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The ever expanding SingStar® world on display at Games Convention 2008
20/08/2008 16:49
Michael Jackson, Lionel Ritchie and Barry Manilow make their SingStar debut on SingStar Vol.3 Party Edition
More than 2 million tracks downloaded from SingStore™
SingStore to launch song packs with Queen themed downloads
Leipzig Games Convention, 20th August 2008: Since its launch in 2004, SingStar™ has become one of the world’s most popular game titles and a phenomenal success for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), proving that everyone wants a chance to sing along to their favourite tune. In four years and across both PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) and PlayStation®2 platforms,SingStar has sold more than 13 million discs in SCEE territories and has seen more than two million tracks downloaded from online service, SingStore™. And things are about to get even bigger with SCEE announcing exciting and new content for the ever expanding SingStar world at Games Convention 2008.
SingStar™ Vol.3 Party Edition
Michael Jackson joins the SingStar roster for the very first time in SingStar Vol.3 Party Edition, and takes his place alongside the greatest pop artists old and new. Barry Manilow, Lionel Ritchie and Kate Bush sit alongside recent chart hits from The Ting Tings, Timbaland, Sara Bareilles and Coldplay.
SingStar Vol.3 Party Edition will include:
Barry Manilow, Copacabana
David Bowie, Sapce Oddity
Stevie Wonder & Paul McCartney, Ebony & Ivory
Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson, The Way I Are
Coldplay, Viva La Vida
SingStore™ Goes From Strength To Strength
Every ten seconds a song is sold in SingStore and since its launch in December 2007 more than two million tracks have been downloaded in SCEE territories. There are now more than 200,000 My SingStar Online users and they’re uploading more than 50,000 video performances. Personalise your SingStar experience to reflect your own musical tastes with the launch of SingStar Song Packs this September. The download packs comprise five tracks, kicking off with one of the biggest rock bands of all time; Queen. Two Queen SingStar Song Packs will initially be available including some of their greatest hits, such as ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘We Are The Champions’ and many more. Further packs will be released every fortnight alongside new tracks added to SingStore.
SingStar is an experience, an online community, and a way of life! It’s for families, exhibitionists and wannabe popstars everywhere. So grab a mic, choose your track and get involved with the worldwide singing phenomenon – available only on PS3 and PlayStation 2.
Notes to Editors:
About Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), based in London, is responsible for the distribution, marketing and sales of PLAYSTATION®3, PlayStation®2 and PSP?(PlayStation®Portable) software and hardware in 99 territories across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania. SCEE also develops, publishes, markets and distributes entertainment software for these formats, and manages the third party licensing programs for the formats in these territories. Since the launch of PLAYSTATION 3 in November 2006 and the end of January 2008, over 10 million units have been sold globally and continue to be sold at a record level. Between the beginning of April 2006 and the end of January 2008, over 26 million PlayStation 2 consoles have been sold worldwide, continuing its position as one of the most successful consumer electronic products in history. Between the beginning of April 2006 and the end of January 2008, over 20 million PSP systems have been sold worldwide.
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