sheesh, i say that i'd find it amusing to see sony flop by wasting their money on beatles singstar and i get tuns of minus votes, i sometimes hate how i have a different sense of humor than most people.
Sony scotches SingStar Beatles rumours
By
Mark Walton, Senior Staff Writer - Reviews
With GamesCom 2009 kicking off today, rumours are rampant that Sony will be introducing a new slim PlayStation 3 at its upcoming press conference. However, UK trade mag MCV is reporting that Sony may have something else up its sleeve for the show, claiming that SingStar Beatles will be coming...
With GamesCom 2009 kicking off today, rumours are rampant that Sony will be introducing a new slim PlayStation 3 at its upcoming press conference. However, UK trade mag MCV is reporting that Sony may have something else up its sleeve for the show, claiming that SingStar Beatles will be coming exclusively to PS3.
The publication has cited sources from within GamesCom, saying that the title will be an "instrument-free port" of The Beatles: Rock Band and will come bundled with SingStar microphones. The publication has also said that the title will be published by MTV Games and distributed by Electronic Arts and will arrive "within days" of the release of The Beatles: Rock Band on September 9 while carrying the SingStar brand.
It should be noted that all previous SingStar games have been developed and published by Sony itself, and no previous SingStar game has received a simultaneous worldwide launch, with many products being region-specific.
When asked for comment on the title, Sony Europe flat-out denied the game's existence, saying it "has no news/plans to release a SingStar Beatles." EA had not returned requests for comment at press time.
[UPDATE] As with Sony, MTV Games has similarly refuted the existence of a SingStar Beatles product.
"MTV Games and Harmonix have the exclusive rights to create music games based on The Beatles per our exclusive partnership with Apple Corps Ltd. Contrary to the rumored reports, there is no Singstar: Beatles software product," an MTV Games representative said in a statement. "There is only The Beatles: Rock Band hitting shelves worldwide on 9/9/09 on Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii, which players can play as a singing game or as a full band game."
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Mark Walton, Senior Staff Writer - Reviews
Writer, riff maker, purveyor of fine foods. Mark currently spends his days trying to overcome his small (large) obsession with high-top trainers and mobile games. He's known to respond well to Long Island Iced Tea, falafels, and karaoke, but not necessarily in that order.
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Whoever invented this rumor isn't very bright, since Rock Band: The Beatles is coming to the PS3 as well. Why would they release the same game, but with less features, on the same platform? It's a ridiculous notion.
Seriously, horrid idea. Why would you buy this when you can get The Beatles: Rock band and do everything in Singstar but with instruments?
hmm, you can't use instruments and it'll probably still cost $60, just get Rockband, even if all you feel like doing is singing
Wouldn't have been such a bad idea if they did this a couple of years ago, but with Rock Band Beatles coming out in mere weeks, development of this game would be a monumental financial faux pas.
This isn't even a rumour, it's ridiculous. If Sony ever did spend the dough to get this on Singstar, then more fool them.
With GamesCom 2009 kicking off today, rumours are rampant that Sony will be introducing a new slim PlayStation 3 at its upcoming press conference. However, UK trade mag MCV is reporting that Sony may have something else up its sleeve for the show, claiming that SingStar Beatles will be coming exclusively to PS3.
The publication has cited sources from within GamesCom, saying that the title will be an "instrument-free port" of The Beatles: Rock Band and will come bundled with SingStar microphones. The publication has also said that the title will be published by MTV Games and distributed by Electronic Arts and will arrive "within days" of the release of The Beatles: Rock Band on September 9 while carrying the SingStar brand.
It should be noted that all previous SingStar games have been developed and published by Sony itself, and no previous SingStar game has received a simultaneous worldwide launch, with many products being region-specific.
When asked for comment on the title, Sony Europe flat-out denied the game's existence, saying it "has no news/plans to release a SingStar Beatles." EA had not returned requests for comment at press time.
[UPDATE] As with Sony, MTV Games has similarly refuted the existence of a SingStar Beatles product.
"MTV Games and Harmonix have the exclusive rights to create music games based on The Beatles per our exclusive partnership with Apple Corps Ltd. Contrary to the rumored reports, there is no Singstar: Beatles software product," an MTV Games representative said in a statement. "There is only The Beatles: Rock Band hitting shelves worldwide on 9/9/09 on Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii, which players can play as a singing game or as a full band game."
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