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Karaoke Superstars boycott SCEE over False Advertising

Posted by Kerri on January 16th, 2008

Fans of the latest iteration of the ‘SingStar’ brand, recently released on the PLAYSTATION 3, have been kicking up quite a fuss in the past few weeks, and rightly so. With over 500 fans of the game signing a petition to increase online activity from within the game.

When it was first announced, SingStar for the PS3 was said to launch with around 30 songs included on the disc, and with over 350 tracks available through the online ‘SingStore’ service. Upon purchase of the game, many players found that the store did not even provide the 100 purchasable extras which were heavily advertised in the manual, in online advertising and in the game itself.

With players in some countries still receiving a ‘coming soon’ message from the service and paying customers still unhappy with Sony’s lack of communication on the issue, it’s up to Sony to respond to the petition and give some form of official word on why this has happened.

[This piece also posted on Rhythm Gamer]

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