Frankly, you've probably had
enough PlayStation news to last you a bit, but just in case the
PS3 Slim, firmware 3.0, and PSP Minis weren't enough, the company revealed today an update to Home. Like everything else it seems, version 1.3 is also due out in September, and in addition to things like in-store item previews, cameras, and other new objects, you'll now have the option to launch any game from inside Home itself. Some titles like
MotorStorm and
Far Cry 2 that fully support the universal game launching have their own special icons and multiplayer functionality, while others will simply open up to the main menu. We're interested in what integration those fully supported games might enable, but either way, that's still one less excuse for avoiding Home. Now if they could only do something about all those annoying avatars...
posted Aug 19th 2009 8:55PM
this is so cool
Yea I know, lady in red top has some prime cups...
ugh I hit a new low, getting a boner from a virtual chick.
@meat_juice
feel sorry for you get a life
Naw, I think I'll continue on my path..
Got 3 4GB iphones, ( one sealed)
Nice widescreen display, unlimited internet, plenty of free movies on the net, a car to get goodies, and avoid swine flu or H1N1, a bicycle a roof. Women are expensive, I'll stay in my high tech hole for a few more years... accumulating $$$
AHAHAH!!!
@meat_juice
i think you're one of those adults who still live in their grandma's basement
Nope. I'm just one of those people that is disgusted by humanity and the need for people to procreate "just because"
yo dawg, I herd you like play games from inside another game. so..
yes in PSN HOME
You think meat_juice is an adult???
not anymore because he act like a kid with down syndrome
@meat_juice: You'll take all those words you've said about women once you've seen your first vagina.
@meat_juice
you remind me of this kid
http://www.break.com/index/kid-discovers-vanessa-hudgens-nude-pics.html
@ meat_juice
i see 4 dudes up there (in all likeliness)
and the line between consoles and pc's gets even blurrier.
BUT! Can it launch Crysis?
but why load home to begin with?
SERIOUSLY, I haven't launched Home in like.... since they had that beta. My brother checked it out a few days ago, and it's still as fun as I remember.
@Daniel
Fun? Since when was waiting in line to play virtual bowling fun?
I have nothing against home. But I haven't launched it, ever. I guess I'm too busy I barely have enough time to game, and watch my bluray movies. So its turn on the PS3, start game/movie. I plan on going in there one of these days.
@ erik1080: I've misread your post like "Since when was waiting in line to play virtual blowing fun?" LOL
im glad to see they are improving the feature set of home. is it still consider open beta? its improving a tad bit every thursday, but it needs some big feature stand outs to be a hit.
Yeah, after a couple days of playstation news, I'm like totally fed up with it... but after constant apple news for years, you kind of just get used to it
You would almost think there was some sort of gaming convention that Sony announced all this shit at.....oh wait.
Sony needs to address the rabid teenage and young men who roam Home looking for all the girls who pop up in the world. Have heard from more then one account that they are mobbed...
Set you avatar to a good looking female and watch the fun begin. I've done this as an experiment and it is absolutely a problem. You just get swamped on - especially in the central plaza. Get about 5 guys around you, change back to a male, and watch 'em scatter like the cockroaches they are.
"an in addition to things like".... perhaps should be "and"?
cool. nice little addition to home. i guess sony is really trying to sell their playstation line now.
But there is a difference. This is just allowing you to start the games up. Not launch into a multiplayer game with friends, that is done on a title by title basis.
This feature was in the closed beta.
Oh hey, on my xbox I can launch any game, or netflix, from within any game (or netflix).
Eh, someone was gonna say it.
You can do that on PS3 as well, you can access the XMB from within any game and load up anything else you would like. This is just adding it to Home which brings up the point why wasn't this available earlier? Seems easy enough.
@ CaramelZappa :: "Eh, someone was gonna say it" ... you seem like you hardly had enough energy/ambition to say it.
you have to put the disc in it, so launch 'ANY' game part is so meaningless.
Well... not exactly. Since Warhawk, Burnout, Socom and others can be bought direct from store.
@ Cheesus(Crust)
So, basically launching "any game" is a half-truth. since you have to put a disc in, unless it's downloaded.
I'm in the closed beta and they had this so called "universal game launching". Sorry to say it's 70% useless. All it does is launch a game like you would normally launch a game from the xmb, only, you can do it without leaving home. You still have to wait through all the typical load screens and open sequences, set up the game, and invite everyone.
Hopefully, I misunderstood and this "universal" home launching is more than that.
*was in the closed beta
Does that girl have bunny ears? Don't let the 'furries' see this....
bunny-girl != furry
It doesn't even look like bunny ears; it's probably just a bow or something.
It's a picture way back in the background.
Girl?
I look at that image and see four guys.
Those are some bad ass PS2 graphics right there.
Are you serious? The graphics are awesome.
This is not big enough for engadget!
Why is this on here?
who cares!
who cares about your opinion
you care enough to post a comment atx1980
Why do I have the feeling this is going to be exploited by hackers?
Those aren't Sony's version of the Mii, are they?
It's Microsoft Bob all over again.
As much as I love Sony for updating the console and adding a cool new sparkly background to the XMB (what - I like eye candy, okay?), here's what I want you to do. That's right, I have a list of DEMANDS, Sony. Fix them immediately.
1. Allow me to customise the colour of the font when I choose a theme - there are some cool themes with light backgrounds that I cannot use because I can't see a bloody thing.
2. For the love of christ, add a media search function. I have over 3000 songs transferred to my PS3, and these are from around maybe 750 artists or so (I have no idea, but it's a relatively large number). Do...you...have...ANY...idea...what it's like, even in 'group content by artist' mode, to hold the left analog stick down for about a three weeks and find you're only on 'E'? Implement a search function or an iPod like letter-search when you scroll fast enough.
3. The PlayStation Store. Don't get me wrong, I like it, but describe how large the file is before we choose to download it - please?
4. DVD bookmarks. I haven't had a chance to try out a Blu-ray movie yet, so I don't know if it's included there, but considering the fact that it has a HDD could you please let us add bookmarks galore to our films? Also, while your at it, chapter images like in the 'scene search' mode on stored videos would be nice, too :)
5. Back to the subject of music, could you be nice and let us use all them shoulder buttons for music control whilst elsewhere in the XMB - ya know, since nothing else is using them, huh?
6. Free bacon.
7. Fix your internet browser. It's fiddly and I don't like it.
8. Access to the Gracenote database for DVDs. It would be nice to have a name and a background image, even if you only see it for a few seconds.
9. Ability to pull album artwork automatically when you import a CD. Come on; it's so basic!
10. Get developers working on some proper third-party apps; YouTube, Facebook integration, etc.
11. Make me better at online multiplayer.
12. Let me put whatever amount of money I want into my Wallet. I have £1.01 in it at the moment. What can I buy with it? Feck all.
I know that all of these are possible, any maybe even really easy, to implement (okay, maybe not 6, but don't look at me for 11 - I've seen technology recently...)
I would be very grateful if any of these could be satisfied, but if you can only pick one, please pick number 2; I'm sure every other PS3 user with music would agree.
Thanks Sony. Lots of love, me.
P.S. Make items in Home cheaper. 79p for a virtual footstool? Fuck off.
mmmmm.... bacon.......