SingStar is the ugly step-sister of the music genre. Itās only loved in one territory, itās one-dimensional, its soundtrack has limited appeal. But thereās one area Sonyās karaoke series is trumping the competition.
And thatās in its digital shopfront. While Rock Band and Guitar Hero are stuck with antiquated stores, accessible only via crude in-game portals or a consoleās online store, Sony have today launched the āSingStar Viewerā, a PS3 application that lets users browse online videos and purchase songs directly from the XMB, without having to access either the game or the PlayStation Store.
For SingStar users, itās mighty useful, both as a shopfront and as a community hub. For everyone else, itās useful too, if only so you can complain to Harmonix and Activision that their respective band games could do with something similar.
