I Miss Playstation Home. Am I Alone? Sit Down, Let’s Reminisce.

If you own and play PlayStation, you’re part of a community whether you acknowledge and like it or not. During the beginning of the last generation of consoles we were given PlayStation Home as a free application. This was a new concept, we’ve never seen this before on a console.

[gangsta_red]

Playstation Home definitely had some good ideas. I like how some companies had themes in that world that your avatar could visit and play around in. Having your own home with items you collected from games was cool too. But all in all it was just a burden and not convenient to get to. That and the whole strange Second Life vibe where dudes pretend to be women and the men there who actually believe they're women following them around trying to run some lame gab on them was nothing but some serious cringe.

It could have been something cool if Sony would have let that company just make it just be a Second Life clone type thing and nothing else.

[darthv72]

Home was a neat concept. I think, with the advent of VR, they could bring it back and add in more first person experiences like maybe a theme park with rides and games to win prizes. Riding in bumper cars in VR would be cool, especially if they had some sort of feedback vest you wore to feel the impact. I believe Sony has been working on wearable tech to add more immersion to VR.

[gangsta_red]

Some really cool ideas. It would definitely work with VR.

[ilikestuff]

Home was pretty cool for being free at the time, the vr thing would be awesome. I don’t think it was amazing or anything but it was definitely a cool extra thing

[poleerollee]

PlayStation Home? no thank you.

[mikeslemonade]

It was too ambitious for the PS3 hardware. I had some fun in it but I don’t miss it. It was too slow and glitchy.

[T2X]

I would be on board with something like that day 1. I always thought it was cool, but such a wasted opportunity. I envisioned, that you could go into the virtual stores and buy items and have them really be delivered to your home. Sort of like a virtual Amazon marketplace. Also, the movie theater could have real movies like at a real cinema and you pay real money and watch it with people in the virtual space. I think now, the infrastructure exists to really support something like this in VR. In the future definitely.

[ABizzel1]

To be honest it's a great concept, but it needs its implementation revamped and simplified.

Reduce the graphics to a more suitable artstyle that doesn't require as much server work or processing power, and keep each world theme on individual servers to allow significantly reduced loading, and create game worlds / publisher spaces.

Like the EA arena was a good concept, but there should be a NBA streets mini game for your avatar, a Madden streets, Fifa Streets, and a Ready To RUmble style boxing games.

That would make it better.

[gangsta_red]

Another great idea.

I think Home for current consoles and even next gen would definitely work a lot better than it did for PS3.

[rainslacker]

I think a lot of the performance issues were because of it needing more memory than the PS3 afforded for such things. Graphics quality surely could have been reduced, as social media hubs don't really rely on amazing graphics to keep people engaged.

What's sad about it's removal from PS is that a lot of Sony's community features this gen would have been awesome additions to the social hub. Like arcades for playing with other players, or watching streams in a movie type setting.

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[husomc]

I have memories of watching E3 in the cinema in PS Home

[Jin_Sakai]

The slow loading between areas in Home was a huge problem. That could likely be completely eliminated with PS5 and the custom SSD. Home could really come alive next gen. It would be nice if they added the ability to play with PlayStation characters instead of humans.

I’d love to see Home return but I doubt we’ll ever see that day come.

[Sunny_D]

Slow loading was one of the reasons I gave up on PS home. I could give a 2nd go if the download times are reduced.

[lodossrage]

I have to admit, I miss PS HOME.

If it wasn't for HOME, I would have never gotten that KZ2 platinum since that's where I met and formed a group to play

[ShinjukuSon]

I feel really nostalgic about. Loved the vibes and the atmosphere it was so cosy. The bowling alley, the pool club, the shopping centres etc.

[lodossrage]

Yeah HOME was actually pretty cool with all their different themed environments. What killed it was the long load times.

[PhoenixUp]

I enjoyed PlayStation Home, it was an acquired taste

[AK91]

I personally was never a fan but it did have a dedicated fanbase, so it would be cool if they brought it back for PS5.

[SinisterKieran]

i love that kinda stuff. anything that focres me to be a little more social.

[AnotherGamer]

I really miss PS home, it was such a neat idea.

[Orionsangel]

Eh, kinda. Maybe? I dunno. It was pretty boring. When I think back I remember this one friend I had online. He wasted thousands of dollars on Home. He had the mansion with gold everything. You name it. He took me and some other friends on a tour. It was kinda fun to get to see stuff we couldn't afford on HOME, but mostly today I just laugh that he spent that much money and then HOME was discontinued, LMAO!

[blackblades]

Probably because you were alone. I was chilling with sone friends talking and actually met people on it and talked. They had games on it and movies to watch. Buying stuff on it was stupid but hell people enjoyed enough for them to do so.

[Orionsangel]

No, I chatted with people a lot. The things you could do were fun at first, but after a while it got boring. The items were expensive and also the connection would freeze every so often. I give kudos to Sony though for trying something different.

