Playstation Home almost here - but will it help PS3 beat Xbox 360?

Playstation Home. We've all heard of it, whether we're PS3, Xbox 360, or Wii owners, and some of us have even sampled it thanks to the ongoing beta. But with the promised but as yet unconfirmed proper launch date just around the corner, will Home exceed or shatter expectations, and if it does, will it help the PS3 beat the Xbox 360 at all this generation?

[chaosatom]

*signs*

Can Home be any good?
Can Home do this?
Can Home do that?

We Don't know.
And I am sorry to say that the author is simply Dumb because He has already made his opinion on Home.

[Breakfast]

Home is gonna be fun for all.
...for about a week or two.

Then youll realize you bought your ps3 for gaming purposes, and not to dance in a line with 30 people.

[Peter Griffin]

@ chaos: i have u as a friend on PSN but u hardly sign on....should i remove u im running out of space......

on topic: Home has plenty of potential, isee it as a great place to meet ppl who share the same interest in games as u.

@breakfast: the point of the reply link is to respond in accordance wit the corresponding user u hit the reply link under.

jesus i kno breakfast is the most important meal of da day but uve lost it bro. sarcasm or not, sign off plz

[ihatesouljaboy]

Need a tisue breakfast?

[Breakfast]

...ill let you say anything you want to me.

:)

[elorm9]

It's just a social networking app. It may help Sony beat MS, but not significantly. Only the exclusive games will.

[Armyless]

Home is what you want it to be... if you want it at all...

point being, it's not shoved down your throat as the only PS3 interface. If you don't like it, don't use it. Other people, who believe it or not, are actually different (and not just inferior to you) might actually enjoy making friends in a gaming social network. Although I can see how that doesn't work to your benefit, Breakfast.

[ihatesouljaboy]

Lol +1 to breakfast.

[MAR-TYR-DOM]

even if that happens which i doubt,
The only thing people will realize is that they have a choice to use it or not, its FREE.

So you fail on epic proportions, but pass in losing bubbles.

[jwatt]

As long as they add stuff to keep you coming back to home, the only real reason I come back to Home is for chess, I'm addicted. It's like a game all by its self beside having to wait to play a game. If Sony add things to keep you coming back like for example Connect Four, Jeopardy, Basketball, and cool arcade games then Home will be just fine.

[poopsack]

your so true breakfast, and when I find out that i biught it for gaming purposes, I will put up a game on launch and get a group of friends to play, jumping directly into a set game with specific rules without having to go through much work

[lsujester]

I'm with you jwatt. The only thing I do is bowl and shoot pool. I try to play chess, as I play in real life a good bit... but it's always full.

I would be in Home a lot more than I am now if they can add more games and more spaces to actually play them. But who knows, maybe the actual full release will have a good bit added in, but for right now, a year and a half of development and it still feels slightly underwhelming.

Not to say I don't like it, but right now it needs more to do to keep me coming back.

[cayal]

I'll give it a go, but I don't have an opinion good or bad about it.

[Szarky]

I wasted an hour and I created an avatar, played bowling (which was sort of lame), and did a lot of exploring. The time went by so fast. I felt like I accomplished nothing. I was impressed by now much little things there was to do but I don't think I'll go into it again. Total time waster, I would have rather spent that time playing a game. Maybe if I was 15 again, having my mom do my laundry and dinner and dishes and I had tonnes of free time I would be in home all the time. I'm a bit older now, I value the little time I have to game. I used to be SOOOO pumped about home about a year ago before it was delayed who knows how many times. Now, I got invited into the beta and it took me about a week or two to finally try it out. I had time earlier but I just didn't care enough to try it.

[Jamegohanssj5]

It's like this. You have to realize that they would have to really market home, so that others without the Internet know about it. Some of my friends who don't keep up with gaming news knows about Home simply because I told them. Home won't really sell consoles simply because everything doesn't have access to the Internet to find gaming news. I am sorry that sounds horrible, but I feel horrible.

TGSI

[Danja]

I dont think HOME will be a deciding factor when it comes to the PS3 beating the 360..

HOME will just distinguish the PS3 even further apart from the 360.

and so far i've really enjoyed HOME...the mini-games are really good and addictive and the best thing of all it's Free for ne one who own a PS3...

[caladbolg777]

The PS3 doesn't need HOME to beat the 360. It's already a superior gaming console that's beating the 360 worldwide. HOME is just an added perk.

