I remember an interview with some chinese /japenese guy when singstar vol1 came out. In reality, we do not know the real cause behind the reason UMG has ZERO songs on the SingStore (it could even be that a rival console company is paying them to not support the SingStore), but I do believe it has to do with they want to control it in their favor and want the variable pricing.Ĭlick to expand.The quote is stuff I basically posted around various forums (slightly altered since I don't want to do much comparison to another Karaoke game). For the SingStore, UMG doesn't really have to because they are receiving funding from other music games and so on. The only reason many still supported iTunes was because they basically had to. The fixed pricing is probably hurting it with more popular pop artist (mostly UMG, it supported other services like Amazon so they could get what they wanted and hopefully made Apple change). DLC will NOT convince most common people who mostly buy games who look at the backs of cases).īasically in many ways, the SingStore is like the iTunes store. Some big songs without a doubt will be saved for discs, just so they can push the disc sales to bring people onto SingStar (most people look at the back, and see if there's a song they want.
There are no PSN Cards throughout Europe). On the PS3 side of things, discs are still needed because (not everyone has internet connection on their PS3, and some who have internet don't have a method they can put money into their PSN wallet.
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They still have to make PS2 discs instead of just working on DLC (and I believe the majoirty of SingStar fans are still sticking to PS2). SCEE London also has to split it between PS2 and PS3 (not everyone can afford a PS3 right now since it's still pricey). We'd probably see some better Sony BMG and Warner artists if there was a higher pricing structure also (like maybe newer P!NK, Avril Lavigne, etc. Lips is helped by having variable pricing. What helps RB and GH is the massive userbase and pricing is higher. The reason some artists just aren't on the SingStore (even if they aren't UMG), probably has to do with pricing structure. With other artists, EMI Group is very happy to have their music as DLC, which explains why the SingStore usually gets pretty good stuff by them.
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Other music games set up their DLC which is more pleasing to UMG (the setup) and there's no uploading to license for (making it slightly easier). I keep mentioning Universal because the MAJORITY of the popular Pop Artists many of you want are apart of Universal, such as Rhinna, *****cat Dolls, etc. So maybe it comes down to, is it worth changing the structure just to please UMG (and go to variable pricing, like with what iTunes is doing right now)? It seems like they could careless about whether SingStore gets their support, since they are making $$$ from other music game downloads. If they don't like what they see, then forget it. If they like what they see, they will give SCEE London their music for the SingStore. What I'm now seeing is it comes down to UMG wanting control with how the SingStore operates in a way (with variable pricing, maybe DRM changes, whether songs can be uploaded or not, etc.). While doing some searching, I did see about their disputes with iTunes over the years: