LEAKED: Playstation Home 1.0 out Nov. 20;everything you wanted to know about Home 1.0

Milky Joe - 403 days 3 hours ago

It's being made available in the closed beta on the 20th. Still not ready for general release, I'm afraid.

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rbanke - 403 days 2 hours ago

Confirmed means an official statement regarding something. Sony has not given us any date of the open beta(even on the private forums).

The only thing anyone knows is that its going to be soon.

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xhairs9 - 403 days 1 hour ago

1.0 is still closed beta for foreigners to join in and test the language packs. That's what this is about just more info regarding this. Has nothing to do with opening for the public, we'll have to sit and wait some more yipee.

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mercyless9 - 403 days ago

delays are so f'in annoying

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fiercescuba - 403 days ago

Home could be really awesome and drive the PS3 to new heights for an online gaming community. Or... it could flop. I'm hoping for the awesome outcome.

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Algonath - 402 days 23 hours ago

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! .....they took out the vPSP no!!!! ...well HOME better not be slow when we get it. It should be fast as the NXE atleast.

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FantasyStar - 402 days 23 hours ago

I just hope that Cross-game invites come w/ Home. That's all.

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Mozilla89 - 402 days 19 hours ago

I guess its okay though this article still doesn't reveal when 1.0 is coming out for everybody.

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Dino - 402 days 17 hours ago

and I just erased what I wrote earlier because I just noticed people talking about an NDA. I dont remember seeing that anywhere but I'll play it safe.

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chaosatom - 403 days 2 hours ago

gj.

I am looking forward to home. i really hope they nail the arcade machines and bowling and stuff because that's where I am going!

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hay - 403 days 4 hours ago

Either way, if it gets approved It'll be removed quite fast.

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creeping judas - 403 days 2 hours ago

I'm not excited, and neither am I excited for NXE. Sure I'll play around and stuff, but to me it's not important. I'd rather have more games!!!

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MetalProxy - 403 days 2 hours ago

kev you make me laugh at how silly you are. Wasnt there a butt load of "games" that came out in the past few weeks? I have way to many "games" to play. My Home beta adds to the fun but telling you this is probably, Meh. So carry on

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ultimolu - 403 days 2 hours ago

I still care.

I get this and games.

Awesome package. :)

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kevnb - 403 days 1 hour ago

but I don't think the fact that alot of games have come out recently is a real argument. Another first party game is rarely ever a bad thing, they could of made a really good one with all the time and beta testing they put into this.
Back to the point, what is exciting about home? Maybe I'm just missing the point.

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himdeel - 403 days 1 hour ago

...but I'm not overly concerned about it. Just like I care if I eat dessert after diner but if none is around I'm not overly concerned about it either. I'll download HOME and use it occasionally but it could just as easily not be there and I wouldn't be bothered.

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MetalProxy - 403 days 1 hour ago

Home will be a great place for clan meetings before you go do a game battle... come on man use your imagination just a wee bit.

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LeonSKennedy4Life - 403 days ago

Everyone's excited for HOME. You obviously haven't seen too much on it, have you?

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TheExecutive - 402 days 23 hours ago

I guess by your logic there is no need to support anything other than games? Its basically a beefed up version of what MS is offering with their new Dashboard. So yeah, both are ways to support a community and obviously you have a problem with that

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Fishy Fingers - 403 days 3 hours ago

"confirmed" by who? You?

"we'll be inviting a huge number of people into the closed beta in SCEE territories. The final number of invitations sent will depend on how the load test goes hence no dates yet for the 2nd and 3rd batch or any numbers"

"Open beta will be here when it's here."

Perhaps it will happen in 2009, but it certainly isnt confirmed.

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thor - 403 days 2 hours ago

OK I'm guessing. But the full version is _certainly_ not going to come out this year (the beta at BEST) - and when you have, this close to the end of the year, no official word on open beta release date, it looks pretty clear that it's not going to release by the end of the year.

Look I mean they said "fall" - and well, I see that winter is closing in. If it were coming this year there's no reason they couldn't announce a date like 20th December.

They have totally screwed up with Home - they don't know what they are trying to achieve, they are spending their resources on pointless things like redesigning the Home square and bubble machines, and they have had huge problems with development leading to this delay.

I blame SCE London Studio - and with all the hundreds of employees there you'd think they could at least make _something_ other than countless Singstar iterations, 2 cancelled games, EyePet and the POS people like to call Home.

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faiizow - 403 days 2 hours ago

So what's your point? Your not making sense for me with the "they don't know what they want to achieve" stuff. I pretty much understand the whole point of Home.

