PSBlog: PlayStation Home beta update

The official PlayStation Blog has an update on Home:

"We are aware that some people may be experiencing difficulty in accessing the PlayStation Home beta at present. This is due to overwhelming demand for the service as people access Home for the very first time since it became Open Beta and appeared on the XMB.

While we prepare solutions to ease the problem, you may continue to experience difficulties accessing Home. We kindly ask for your patience as we work to meet the incredible demand for this revolutionary service."

[jamesrocks3147]

it seems to be getting better to access it as time goes by in the UK anyway when i use my american account it access home stright away no problem! hope its all sorted out soon tho keep it up sony!

[LightningPS3PS3]

With all the constance bashing it gets, I was thinking it was gonna be pure rubish. But it's not bad, I'm finding out, it's not much different than a more interactive chat room.

Just like in a chatroom, your looking to talk to chicks, so everyone in home seems to usually flock around female avatars.

[PimpHandHappy]

i found this worked

make sure your signed out b4 you start HOME

then allow HOME to sign you in

seemed to work for me and i was able to walk around and check stuff out...not much to really check out but im sure that will change over time....I WILL NOT SPEND ONE PENNY ON HOME

EVER

[Zeevious]

In Home, like NXE or Wii your given the basics for nothing. In home it's your own Apartment to decorate, basic clothes, etc.

Extra's, like any other service are...well...Extra!
In Home you can even WIN extra's like clothes, decorations, even arcade games in some regions!

Spend on what you want...win what you want...or not at all.
The options YOU choose are entirely up to YOU.

[Sevir04]

i still cant visit red bull island yet and the new furnature and clothes from diesel arent in yet. So it's still not there yet. it'll be nice though. I cant wait.

[INehalemEXI]

Until I got Trophy room , picture frames , and a flat screen TV in my pad im not happy, Im not sad either its coming along.

[thor]

Don't get your hopes up for a trophy room - the last we heard of it we were expecting video sharing and a release in 2007...

[PimpHandHappy]

im guessing we will see stuff like that added over the next couple weeks. Let the traffic die down a bit and allow the ppl that might really enjoy HOME enjoy

im not going to say HOME is the NEXT BIG THING

because thats Broc Lesnar

but i will say i like to play chess and if at the end of the PS3 life cycle i can find a game of chess in HOME it will have done a good job for me....i really wonder how GT5 is going to be handled thou

[butterfinger]

I was just playing Chess in the mall last night. If you are having trouble finding a game of Chess (or pool or arcade or what have you) try leaving and coming back. The mall isn't the same everytime (different people usually) nor is the Movie Theatre, Bowling Alley, or Central Plaza. I noticed this when 2 of my friends who live right next door to me were in the Movie Theatre the same time as I was and we couldn't find each other until we jumped to where the other person was.

[PimpHandHappy]

thanks for the heads up

[Solidsnakex23]

you can leave a place and come back in a different server.

[mindedone]

about the uncharted globe and trophy case? what happened to them since closed beta?

[gambare]

they are still there but you need a code to access