Tuesday 20 November 2012
Microsoft to release Karaoke app for Xbox 360, requires you to go Gold
Posted on 22:49 by Maria Scott
Microsoft is collaborating with The Stingray channel and releasing a
Karaoke app for the Xbox 360 in time for the holidays. The app will be
available for use to members who are subscribers of the Xbox Live Gold
service.
Interestingly, unlike other music based
games which come with a library of tracks built-in along with offering
purchasing of songs outright, Karaoke will only permit streaming of
songs from its servers to the Xbox 360 in time slots of 2 hours, 6 hours
and 24 hours.
While this is a deviation from the
regular model of music games, what is similar is that you will need
additional peripherals to make this work. What’s needed is an Xbox headset
with a mic along with a USB mic to belt your off tune vocals into.
However, the pay-per-time-slot model is something that is very prevalent
in countries like Japan and Korea, where “Karaoke” is a very popular
social activity.
The Karaoke app will come with a few
songs that will be free to play, but the entire library of 800 songs,
which is being constantly updated, will only be accessible after
purchasing a 2-hour, 6-hour or 24-hour play time token.
Purchases can be made using Microsoft
Points, a currency that’s used for transactions over the Xbox Live
network. Earlier this year, Microsoft had decided to stop using Microsoft Points
for transactions related to purchasing of movies and music, giving many
hope that it would be abolished from the Xbox Live network as well, but
no such end seems in sight.
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