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PSW: Home Preview - 'Knocking on heaven's door?'

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PSW UK via GameRadar writes: "Details from the Japanese Home beta test revealed just as many new questions as it did answers. The application, which is designed as a virtual world to customize and meet mates in, will be released for free, hopefully this summer. The 500MB code will enable you to setup and develop an online world inside a thriving gaming community.

Already games such as Devil May Cry 4 have been released with hundreds of embedded 'achievements' which on Home's release will be converted into trophies, furniture and clothing for your own specific part of Home and avatar. The beta has revealed the flexibility of the software, enabling the 1,500 players who have tested it behind closed doors at Sony to connect with large groups of friends, tour the Home Square environment, moving from disc-based games to watching trailers to playing Home's free arcade games (which include takes on Chopper Lift, Q-Bert and Super Sprint) all without any trouble. The idea is that eventually, you'll be able to include similar content in your Home apartment, and invited friends and clan members will be able to sift your media (photos, videos, replays, scores, etc) together while you wait for the party to gather."
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JoelR - 631 days 20 hours ago
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er 15,000 not 1,500 ^_-
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kevoncox - 631 days 19 hours ago
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I actually like home and the home idea. I don't think any of my friends will use it but plenty of my online friends might. M only issue with it is we don't know what is finalized and a lot of the article is what we can be able to do....

Also, will home be finilized by the time the next xbox is ready. i expec it in 3-4 years and i don' think that is enough time to foster a community. These things take time to develop. Xbox live only really became realized 5 years after the initial launch. However, sony's user base is much higher.
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Stinkinmushroom - 631 days 19 hours ago
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they are telling many bullshit at the end.. we won't be able to sell our stuff
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BloodSpillXXT - 631 days 15 hours ago
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Sony have given a statement (i don't remember when or where) that the users will be able to use the developers kit, and create+sell items.
But i don't think were going to be able to sell them for real money, but rather gain a small amount of in-home currency.
Say if a chair gets created by a user, and sold for 250 home creds, the user might get 50 of those, to gain a sort of balance in Home's economy.
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JoelR - 630 days 20 hours ago
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Item creation will be available with a limited toolset (what tools to be determined at a later date. Not a development kit.
All content that this created will have to be vetted before being offered on line in the home service. Moderator by Sony and User nominated monitors.
It will use real money and the PSN accounts for purchases.

They really have not told developers much more than that. (and it is data mineable from the PS website if you want to dig through 50,000+ crap posts for the 7 or 8 real information posts)
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undacovabrothe - 631 days 19 hours ago
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I heard about being able to give away your items that you bought I think but Idk about selling things like user created content and things... That be too lose of a system that sony would have to keep monitored at all times. Also I didnt know japs had there beta how they get it? Is it an open beta because if it is ima hop on the jap store right now and go get it rofl...
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v1c1ous - 631 days 18 hours ago
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3.1 - protip: "jap" is a derogatory word
"but but but i don't want to spend 0.3 more seconds typing the extra letters"

yeah....i know you don't think it's bad but...just giving you a warning before you accidentally type it somewhere else without knowing.
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gonzopia - 631 days 18 hours ago
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What I want to know is... will the Home public environment be the same for everyone? In other words, are you connecting to a single server or one that is segmented? How will that work when trying to meet friends? Will 5,000 people in a single space not make it crowded?
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mindedone - 631 days 12 hours ago
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4.1 - good point
never thought of that. id type more but my gf is sleeping on my arm +bubble
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shine1396 - 631 days 12 hours ago
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@mindedone..hmm...a simple dose of life my man...bubbles are a coming your way...
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