SingStar Moves From Disk To XMB, Goes Free

[drop2]News that SingStar would be transitioning from disk-based retail product to free-to-play download isn’t terribly new, but today Sony announced that the popular singing game would be making the move soon, and it’ll also be appearing on your XMB.

So, once you’ve grabbed the client, you won’t need to insert a disk to start the game, it’ll just load directly from the XMB like the new Store, or, er, Home. You’ll still need your old disks if you want to sing along to any of the songs locked to the Blu-rays, but the client will obviously let you use your downloaded tracks.

Other features include the ability to cue up playlists with the Vita and there’ll be some demo tracks included in the free download. In addition to all this, if you’re playing single player you can now use the mic on the PlayStation Eye instead of the actual mics, and look out for new Trophies.

The SingStar client will be available to download soon.

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  1. I currently have my girlfriends mates ps2 just for singstar. I might be tempted to get a couple of mics now. As long as the tracks are reasonably priced. I would imagine that this actually will make sony more money as I bet it works out to be more expensive per song than if you purchased a disc.

  2. Aaaaaargh….
    Take this ugly thing away now….
    I’m not interested in Sing Along!!!!!

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