Sony's PlayStation Home gets seriously previewed
By Darren Murph 
posted September 18th 2008 6:21AM
posted September 18th 2008 6:21AM
posted September 18th 2008 6:21AM
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Its like GTA4 without the guns.
Or Second Life without the...Uh... Everything.
Or the hookers, although I'm sure there will eventually be some weirdos who open in-game brothels for some hot cyber-action.
*shudder*
Yes, this is a big concern as a parent. What will SONY do to keep crime down in my @home neighborhood? I don't want any virtual hookers or virtual drug and smut dealers in my neighborhood. If the Sony police presence is increased will that affect my @home tax aka subscription fee?
Though I can see a need for them and wouldn't mind partaking. But, I don't want them in my neighborhood. Maybe put up some coding laws.
you guys are forgetting one important thing.... ITS FREE!
that means if you even have one speck of fun it will be worth it. The one thing i really like about playstation is that i dont have to get out my checkbook like i have to do with my xbox.
I'm totally excited for this.
I signed up for Second Life about a year ago. Back then, my life was so great that I literally wanted a second one. Absolutely everything was the same...except I could fly.
it's like the Facebook's Yoville but with, uh, the graphics.
I've only recently been involved in the beta, but it's actually a pretty cool experience. I was expecting a total let-down.
It's hard not to feel cynical about this. It's only a matter of time before the novelty wears off and people go back to using the XMB and, more importantly, the games. I know I'd rather play a good multiplayer game than arse about in a virtual world with absolutely no real immersion or reward.
Why so cynical? (Had to say it)
And I totally agree with you; this whole thing is eye candy that will eventually wear out. Every feature Sony brought out with the PS3 was a momentarily hype type of thing.
Yeah Likely, but if it's user-modifiable by users, then I guarantee you in no time there will be strip joints, and nude character hacks and flying hacks in no time.. MORE then enough troublesome ideas to keep Sony busy blocking and removing them. I'm so looking forward to going into dance room/bars with my character and mashing my controls so my character moves around as if he/she was dancing.. My life will then be complete.
I take you are not in the beta? Trust me. Even if you claim to be all about games home has something for you. Its a new way to meet people and also a way to Start a game lobby and instead of waiting in a room or for people to find you, you can play a game....... or several games just to pass time.
@ Saad - +10 points :D
@ Ixon - Mods would be good, hopefully Sony will either allow such a thing (if only to select users, like MS' XNA ) or keep making new stuff to expand the world. I know they already promise this, but let's take that with a pinch of salt, eh? I'm still waiting for GT4 on the PSP!
@ Static - Nah I'm not in the beta, wouldn't really be worthy of them to allow me either as I don't get too much play-time what with my baby boy demanding so much attention :)
Am I reading you right when you say I could be in the lobby for a particular game and do stuff to kill time? Or is it more of a lobby to group people together, then you all boot up the game from scratch?
@rob, ignore the baby and don't neglect the ps3. After all, your wife had the kid, not you. its her job to rear the kid.
It looks like my last response didn't go through.
As I tried to post earlier you as a person/avatar are the lobby. An icon above your head signifies to people if you had started a lobby. people can then select the avatar to see what game and decide if they want to join or not. Meanwhile this doesn't hamper your ability to play other games in home (even MP ones).
Heh, I got lowranked? For what? I didn't whine, troll or spam.
Ah well.
Being a fan of playstation since its dawning in december '94. I agree with Rob's comment - yes, the whole hype of Playstation home sounds really interesting and should be remarkable when it comes out. The image above does show a interesting realisation of people talking to each other via a playstation instead of a desktop computer where if you randomly search online i bet there would be thousand of chat rooms for you to talk your merry heart out about rubbish. It'll be at first like any new game the most interesting and cool thing to try but I really can't be interested in that. I like the whole concept of Playstation home and its new features which i see being a really good thing for the future but in the end, the main thing people want a playstation for is Blueray and PS3 Games.
It's odd to see all these comments about home having nothing to do with gaming when that is what is the main allure of it.
How is gaming the mail allure of home?
well from the article its describing and the way its shown above. Its kinda difficult to get that idea that, thats what its there for.
i mean i read the article a few times and read and article in Playstations official magazine but it doesn't really stress you on that idea. they kinda explain it as a massive chat room.
sorry buddy. most people just don't want to run around some pointless virtual world and meet people, especially when you can just press a button and be flung into a game with people of your skill level already. It's pointless as a tool for matchmaking multiplayer games and it's just downright stupid if you expect people to develop a social life on it.
@ Static
LOL gaming? Ahh you funny guy you!
Home and game do not fit in the same sentence in the English language.
Maybe in japan it does. "Home game fun play! Dont resist all hopes!" (??)
Yeah that makes more sense.
As for it being a good way to meet people?? Its not WoW, or even the Sims...or anyother MMO thats worth being "social"...
GJ, on this revealed way too early, failed ad campaign. I mean its not even worth updating its where abouts, Xbox mentioned the avatar crap, what you can use them for n thats it....Engadget spare me...
Oh! cant wait for LBP!! 100's of 1000's of half assed, half done platform lvls with kewl graphics from the creative Gamerz out there...
If Sony can make the Second Life concept cool, that would be an accomplishment in itself. At this point, Second Life is more-or-less the most uncool thing on the internet.
whats that got to do with this?
I agree - all i really want to do with my PS3 is jam out on guitar hero or kill people on Warhawk or C.O.D
I agree - all i really want to do with my PS3 is jam out on guitar hero or kill people on Warhawk or C.O.D
i'm not going to bash it until I try it out. I'll admit though it's typically not my thing, but hey who knows? I just might find something in it that I like.
its free
Ouuu! I can't wait!
Worth a try.
I think Home should be a nice addition. After playing with some MMORPGs (EQ, Mapple Story,etc..) and IMVU, found out that the thing that I did the most was chatting, and that's considering that I really don't like to chat so much. 3D worlds are becoming the norm nowadays. Maybe some developers will use Home as their game environment/engine in the future.
This shit is just stupid....Home is just a waste of resources just like the new xbox live experience. I just want fucking games. If I want to hang out, I will go out to a bar with my buddies, simple as that.
What if you are all alone and have no buddies except your faithful little shiny ps3?
home is a useless waste of development time that is making sony look like incapable fools. oh wait, they are incapable of writing software!
if you are looking for the social its here www.zune.net
and here www.xbox.com
you've got to be kidding LOL zune? are you one of those 2 zune users?
absolutely nothing...it's just spam
Looks good
Just think: There could be ARGs in Home soon!