[Azale]

Sad.. such a shallow small mind. Finding joy in the potential pain of others, I’ll never understand it. Smh.

[Orionsangel]

Yeah, but he was kind of a jerk.

[timotim]

Thiers a reason why it died...was too tedious to just get in and get to what you wanted to do. If brought back today, no doubt the world would be littered with MTs throughout and we know how the community feels about those. Would be one big MT fest...Would take the phrase "but its just cosmetics" to a whole new level.

[Edgelordsupreme]

It had MTs in it's original form, on top of just being another vector to be advertised to.

[timotim]

Yes it did. Now just imagine how amplified those MTs would be and how that would be viewed in today's climate...

[rainslacker]

It's a social hub which was pretty much supported by those transactions. Free to use as well. Somehow I doubt people would be that upset about them in PSHome, because it's not like a full priced game.

[gangsta_red]

Yeah, that's also something else to consider. Especially with MTs being extremely frowned on would Home even be successful with consoles today?

I believe gamers are more accepting of practices though when it comes to certain genres. Home could be viewed as Sony's own MMO Second Life F2P and more than likely the community wouldn't give the same scrutiny they give other games.

[Godmars290]

As turned off as I am towards MTs, at least in that case it was largely $1 cosmetic crap with freebies besides. Things you earned with trophies from full games.

Mind you, if it were done today, much of the free stuff, especially from 3rd parties, wouldn't be free.

[SyntheticForm]

You're alone - or at least I'm not in your company.

[ShinjukuSon]

They're not alone.

[XxSPIDEYxX]

Miss it everyday. Met some incredible people, witnessed some hilarious fights. God, that chain swing song was annoying.

[Sm00thNinja]

Omg that chain swing song lol

[blackblades]

Yeah I met some people on it but also had trolls but there was one thing I was excited about on it but never came and it was the trophy room. Guess the communities is the new home.

[DarXyde]

I did not like Home. I really struggled to find its merit. Maybe if they approach it in a way that is, dare I say, fun, it can be interesting.

It's always been a neat idea with no real vision to me.

[SyntheticForm]

Agreed.

I get that they were trying to promote community, a meeting place, and togetherness, but it felt bland and hollow.

[Edgelordsupreme]

It was just a place to be advertised to. I was excited about the idea that peoples "Home" would be a form of lobby for multiplayer games but that never came to pass.

[rainslacker]

Some of the "fun" was about being there at the right time. Having a social group to meet there could make things better. If you just piddled around in the world, then yeah, it was kind of boring. I used it for a bit, with friends, but I usually just wanted to get back to my game.

[AuraAbjure]

I liked how players could sit down in virtual movie theaters and watch Sony movies together.

[Segata]

PS Home felt like the most next-gen thing ever back in its time. The idea seemed amazing. In execution, it was a bit dull and I don't think enough people cared. It had it's fans for sure but most PS3 owners didn't use it outside of trying it once. I think now with PSVR the idea would be much better implemented on PS5.

[Welshy]

The game specific areas, especially 1st party games especially, were actually pretty cool. I had alot of fun on Home.

I think Home was ahead of it's time to an extent, between the somewhat limited hardware of last gen and general lack of good internet at the time it was always going to struggle to be what it wanted be.

I'd be down for a next gen Home on PS5 for sure.

[Xaevi]

Bend over and lean and let your chain swing

[Sm00thNinja]

I met some fantastic people and partied with some great friends. I miss the frick outta HOME! I love the idea of a social space and hopefully the PS5 can bring it back in some form

[Limitedtimestruggle]

PS Home was a total disaster for us over here. It was absolutely rubbish. I am glad Sony ditched it. I thought they spent to much wasted efforts on it to be honest. Maybe it worked out better for you guys in the states, I dunno.

[Smokehouse]

I didn’t care for it. I think the home foundation would make a great casino game though. Like a Las Vegas strip kind of game. Walking around to different spots and gambling real time. If the tables are full you can’t play just like real life. All fake money of course, no pay to win mtx mechanics. if you don’t have money you play on the shit tables until you do.

[ApocalypseShadow]

Perfect for PSVR. Shame it's gone. Especially when they were making money from it.

[rainslacker]

Would be cool in PSVR. But part of me thinks that we'd see a lot of player's avatars heads unnaturally close to all the female avatars chests, or near the ground looking up under skirts.

[ApocalypseShadow]

Lol! Probably so.

Wouldn't put it past some gamers after the other things they used to do in Home in the public spaces and Sony had to take steps to squash some of it.

[porkChop]

Home was a really cool idea, but it wasn't executed very well. It would be nice to see it completely revamped for next gen. There's a lot of potential there.

[Master of Unlocking]

So do I. I honestly didn't think it would be shut down like that, so easily. Why it was never ported to the PS4 is again a mystery Sony alone can shed light on.

[Moe-Gunz]

I think PS Home was awesome and was a great idea. However, I feel it was ahead of its time and the hardware didn’t match up to what it really wanted to be. Now i think the original vision can be achieved but doubt we’ll ever see it return.

