway. I got the game because I usually entertain friends with food/booze, multiplayer FPS, "Wii'nsanity", and amateur karaoke games.

I am disgusted however at the way the "new" songs are being released, let alone the choices in those uploaded. Without going into personal bias over which artists are "karaoke classics", I will say that it was ridiculous that the PS3 version of SINGSTAR went without the previous versions(depending on region)all on one BluRay disc... and *then* offer additional songs for download. The whole VOLUME2 disc ripping seems like a lame efforted cash-in, especially if those earlier versions can't be found. As I said in the previous SINGSTAR post, since they went the route of not including all previous versions on one disc, they could've at least had them all on the online store ready for download & verified either through proof of purchase or something.

As for LIPS, I haven't heard enough about it beyond the stylish microphone to make any kind of decent comment about it. But if it turns out for the better, I'll get it instead via trade-in of SINGSTAR and just "eat" the $10 I've spend on additional song downloads from SINGSTAR.

Mmmmm. And what are you basing this off of?

@Foxhound - "As I said in the previous SINGSTAR post, since they went the route of not including all previous versions on one disc,"

Haven't you learned by now how licensed music works? You can't just toss a couple hundred songs that were on the PS2 discs and not pay the record label for them.


"they could've at least had them all on the online store ready for download & verified either through proof of purchase or something."

Yeah, that wouldn't get abused somehow...

What it comes down to is that the pieces of garbage that are the record labels is the primary reason why SingStar isn't overflowing with music. For example, songs that are on Volume 2 will not show up on the Store because of licensing issues.

@ Rowdehaj

Not flamebaiting at all. See, Lips supports your own songs and Singstar really doesn't stand a chance if they keep releasing song packs like this.They need something new.Or the least they could do is copy that feature from Lips...

Huge sunglasses are in fashion.

That's really unfortunate. I guess this comes from the same wizards who gave us tit-curtains? (see below)

I'm always mystified when I see people dressed in what is apparently "fashionable" garb who look like complete morons. Girls in fur-lined boots in August, for example. Won't the madness ever stop?

And fashionable or not the woman at the front of this pic has always looked incredibly goofy to me. It could be the gaping maw and semi-crazed facial expression I guess, but those gigantic lenses really add to the comedy for me too. :D

Great read: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=fashion

Yeah, I hate it too. My wife's not allowed to wear them hehe. Even the Hancock poster bugs me.

yeah I dont know where the huge sunglasses fase came from. I went out with the ladies from work and a few guys and everyone was wearing these super giant oversized sunglases that covered their whole face. I mean of course i didnt say anything, but im never buying a pair like that for myself. I dont care what the current trends and crap are.