The bigger relaunch, though, came last year. Sure, not everyone wanted to download the core game (grumbles were duly noted), but the change of pricing mechanic was an attempt to invigorate the series in the era of downloadable content and in-app purchase. It made the core game free and downloadable, and you just bought the songs you wanted.
But as things slowed down, Sony changed things around. The official statement did add that “no other songs except those listed are impacted, and our large library of songs remains fully accessible”, and that “as a true PlayStation classic, we are always looking at how best to ensure SingStar remains one of the most beloved franchises around and we’d like to reassure our fans that we are fully committed to supporting the SingStar franchise in the future”.įor some time, SingStar was a solid success. The list of games can be found here. Questions as to what happens when you attempt to re-download songs affects that you’ve already bought before from SingStore were not being answered in the commenas underneath the post. In total, 683 – yep – songs are being removed. The most recent news update, in November 2016, actually listed songs that were now being removed from the service. However, the latest addition of new songs to the SingStore came back in March 2016. In days of old, updates were regular and new discs were released. Whilst there’s been no official confirmation, it seems Sony has all but given up on the game. Back in October 2015, we took a look at Sony’s karaoke videogame, SingStar, that since its PS4 release has enjoyed barely any updates, nor a quick conversion of songs from its PS3 catalogue. Just thought this was worth a quick revisit.