[Abnor_Mal]

I remember meeting people in Home who spent hundreds of dollars in items such as avatars, clothes, apartments, islands, yachts and furniture. Then Hone shut down and they lost everything.

[Azale]

Nothing lasts forever. Use what you can, while you can.

[Abnor_Mal]

Natures first green is gold, its hardest hue to hold.

Nothing last forever, indeed.

[Godmars290]

I miss my yacht. And my home outside of a sci-fi city. And the space station once they had it up and running decently enough. Actually watched Crackle there and almost bought the apartment.

Anyone ever go on the JP servers? Had everything there from a Monster Hunter themed airship to an R-Type hanger with a fighter you could actually fly and fight in.

[Teflon02]

make it a mix of home and something alittle more free like VR chat or even like MMO's FFXIV for example and allow more freedom and bigger lobbies. That would be perfect. I would be on it alot. Home was great for its time. But I would rather hang in the FFXIV online lobby over it now. Just give me a avatar creator that's fantastic and a bunch of stuff to do and earn with less restriction on movement etc. With VR allowed for body tracking etc. We're gold in such a case. Sounds like alot but it's really what a modern home should be

[battlegrog]

The idea was cool and i think next gen someone will make another version of it because the concept is amazing.PS home just sucked so bad at doing it though. Few pc games did it way better like second life. Than again the next GTA is pretty much going to be like ps home lol. It needs to be a proper world and not loading rooms and VR as an optuon. I sorta have a sense the next ps console might go even more back to its roots !

[Thundercat77]

When you had it, you criticized it. When you don't have it, then you miss it.

[gold_drake]

home was an outright mess lol great for meeting people if they didnt outright tell u to fk off haha. it was very was easy to get mixed up with anyones drama. at least thats how i remember it. im glad i was a part of it for sometime, but im also glad it's gone

[TheGamez100]

The real big problems home had were the annoying multiple donwloads itd have to do, all those damn load times, and huge hdd space it needed back in those days. Everyones internet was pretty crappy too. But if it were to come back to the ps5, these would very much be improved. Too bad it never got out of its beta stage. Was a bit too far ahead of its time and on crap hardware. Love fooling around, playing some of the minigames, and even meeting other gamers to talk about games. Good times.

[P_Bomb]

We’re 10 years on. Faster internet, faster consoles, faster growth in the free-to-play market. The fact they haven’t done it yet is a mystery to me. But it also isn’t. Ties back into them needing to step up their online. PS3 was much more forward thinking in that regard.

[ShinjukuSon]

You're not alone.

[Silly gameAr]

The last thing I ever did in PS Home, was get all of the trophies before it went bye bye. I have A lot of fond memories with home, and actually met a couple of good friends that are still my friends today.

[ReVibe]

Good times few and far between. My friend and I would play pool every chance we got. The dance floor was fun too.

[Tross]

No, you’re not. I want to go Home. Maybe we can again one day.

[UnholyLight]

Never got to experience it myself but I think in the future especially with better VR it could be redone into something special. I mean just look at how popular that one VR chatroom game is that all these youtubers helped make famous. The name of what it is escapes me right now but that seems like a good thing that could help influence a PS Home 2.0 with PSVR 2.0 support!

[scorpiosfinest]

Have you tried Nebula realms on the PS4???? Its very similar to PS home.

[l33t_haxx0r]

I liked it I just didnt enjoy the loading times

[Horseygamer]

possible one of the greatest social experiments on the console market

[execution17]

I miss the bowling and pool, sitting in the theater with other people watching E3 live and last but not least my bat cave

[Monkeycan8]

I do miss Home I would really spend alot of time on it when I was bored and didn't really want to play anything. Trolling and finding glitches was a great way to pass time. Until the "Gangs" started ruining the experience. For anyone looking for something similar look up Nebula Realms on PS4. It will never replace PSH but it is the closest thing to it.

[ILostMyMind]

I was standing there until the last breath, seeing people disappearing. Sad, but a pleasant experience.

[Platformgamer]

no, i miss that too, it was a perfect virtual place to socialize and playing some mini-games in company.

[babadivad]

You are alone. It was a money sink and was pretty lifeless at launch. I can count on one hand how many times I went thete.

[Father__Merrin]

it was pretty good the big mistake was it went for a relistic appraoch and was graphics heavy. instead it should have been like Miis or xbox avatar type visuals

[gtxgamer2]

For what it was, and what it offered it was alot of fun. Especially watching game trailers or Qore at the movie theaters. A VR addition to this game would be welcome.

[PurpHerbison]

Home was alright, got bored easily though. Four Kings Casino has a PS Home vibe.

[JonTheGod]

I managed to get 100% of the Home trophies just before they shut off the servers. 🤘🏼

[Acecalibur]

In the beginning it was so cool for meeting people and chatting. You could voice chat openly. After they changed that, it took a dive little by little.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I miss it too.. I still use my PS3 and wish I could go back into it for some bowling and arcade games 😁