Home Closed Beta Ends soon; Tons of third party support.

The SixthAxis writes:
"According to the official Japanese SCEJ site, the current closed Home Beta is due to end in a matter of weeks, presumably then opening up the final 1.0 version to a wider public. Additionally, here's a list of companies that have signed up as partners for Home, providing content, spaces etc..."

Hit the link for the full list of companies

[BrunoM]

Well as long as it comes il be happy ...

I (and every other ps3 owner) have waited 2 years for these i dont see why any of us would die if we wait 1 or 2 more months ... is not like i wont be busy .. LBP R2 SvsR09 ETc...

[Jamegohanssj5]

Oh I can't wait to hand you your ass in SD v R 2009 >_>.

TGSI

[PopEmUp]

handed to both of you but in pro evo I think you guys should be ready to hand it back lol

[ThanatosDMC]

Where's SquareEnix????

[BrunoM]

AHAH Jame i want to see that on SvR09 .. JUST BRING IT jabrony ... lol...

and as far as pro evo goes lol.. i dont kno about that i came from europe and its my soccer game not fifa... so come bring it lets play heheh ...

damn these next months are gona hurt my banck account.. lol

[thewhoopimen]

Interesting Square isn't in the list... but this shows strong signs of support from third party developers. In fact, it's a pretty daring undertaking, and it shows a lot of confidence on the part of the publishers, that we the consumers/fanboys don't see.

They must all be sold on Sony's long term concept of HOME in order to come together and invest their time and programming teams to develop this virtual world. I am amazed that given the "supposed" dark news of sales being eclipsed by the so called "competition" that they choose to take on this big project. In fact what this tells me is that the third party publishers all see Sony as the long term player in this arena and a winner if not THE winner. The news is rosy from an industry standpoint. Think of this as the equivalent of Apple signing up most of the major/minor music labels. It requires a high level of cooperation and teamwork to make a system of this complexity happen. Definitely even more so than Apple Itunes store "ripping" and hosting AACs.

Sony is definitely winning the hearts of publishers.

[dro]

im having problems connecting my ps3 on psn, it keeps on saying erro code 80710092 or server timed out. i called sony but they are not picking up, pls some one pm me if u know how to fix the problem.

[juuken]

You could try testing your connection?

Not sure, but you should go to the forums for that.

[dark loard]

i've got the same prob add it last nite still cant connect

[slave2Dcontroller]

But I just logged out and logged back in. I will see if mines is working. Maybe Sony is uploading a bunch of TGS stuff to the Network?

[slave2Dcontroller]

I'm able to connect. I live in Los Angeles. I guess this is only affecting certain areas.

[DeforMAKulizer]

Dont worry man, im getting that error from time to time too...
Maybe they are updating their servers without taking them off, or it might simply be huge stress on PSN, cause lots of people in LBP and Home checking out uncharted... I think itll be fixed soon... =D

[FrankenLife]

Mine did that for a little while. It turned out to be the router's fault. Until I buy a new router I just plug my ps3 directly into the modem.

[slave2Dcontroller]

I'm not in a rush for it though. LBP will be stealing a GR8 deal of my time. That and work.

[dale1]

i got this problem last night and this morning just unplugged the router and it seems to work,the browser was fine but the playstation network was the problem.
edit same error code appeared strange

[n4gzz]

i guess they are getting to release open public beta for everyone.

[slave2Dcontroller]

Did I miss something though? They added the Uncharted Area to HOME???

[DeforMAKulizer]

Yup =D And its awesome... Full with a mystery regarding finding a key to open doors =D
It was a bit crowded though, but excellent!

[thejokester]

from year, to months, to weeks, then rinse and repeat.

[divideby0]

nice list of companies...judging from the response to last nite UC...I can wait for a Warhawk, Socy and LBP rooms and of course anything Insom. puts up

[g3nkie]

I'm really tired of the word "soon"..... Just give us a f***ing date already.....

[BabyStomper5000]

It's free. It'll come when it's done.