[ultimolu]

You have no idea what Home is, do you?

It's a social networking app...ah screw it. I'll be talking to a wall. *sigh*

[Marquis_de_Sade]

Thats been around for a while now with the NXE on Live, hopefully SONY make it just as easy to use as the 360 version.

[xhi4]

every PS3 owner doesn't really care whether or not the PS3 sells more than the 360 or not

we're just pumped for all the mad games and free stuff we get like

God of War 3,
Home
War Devil
Gran Turismo 5
White Knight Chronicles
Legend of Dragon 2
Dark Cloud 3
Uncharted 2
New insomniac Game
Jak 4
Resistance 2
Little Big Planet
KILLZONE 2
New Team ICO game
MAG
etc.

=D

[QuackPot]

.. but only because of what home should have been:

* a virtual world youtube for gamers but with MMORPG functionality.

* "Homes" or entire buildings should have been user created - LBP style

* gardens/furniture should be user created - LBP style

* gamers have to pay for more virtual real estate and extra features for building.

* entire virtual towns/cities can arise by users....naturally.

* allow the ability to created virtual shops for user to buy/sell items.

* have themed worlds - eg prehistoric, Roman, Greek, Future, movie etc.

* GTA-like abilities....running, shooting, fighting, holding, stealing, driving, flying etc.

* game character avatars.

Now with these alone - user created content/free roaming rpg - Home would be a winner.

But what I've seen of Home so far.....no thanks. I mean, have you seen the corny dancing? WTF.

Plus Home is going to be full of guys(the majority of gamers) so let the testorone go wild and allow the bros to build things and show off, play each other at basic games, hang out or get into figts etc FTW. But alas, not to be.

[elorm9]

I don't know if that's just sarcasm... But it's a SOCIAL NETWORKING APP!

[QuackPot]

@elorm9

If it's a SOCIAL NETWORKING APP there are better ways to do it. Especially when its being hosted on a GAMING console not a PC.

You can still have the networking but also the gaming.

[xhi4]

Homes" or entire buildings should have been user created - LBP style - that would be sh1t! Are you fu**in high? Imagine CRAPPILY THOUSANDS OF USELESS BUILDINGS.....WTF? Are you drunk?

* gardens/furniture should be user created - LBP style - If you do that their's no incentive to get trophy's and points to go buy more furniture and real estate with in home.........dumbass

* gamers have to pay for more virtual real estate and extra features for building. - wtf? YOU WANT TO PAY? All you have to do is get more trophy points and your good, way better than having TO PAY! Your so stupid....

* entire virtual towns/cities can arise by users....naturally. - OH DEAR. This has to be the most stupid suggestion yet. Your talking about Sim City mate.....not bloody home.

* allow the ability to created virtual shops for user to buy/sell items. - that would be a good one, but that's just Second Life, and Home isn't about having a SECOND LIFE, its about SOCIAL INTERACTION between GAMERS. Not BUYING AND SELLING and setting up ONLINE STORES..........god.

* have themed worlds - eg prehistoric, Roman, Greek, Future, movie etc. - We have that..........Uncharted room, Warhawk room, resistance room, etc. If you want entire worlds.......that would be sh1thouse.

* GTA-like abilities....running, shooting, fighting, holding, stealing, driving, flying etc. - WTF, how ANNOYING would that be? Every ten seconds someone shooting, you die, someone steals your clothes.....wtf, people flying and driving around........WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SMOKING.....buy GTA IV if you want that...oh dear.

* game character avatars. - that's in there already........wtf? You obviously never been in home, have no idea what Home is about and are just trying to cast bad light on it.

YOU FAIL (at life.)

[xhi4]

YOU WANT GAMING IN HOME?

Home is about social interaction between gamers.

The reason why your on minimum wage and already 43 is exemplified in your suggestions.

You want gaming in Home?

What about when you can WITH FRIENDS play echochrome, pool, bowling, the other arcade games, watch movies, jump into game sessions and much more coming.

Mate you must be drunk or something seriously.

[lokiroo420]

quackpot it is pretty clear you dont understand a whole lot, first off home is still a beta, can you understand, second, its not a game and never will be a game, its a place to meet other people, a live blog, a live facebook, understand, dont worry about nobody cares what someone with an extra chromosome thinks anyway, dur da dur!

