You can pick up either Rock or Pop with a pair of USB microphones packaged in, or purchase them separately, as game only, after you've bought one or the other. Singstar Pop has now hit the shelves with a promise of heavy-hitting diva power, a plethora of Disney alumni and a mountain of pop-punk melodies galore, to keep you singing and shaking your groove thang on through the wee hours of the night.
Sony had already previously released a Singstar title in the U.S., named Singstar Rocks, with a focus more on rock music, obviously. The Singstar franchise has been going strong in Europe for a while but just recently found its way over to the States. Keying in on this phenomenon, game companies have made an effort to give those people, who may not necessarily be good enough to make it on national television, a chance to shine from the comfort of their very own living room - with karaoke-based video games! The most recent musical offering of this sort is Singstar Pop, published and developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Because of the success of Idol, karaoke bars have begun springing up left and right as hopeful singers want their time in the spotlight, regardless of whether or not their voices are worthy of it.
One of the biggest shows on television this time of year is FOX's "American Idol." Just about everyone wants to be a music star somewhere deep down inside, so a show about average people becoming famous, by way of some inspired singing, really touches upon the idyllic dream that anyone can make it in America if they try hard enough.