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thor - 403 days 1 hour ago

They have said that it is a social networking platform, or words to that effect. But look at every social networking _website_ and you'll spot a trend - they all have features to draw you in.

Any website pertaining to some hobby. N4G is a good example, we're a community, right? Because there's news for gamers on the site, and we come here to read it. Whilst we're here, we might chat to some of the other users etc.

Facebook lets you keep track of all your real-life friends, remember new people's names, organise events. I use Facebook for these purposes; but whilst I'm there, I might message my friends or have a game of poker. MySpace also has the draws of Facebook.

Now you might say "But in Home we're all there because we're PlayStation gamers!" - but the reality is, you don't NEED to go to Home to play PlayStation games. There's are few draws to pull you into Home. OK sure, there's bowling. There's pool. There's chess. But these are all games that are a lot more fun in real life and just seemed tacked on to Home. I can't see many people coming back to Home every day just to play pool. Launching games from Home is a good feature - if you want to get a group together to launch into a game it's great - especially if it's usually hard to find a server. But I think that this feature will be broken in that it will only work for a select few games, and not very well at that. Video/music sharing - again, might be a good reason to go into Home, but it's not there.

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0verdrive - 402 days 21 hours ago

thor your missing the point

i said this in the open zone to palin, but here it goes again...

home, at least from what i understand, does not try and emulate the goals of facebook, myspace, or secondlife. you are right, in that these social networking mediums have the draw in that they try and connect like minded people. facebook and myspace try to keep real life friends connected, and secondlife tries to connect people in a alternate universe. n4g tries to connect like minded gamers.

homes aim is to bring together like minded ps3 gamers. xbox live has built a large online community, and homes focus is to do that same thing, but in a different way: in a tangible virtual world.

keeping this in mind, they have also added elements and features that may make people draw the conclusion that it is similar to 2nd life, but in actuality, they are not the same. home is just trying to help people find games to play with, and at the same time giving them cool things to do in this virtual world.

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waznotwaz - 402 days 19 hours ago

I'll be honest when I say that I don't get what it is that Sony is trying to achieve with Home.It's this virtual world where like-minded gamers are due to all meet to talk about gaming?Why didn't Sony just copy Microsoft.If they had released the ps3 with a head set and spent the past 2 years give people the firmware updates that they have been asking for then there would already be a thriving online community and no need for Home.After all,what better place to talk about gaming than while you are playing games with your mates.

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0verdrive - 402 days 19 hours ago

i get where your coming from

but my guess would be that these media giants dont want to "copy" each other, or at least get caught copying. plus i think sony was banking on people using the blutooth headsets that they already had for their phones for their ps3s, but grossly overestimated how many people actually have blutooth headsets.

anyways, i suspect sony is looking for home to help serve as a hub of pre-game congregation, sort of like how in mmorpgs people wait outside of "raids" or group quests and form parties/meet up with friends, before they tackle coop games, etc.

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waznotwaz - 402 days 17 hours ago

I personally hope that Home is everything that it seems to be and then some.I just not sure it ever will be.I feel that Sony have been on catch up since the release of the ps3 and that this has caused them to drop the ball.This in turn has had a knock on effect and I'm not convinced that Sony has ever had the ball held firmly in it's hands since.Sony must own the world record for "First" to "Worst" and this doesn't instill much confidence in me as to how they are going to handle Home.Time will tell.

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LeonSKennedy4Life - 403 days ago

Well, since you were semi-kind about it, I'll let you in on why we're excited.

- Meet up and watch movies together.
- Unlocking special stuff only available through HOME.
- Playing with all the innovative stuff: Soccer tournaments with your HOME avatar hosted by Adidas, Treasure hunts through HOME created by random developers to help you explore and get your imagination running, New trailers being released streaming live in the town's center where you and your friends wait and anticipate it, Special zones devoted to helping you with games (walkthroughs with trophy help and live advice from others playing the game right then), war rooms to plan strategies in games (warhawk, socom, MAG, etc...), and voice chatting with hundreds of other people...making it as close to real life as possible. (That includes sound proximity: the closer they are, the louder you'll hear them!)
- It's completely open. You can do whatever you want, whenever you want. It gives you a sense of freedom. This is what people want...they want to feel untethered by the world around them. That is what HOME is.
- Mall shopping sprees and the ability to help in creation of new buildings.