[George Sears]

I doubt that people would buy PS3's mainly because of Home. It's a great feature, and one that I am proud of beta testing myself, but it's not something that will system sell.

~"I am the Boss to surpass Big Boss himself...."

[lokiroo420]

Wow proud of randomly being selected, there is nothing to test however except logging in, way to set the bar high for yourself.

[Baba1906]

i kind of agree. i think its more like an addon. its free and it makes the ps3 community stronger but it wont make hardware sells increase.

cant wait to be able to test it and really looking forward to all the things that will come with it.

[LarVanian]

In all honesty I do not give a f***ing rat's ass!
I was messing about in Home with my friend Aaron today and it was really good fun. We talked up girls (Who could have been men?!!), made new friends and just had a great time.
The only thing I wish Home would let you do is customize your apartment any way you want. (Like being able to put a picture of yourself on the wall)

[BSigel81]

They actually had that a while back, I don't know if they will be bringing it back

[LakerGamerEnthusiast]

sony said that it was CONFIRMED that home was coming out this 15 or 30th of december but even though there are some doubters out there i am like pretty sure they mean it this time since they said it was for sure coming out before 09 so it basically looks like its there christmas present from them to us!!!! hopefully they complete there promise!!!! psn:erick21093 add me!

[BSigel81]

I think it will launch as successful as the video store. (You remember when everyone thought it would get a small selection,then bam...it had a ton of content to view) Sony just have to repeat that same formula with Home. Bring the trophy room, more content, and a more structured community(such as Home contest)and it would be a 08 killer.

[Sevir04]

They said the moment the Home launches, there respective games will have game spaces on the day the home beta opens. With both Warhawk and resistance supporting home, as well as GT5p it's gonna be just awesome seeing home blossom into what was promised from launch.

Epic, Capcom ubisoft, are among the 35d party developers that are supporting home.

I'm sure the trophy room will be around on launch or shortly after.

they already have club houses and new summer houses are back. they'll be having plenty more updates within the next couple of weeks, in my opinion Home will be out the last week of december with new spaces opening and more things availible to coustomise your home apartments and club houses. just stick tight. it's gonna be awesome

[RareNimbus]

is going be awesome!! get to meet new people. trophy rooms. mini games....etc..

[INehalemEXI]

Indeed.

[Danja]

Can you imagine Warhawk and Resistance Tournaments through home.....that would be awesome..^.^

[Lombax]

But how many people got a 360 just because of Live?

...Exactly

[Peter Griffin]

i dont think ppl necessarily got a 360 cuz of Live, they got it cuz the word of "being able to play online wit ur friends" hit hard and Live was at a point the only thing avalaible

[RAF-TECH]

XBOX live evolved so much already.
the party system just kicks ass.
just straight up convo and join up games.
so sick..

But we'll see..
I hope to be in the Home beta soon though.

[lokiroo420]

Except there is and will be a lack of good games to play with others.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

Not really though, Halo 3 remains the best online experience, for me at least, so far this generation. Gears of War 2 is great online as is Forza 2 and PGR 4.

[XDF]

Home will do jack. These articles are stupid. I have a PS3 and I can give a crap about HOME or Second Life clone. I care about the service and the games and of course the price. As long as the PS3 remains the most expensive system, it will remain in third place. It is common sense, people.

[n4gzz]

I have 2 PS3. I agree 100%. I don't care for home but I like lag free servers to play online games.
I don't really care who beats who either as long as they deliver good games.

ps Waiting for Killzone2 since 06 when I brought my first ps3 and here we are on almost 09, still waiting.

[lokiroo420]

The only thing it could do is help, so your opinion is pretty much stupid.

[KING85]

I honestly do not feel that consumers are gonna go out and say wow I gotta get PS3 for HOME. I think it will be a great social networking implementation on Sony's part as it will let gamers converse even more but I don't think anyone will go in to buy a PS3 thinking that HOME is the driving point of it. It's all about the price and games. PS3 is selling well and the 360 as well. 360 has its price going for it and the PS3 despite its price is moving consoles. It may not be as much as the 360 but it's moving a great rate nonetheless. I don't know why people still think that this generation or any generation is about winning a "console race". For these corporations its merely about profit. I'm sure Sony would love to beat Microsoft and vice versa but I think there more concerned about making a profit than if they come 1st or 2nd in the race. The only real people who care about this 1st, 2nd or 3rd nonsense is the "fanboys" who sad to say ruin it for gamers and simply just look quite silly and immature. Live is great but I bought my 360 for gears and not for live. Sure its great but live was just a bonus. I bought my PS3 for MG4, not because of HOME. Just like LIVE, it's also a bonus.

