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"  LOS ANGELES \u2014 Once you go karaoke, it&amp;#039;s hard to go back. Then again, it&amp;#039;s pretty easy to never try karaoke at all. So whether you care or not, Singstar for the PS3, which rates your ability sing along with downloaded songs, is something of a breakthrough in home karaoke. It plays a music video for each single, and displays how on- or off-key you are through every note. You can sing solo, or duke it out with a partner in &amp;quot;duet&amp;quot; mode, with a final bar graph summary of who sang closest to the song in general, as well as who hit the tougher notes. You can also play in &amp;quot;party&amp;quot; mode, with two teams of two to four players battling it out with a lineup of songs. And we wanted to make sure our very first &amp;quot;hands-on&amp;quot; report was related to the most earth-shattering product here at E3. Naturally, we picked Singstar, going head-to-head with an unidentified Electronic Arts employee. The song? &amp;quot;Every Breath You Take&amp;quot; by the Police. With two microphones (which plugged into an adapter, which then hooked into the demonstration PS3 via what looked like USB) and a whole lot of heart, we sang.The experience was more &amp;quot;over-oke&amp;quot; than karaoke, since you&amp;#039;re singing on top of the existing vocal tracks. Which is better for squeamish types, meaning nearly everyone.  And when the dust cleared, we had scored 8440 points out of a possible 10,000, and EA scored a respectable 8130. We were both &amp;quot;hit artists,&amp;quot; according to Singstar. And though she hit tougher notes, awarding her more &amp;quot;golden note&amp;quot; points, we were more consistently similar to Sting&amp;#039;s original rendition. So there. Singstar will be released when the PS3 is lauched, presumably in November, and the initial setup\u2014two mics and over 300 songs\u2014should cost the same as a standard game. Additional downloaded songs will cost you something, but Sony couldn&amp;#039;t confirm an exact price. So it&amp;#039;s a lot like the iTunes Store, only the tracks will be specifically designed for use with Singstar, not with MP3 players. For the record, unless the downloaded songs are overly expensive, we will absolutely buy this ridiculous product as soon as it&amp;#039;s released. \u2014Erik Sofge Next: Hands-On With The PS3.Earlier: Xbox360 Plays Well With Vista, PlayStation3: $500 Kare-OK: PS3&amp;#039;s kareoke game will make you a star. Of your living room.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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