Last, but certainly not least, CREATING YOUR OWN PLACE! Everybody has designed a room in the Sims or made a Mii...but when you take that to the next level, you get one simple thing: fun. SCEE understands what fun is and why gamers play the games they play. We just want to escape this screwed up world and enjoy ourselves. Why not try a world without restriction? Your home can look however you want it to look and you can do anything in your home that you want. It's your place. You can choose who comes in and who stays out. It's YOURS!

I can't wait to go HOME.

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ofx360 - 402 days 23 hours ago

The movie thing has been removed

I don't like home. To me is seems pretty useless.

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LeonSKennedy4Life - 402 days 23 hours ago

It's been removed until they can get it up again. It will be back though.

Why is it useless?

Do you not want to meet up with your friends and discuss how you're going to play through a level on Killzone 2 or literally meet new people...find some guy from Oregon that just so happens to love The Adventures of Pete and Pete as much as you do...and discuss it over a calming game of pool?

It's socializing for gamers! Maybe some people will learn from it and talk to human beings now!

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ofx360 - 402 days 18 hours ago

I see you have no bubble left so i won't take a shot at your comment. It just doesn't seem right.

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kevnb - 403 days 2 hours ago

but to each his own

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lil_krazzie - 403 days 2 hours ago

lol kevnb.
i meant like in game messageing. when they text you with their ps3

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Ldubbz - 403 days 2 hours ago

thats a good idea...Sony may be contacting you...lol. But I was thinkng you could have your actual cell phone linked with it so youre getting your actual texts as well. And throw in AIM too. Get on it Sony...

Sorta reminds me of GTA 4...I loved how you could be in MP, and call your friends in-game from your GTA phone and it would initiate a private chat...kinda blew my mind!

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Ldubbz - 403 days 1 hour ago

@ candystop

I dont think the Xbox can do that. If it can, lemme know cuz thats something I have seriously overlooked. But Xbox should try to get Live messenger on NXE with cell support...I would have to pick up that chat pad for that...

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LeonSKennedy4Life - 403 days ago

I agree with LDubbz...

That would be amazing! SCEE is one of the hardest working studios out there. Phil Harrison knows this better than anyone. SCEJ wouldn't listen to him when he told them that casual gaming was the next big thing and they didn't support the EyeToy, Buzz, or Singstar. That's why we never saw them grow outside of Europe. Then, the Wii came out and he had a big "I told you so party", then, left for Atari.

BTW...good job picking up Ghostbusters. That's the smartest thing Atari's done in years.

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thor - 403 days 3 hours ago

Don't be stupid mart, it'll release in 2009 - everybody knows this. And it will completely suck - everybody, in their heart of hearts, knows this too.

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Deviant - 403 days 3 hours ago

yeah it will suck and everyone will hate sony ...oh yeah i hate them so much.

get a life and stop trolling :)

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Wiimaniac - 403 days 3 hours ago

and why you care Mart?
you don't have a PS3, you don't care about the PS3, you hate the PS3 but then you are in every article about PS3 games and etc. why so much interest? are you going to buy one for killzone 2 or something?

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ravinshield - 403 days 2 hours ago

to fix home 1.0 like it always happens.

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mrdxpr2 - 403 days 2 hours ago

wow look how many people are hating on HOME.A bunch of haters.. and i would love to know when HOME needed an update to fix another update exactly they dont throw updates to fix another..They fix the glitches there own way..

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ultimolu - 403 days 2 hours ago

...Why do you care?
Why is it so important to you, may I ask?

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Kleptic - 403 days 1 hour ago

because they are fanatical rats that feel it is important to continue their pathetic agenda for unknown reasons...

if home sucks...so what...if it doesn't...so what...its still free...its still innovative...and its still something that MS has absolutely no clue how to do...you can rip on home all you want, at least its a fresh idea on a gaming community...unlike those douchebag mii look a likes...i know what you guys will say, so don't bother...'bu bu but NXE is 4 teh 'coar gaymerz!1'...you guys are losers...

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Sir_Ken_Kutaragi - 403 days ago

This is Micro$oft xBox 360 'New Xbox Experience'(NXE) for tomorrow -

http://www.ibitstore.com/im...

;-D ;-D ;-D

+ I have had a few goes on 'HOME' beta(Japanese)and it's got potential to be really cool;)

+ I Laugh SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!! When i think of the Hardcore xBot Zombie Lemmings looking at the New 'NXE' Avatars!!! ;-D ;-D ;-D

HOME is the FUTURE!!! ;-P

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dem0n - 403 days ago

HOME doesn't completely suck. It's a starting ground, like they have told us. Don't expect the holy grail. It'll grow, believe me, it has major potential.