[RAF-TECH]

it won't help the PS3 beat the 360.

nothing matches Live.

but so i won't lose any bubbles.
"PS3 has great games"

[n4gzz]

computer games ??? they are free to play online too :D

[RAF-TECH]

the new party system where it tells you what games others are playing and being able to jump in any time.

yes... PC online is great..
but it's games r not unified with one another in a service...

[Marquis_de_Sade]

I will give you a bubble, this time...
In future try and be more subtle about giving props to anything X360 related.

B-

[Socomer 1979]

LASER TAG!

Imagine: a room built for laser tag with your avatars.

Or maybe:

PAINT BALL !

Ooooh!
while I'm at it , why not just put a amusement park with roller coasters & bumper cars!

[Radiodread]

more like a downgrade to XBL. That sh!t's for 10 yr olds.

[RAF-TECH]

Party system is old?
"Optional" installation is old?
Netflix on Console is old?

SIMS is 10 years OLD.
Second life is 10 years old

[PeptoBismol]

the only thing new about the 360 is massive hardware failure rates

[Kill Crow]

but the party system kicks are.

Nxe is a nice addition to a AAA online gaming interface.

HOME is nothing more than 2nd life but without the sex. It's not a game, and every cool thing mentioned about it so far - mini games, launching games and trophies can all be done very simply without the need to enter a 3D chat environment.

People who like games probably won't like Home that much...

[Azazel]

ps3 owns and so does ''home''....stupid idiot xbox fans are so ignorant...''home'' beats ANYTHING xbox can create for social interaction...not to mention blu-ray,hahahahaha

[Marquis_de_Sade]

quick question, how does Blu-ray tie into a social app? I'm intruged.

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

People have yet to realize.

Home is just one giant meeting place, to start clan matches, chat with people, and watch videos.

Nothing more. Not a game, not something to compete with Xbox live (how can it? It's not an entire service).

Everyone just needs to realize this...

[PoSTedUP]

it might sell consoles once the word gets out. all i know that it is off the hook man sony really did a good job on it.

[ReTarDedFisHy]

I doubt that Home will sell consoles... Not until consumers are actually aware that it even exists.

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

No home won't sell consoles.

Not meant to be, hell I wouldn't want a ps3 just for home.

Just another thing to have I guess. Pretty cool in itself.

[buy a ps3]

sony isn't trying to beat the 360 their trying to make a profit.

[ultimolu]

And people always forget this. :/

[smurfie4]

Home is not meant to sell consoles. It's meant to further cement social interaction among the ps3 community in a flashy and unique way. Its a safe haven for discussion free from pesky xboxfanboys.

[REDZEV]

after 2 years of empty promises and lies theres nothing that can posssibly save Sony or the Failing POS3. Sonys out of time and is too late.

[Radiodread]

for the retard update, but its not needed here. M$ is out of time, but I don't have to explain it to you since you've seen it posted countless times about RROD, lack of innovative titles, crappy NXE, Netflix problems, not all titles can be DLed to HDD, account theft issues, and just a live service filled with 12 yr old brats like you. Sorry that does not appeal to me. Maybe for little sh!ts like you, but not for me.

[Kill Crow]

Too little too late.

Enjoy the line dancing ... I'll be playing some games !!!!

[gamfreak]

Yar enjoy your games, cause 09 has nothing for the poor BOTS.

[Kill Crow]

surely at least one game in 2009?

Enjoy waiting inline to play pool. That sounds like fun too.

[felidae]

Home is a nice bonus for PS3 users. i really hope for them that they get cross game voice chat and better online connections - XBox Live is still more comfortable.

[tonywood]

However, the fact of the matter is HOME and the XBE are not system sellers. Price drops and GAMES is where it's at!

Sony appears to be worried about unimportant XBOX upgrades. NETFLICKS will make their money, one way or another...and the Wii oops., I mean Mii avatars are meaningless to gamers. "D-Day" will arrive in 2009. (K2 and GOD3 vs. Halo: whatever it's called and Gears2)