[dragunrising]

If we are in the closed beta currently, when it becomes open, are we able to keep everything we created? Uncharted bar was pretty sweet btw.

[remanutd55]

do you know the code from the downstairs door? they told me 1024 but didnt work, i hope thats the trophy room lol, and yes uncharted room is sweet indeed

[CR7JUVE1897]

I just logged in to the Home Beta for the first time last night. Little did I know that my e-mail for the invite was sitting there since October 3rd.

My first impressions.

Its not bad. Not bad at all, actually. I've come to the realization that I need a keyboard though.

Graphically speaking, it is very appealing, and laid out very well. At first, when you have to download the installs for the separate squares/malls/markets and whatnot, it can usually take about a minute or so. Then, I would say it takes about another 10-15 seconds to load up each time you enter or exit a different section of home.

The mall seems pretty cool, although for now they basically have the same stores on the first level as they do on the second.

The gaming square on the other hand, is a lot of fun. I met up with a friend of mine and we played a round of pool, and the physics on it are pretty solid. I am absolutely clueless as far as the bowling is concerned. After 5 straight gutter balls, I said "no thanks". Not that it is n't any good, I just happen to suck at it.

Communication isn't bad either, although as I had stated earlier, you should definitely invest in a keyboard. The voice communication was horrible, to the point where it was non-existent. My buddy had told me that they were having issues with it.

At first, it was basically empty, excpet for a couple of people mulling around, but a half hour later, the place was packed. I got into Sully's bar, and it seems cool, although whatever that game is that they have in the arcade cabinet looked like something that got thrown up out of an NES system.

In conclusion, I liked it. The gaming space, and getting friends together to play seemed really fluid. It does need some work, but for what it is right now, its worth the time to download it and check it out

[Wozzer]

Yawn

[MaximusPrime]

great stuff. keep us updated, sony!

[WINZLOW]

everyone is going to complain about how horrible it is.

yes im in the beta

who disagreed? at least tell me why?

phantom disagrees are coming

[remanutd55]

and i think there will be complaints but if sony managed to come out with warhawk, insonmiac rooms(resistance,ratchet) and most importantly LBP own BUILDING lol there will be a lot of happy people, it was a great surprise to see uncharted bar yesterday the only thing is missing is a trophy room ( which could be the downstairs room for all i know , i think we wont be able to get access to it b4 october 24th (thats what i heard) but overall the bar is pretty neat , i like it , but the number 1 game that needs to be there is LBP , you know it, i know it, everybody knows it, and the ability to launch games online with your friends , cuz right now you can launch any game you have on your ps3 but just by yourself not with other people , im gonna be honest with you i got really excited to finally see the first game room in home i think is a step forward in the right direction

[nagging4gamers]

i concur with your statement "Communication isn't bad either, although as I had stated earlier, you should definitely invest in a keyboard. The voice communication was horrible, to the point where it was non-existent. My buddy had told me that they were having issues with it."

the beta has been out for a long time and i have seen no patches for this issue. the loading times get so annoying up to the point where i just turn home off and i have a great net connection speed at 15 mbps

[PSWe60]

in is the sporting rooms, SEGA and Konami.
Launching MGSOnline would be kick ass from HOME

[Cenobia]

That wold be awesome, but I don't see it happening. All that Konami ID BS probably makes it impossible.

Plus I haven't even heard about them working on trophies for MGS4, so I doubt they're doing anything with Home.

[pixelsword]

...They do all this, and expect their games to sell on the PS3?

Good luck with that, buddy.

[Theoneneo81]

Soim guessing the finall set will be in two weeks for qore subscribers and then mid november perhaps around or before the big 360 update the open beta

[Zip]

With microsofts arvaters coming out soon, this will definaly put alot of pressure on Sony to finish this and get it out of the door. Im not a wii/xbox fanboy, hell I only own a ps3 myself, but Sony really need to proitate to deliver then promise.

[Zip]

and why would anyone disagree about that statement?