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pwnsause - 403 days ago

"Playstation Home 1.5 out Nov 21
to fix home 1.0 like it always happens."

HEy, just remember that NXE patches wont fix the RROD come tomorrow when people get it after the update.

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Nineball2112 - 403 days 3 hours ago

Does a bear crap in the city?

The answer would be "no", for those sarcastically impaired.

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Surfman - 403 days 2 hours ago

home is everything

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ultimolu - 403 days 2 hours ago

Are you an idiot?

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fiercescuba - 403 days ago

Bears crapped in my city once. Be thankful you weren't there.

Bubbles for making me laugh at work.

Manbearpig is real.

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ToastMan018 - 403 days 2 hours ago

first thing that comes to mind is its never been done before on a console

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thor - 403 days 2 hours ago

You can meet up with people virtually, see their avatar "in-person" and then launch a game with them and whoever else happens to be around and wants to play.

Unfortunatly this feature won't work for most games and will have some drawbacks. Home will have no "pull" to get people to use it, and the number of users will drop off. It is lacking features, some of them will be stripped back/broken and you won't often see your online friends in Home. It won't give us ANY of the features that PSN lacks as compared to XBL. It has been a complete waste of money in my opinion.

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ToastMan018 - 403 days 2 hours ago

i think people really need to realize that Home is a long term project.. this isnt something thats gonna be done and perfect on day one...im not trying to defend it because i know day one it will be broken thats a guarantee but people have to stop thinking its going to be some ultimate xbl destroyer on day one...Home is going to be a service that will grow through time and will be the main online service that sony uses for their future consoles...its starting life on the ps3 and will continue to grow throughout the ps3's life cycle and into the ps4 and ps5...be happy you can play your damn games online for free and are able to voice chat and video chat and all that good stuff...Home is going to be that extra something that distinguishes itself from the competitors...now for all the haters please stop your crying and stop expressing your hatred for a FREE service that sony is offering and play your games already...i sure as hell am

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Sarah Palin - 403 days 2 hours ago

But exactly how is it distinguishing itself from the other social networks out there?
In terms of Development---Second Life, Sims Online, MMO's, Myspace, Facebook, etc. are all waaaaay ahead of Home in terms of DEPTH AND DEVELOPMENT. All I ask is for is something sold.

But hey, its cool, there isnt anything new about it. Not yet, right? Its a "growing" project. So far, its been nothing but a DELAYED project.

@ SOCOMER:
Thats the saddest thing I have ever heard. Sorry, man, but it is.

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ToastMan018 - 403 days 1 hour ago

i understand youre trying to compare it to other social networks but i think thats the problem...compare this to the social network of consoles...you ask whats new? whats innovative? whats fun about it? and i ask why play games? why buy systems? why play online? why even be on this website? nobody can tell me they wouldnt try out home...if youre willing to play a game with friends or go on myspace or youtube or whatever then why wouldnt anyone be willing to try home out...its something different that hasnt been done on consoles...its another way of meeting people outside of gaming and i know your response is you can meet people on the internet or forums or whatever but to me i find home to be a great idea for gamers when they dont feel like playing a game they can go into home, a casual environment, and meet people, play chess, watch videos with friends, bowl and just relax...instead of us questioning about home why dont we accept it...whats the point of home? whats fun? whats different? whats innovative? why should we care? okay well why are we playing games in HD? why are we watching movies in HD? why dont we just roll with VHS...or better yet lets literally roll film and watch movies like that...instead of trying to take steps backwards lets take steps forwards...Home is a new way of interaction on video game consoles...i dont know i guess im just more open to stuff like this

EDIT: better yet PALIN instead of questioning a product you wont use and obviously dont care for...let the rest of us gamers be excited for it and you can go back to playing games cool?

EDIT EDIT: wait wait wait i think i know what you wanna hear...okay ready? Home does nothing new that other social networks do! DUH! but the fact that its on a videogame console is what makes it cool at least to me

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Pennywise - 403 days 1 hour ago

Its distinguished by being ONLY on the PS3.

Go back to Alaska.

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Yoma - 403 days 1 hour ago

thor you can tell your unsocial,ugly, immature avatar lick your f*cking as*

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Sarah Palin - 402 days 22 hours ago

I guess you have a valid point. We watch movies in HD. Why? Because why not have the best? right?
Then why would you want HOME when there are literally hundreds of VIRTUAL SOCIAL networks, that do it better on PC?

Youre right. Home Does NOTHING new. No reason to get all fired up, little guy.
And I'm at work right now, so playing games is not really an option(not today anyway, i have a lot of meetings to attend). BUUUUUUUT, I could always get you an Ipod or something like that(maybe an accessory). What do you say buddy?

@PENNYWISE:
No, being on the BS3 only ensures it will be delayed, and not meet current standards. But it will catch up, "eventually".
Dont disgrace the band's name---it bad enough that your a disappointment to your parents. You prolly never went to any of their shows, being a kid an all.
GO BACK TO SCHOOL, and this time--PAY ATTENTION.

@TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
You know, that goes for all of you kids, stuck in grannys basement, skipping school to argue mute points on the internet----STAY IN SCHOOL.

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0verdrive - 402 days 22 hours ago

i think palin is missing the whole point

the point is not to try and emulate 2nd life, or other social networks. they probably do a better socially networking in real life situations, ie facebook or myspace. or they may be able to immerse you in a completely different universe, ie second life.

but home does not, in my opinion, aim to emulate those objectives. the importance, and idea behind home, is to socially network people who are playing video games, just like you and me, and bring them together in an interactive way.

i see you are an xbox fan, or at least you prefer xbox as a console, and we all know that xbox live has a reputation of having built a large online community. home does exactly that, but in a different way, trying to incorporate different aspects of social network and interaction in a palpable, tangible world.

in short, the innovation is not in the idea of real life social networking, but rather its in being able to connect with like minded gamers, and finding people to play video games with.

plus, i believe i heard that it is going to have some cool features, like a virtual recreation of different gaming events like e3 and tgs.

so i guess im just saying that looking at home as a stripped down version of second life is going about it the wrong way.

EDIT: i just noticed that palin actually has used all her bubbles, which is a shame because i would honestly like to hear her comments on what i have to say.

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pwnsause - 402 days 23 hours ago

"Home was suppose to be out on ps3 bday
Home was suppose to be out 2006
Home aint out 2007
Home aint out 2008"

well you have officially recieved the "Biggest F**KING idiot" award for that statement.

1. Home was never Announced for the PS3 on its launch back in 2006

2. Home was Announced in 2007 at GDC in March.

3. Sony Stated that Home was supposed to be PS2 project as stated by Phil Harrison right after their Home Presentation in 2007, but it was to Advanced for the PS2 (aka PS2 did NOT have a HARD DISC DRIVE AS STANDARD)

3. the delay was about 1 3/4 long, that's not even a long wait, unless you have Down Syndrome or ADHD.

4. the Home open Beta is going to launch by the end of this Year.

Unless you are a 7 year old kid, i can understand that you had too much sugar for you to wait.

Home is a Very Ambitious Project. its a project that doesn't not get built in a Day, just as Rome was not Built in a Day. its a platform that is constantly getting updates to make sure its fit for the current trends that is going on in the world of gaming, Just as How Facebook and Myspace started, if you forgot about that.

It is a system that not only will thrive on the Playstation 3 and the Playstation Network, but will carry on beyond the PS3, aka the PS4 and of course the PSP2.

Now How do I know this??? because im in the F**KING Beta since Last Year. Home Was Never VAPORWARE to begin with, especially when they have Consumers like me in the Beta.

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likedamaster - 402 days 20 hours ago

You spelled your name wrong.

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pwnsause - 402 days 20 hours ago

yes I know, it was on Purpose.

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SWANN - 402 days 22 hours ago

Just like the NXE sucks on the 3fixme RRod You Xbot. Hold your 6 yr old comments to yourself.

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smurfie4 - 402 days 21 hours ago

Do you know how to use them? 0_0

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Cernunnos - 402 days 21 hours ago

Oh, and Motorstorm used less than 20% of the cell and one SPU. Wait for Killzone 2 and come back again after that:)

BTW. Can't remember seeing any Xbox 360 games with better graphics than Uncharted, MGS4 and GT5p

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dkgshiz - 402 days 21 hours ago

What game didn't come out on time this year for the PS3? MGS4,LBP,R2,M2. All came out on time. Well except LBP which got delayed because of some smelly Muslims. Have fun waiting for Huxley and Alan wake. If those games even exist :) Seriously Huxley was supposed to come out in 06. I think that game just died off.

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Cernunnos - 402 days 21 hours ago

Haha, bubbles dk! It should be named Alan must stay aWake forever.
Reminds me of Duke Nukem Forever.

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earwax - 402 days 19 hours ago

YOUR the hater, LIVE owns and the NXE will wreck Home IF it ever comes out.

Ohhhh and why don't you post a link to your "fact" Homo

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