Is Home Ready for Success?

ape007 - 393 days 18 hours ago

home will be huge.mark my words

but damn it sony we want it now

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anzagi - 393 days 18 hours ago

I think HOME is being hyped up too much. I love it, I think it looks fantastic, but I also feel I should keep my feet on the ground and appreciate it for what it is. Which is as I understand it a portal to do all things on your playstation, and a central hub for he community. It's all great, and its FREE, but sites are building it up so much like its a world changing thing, therefore setting themselves up for giving it a bad review when it comes. Even though I don't think it should be reviewed, its a service not a game.

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Nitrowolf2 - 393 days 17 hours ago

man sony needs to give us new news on HOME other then its coming soon.

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Steven Colbert - 393 days 17 hours ago

Many gamers including myself have no idea what HOME is.How in the world are they going advertise it anyway?

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kevnb - 393 days 16 hours ago

as far as I can tell, the only people that even care about home are the obsessive gamers.

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WANNA GET HIGH - 393 days 16 hours ago

It might sell consoles if it is marketed well in the public.From what i have seen and heard Home is a very big social network"and i mean VERY BIG"with the amount of thigs u can do.They are even RUMOR that u can watch movies form that are out in the cinema on home if u pay for it(its just a RUMOR so dont get ur hopes up).

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t_tocs - 393 days 16 hours ago

...and it's really nothing special. I was excited about it, but the thing is, it's been done before. If you ever played the sims online or the sims 2 for that matter, you know what to expect. Minus the drinking and peeing on yourself, its the same thing. You run around with a virtual avatar, you see people, you dance with people, you can talk to people, you can bowl, and that's about it. There's really nothing special here. Over time, I found that I didn't even want to load up home because it became more of a hassle than anything else. I just don't see home being a huge success. It will be more of a novelty than anything else.

And this is coming from someone who loves PS3. I really had high hopes for Home, but at it's current state, it's very very very short of breathtaking.

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Sparx_4_4_ - 393 days 16 hours ago

still hyped up coz they gave a release date i hear 28th

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Socomer 1979 - 393 days 16 hours ago

article from CNET & I must say they impressed me. The article is so positive.
Article is called Review: 80 gb playstation 3 a superb gaming console.

Hurry up & bring that story to n4g .

Home is great btw!

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LeonSKennedy4Life - 393 days 16 hours ago

It's ready...

Release it in each region one day at a time...to prevent server crash...

DUH!!!

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Cenobia - 393 days 15 hours ago

Forcing Home on start up is a really bad idea. It would cause an unnecessary strain on the Home servers causing them constantly to crash. Plus, it wouldn't even matter if people were forced in if they left right away. You'd just get people popping up in their houses to leave right away. It would add a ridiculous load time just to boot the PS3 into a game.

That would be the worst move Sony could make. It would make the process of booting the PS3 a chore for people who don't want to go into Home (or just want to start a game right away). Home is just a nice feature, and shouldn't be forced on anyone. If they want to keep people coming in, they just have to give them reasons. Keep the game themed rooms coming, for example. They could release a room before the game, causing people to go into Home for a sneak peek at highly anticipated release. They could also continue to add and improve the games inside Home, so it becomes a multiplayer experience itself.

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Socomer 1979 - 393 days 15 hours ago

its a 3d chat room lobby. Many lobbies. You ever take a look at your recent players list & send friend request from there? Now you can do that in a open world with your personalized character. Ever play arcades before you watch a movie? Stop by in home. Whats so hard to understand? Ever wonder who's who of psn? Looking for a rowdy bunch? Need a clan? Its gta4 the censored version. Make friends & be a part of the developers spaces. Stop by the warhawk room & join a game with people with mics. Whats the problem? I'm not selling it because its free. Whats a mii? Whats a avatar ? What do they do? Home is that plus a million. Simple.

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Foxgod - 393 days 15 hours ago

please people, stop hyping Home, and let the joy come when its out.
Theres too many hyping going on around ps3 products, it makes things look bad.

I prever to wait and see....

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giovonni - 393 days 15 hours ago

Want to get some practice with home there are web sites that support the whole idea of community networking. Go sign up for IMVU.com create your avatar, Decorate your home with furniture, music, and poses. Invite friends over, buy new property or scenes. Buy clothing all community created, and get trophies for contest winnings.

the only thing that's different with IMVU vs Home, you can't play PS3 games. However, the same community based options are there. There is also another program kanival or something like that is the exact concept of Home. These programs are located on the net and will give you some idea of how home will function. Don't believe me? Try them and you will see.

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aiphanes - 393 days 14 hours ago

For all you folks not in the beta...keep tight...you will be in it soon. Get your Qore download, or just wait for the open beta.

You are going to hear a lot of Home info in the next few days and weeks.

I was just in home last night and it is so easy to meet people.

I also update my xbox 360 last night too...and the New Xbox Experience is weak at best....its too WII like...it is just avatar based...PS HOME is a fully 3d environment. No other console is doing this.

Home is going to rule...give sony some time.

Remember all those people on the dev teams for 8 days and that other awesome game in europe that was put on hold are on the HOME dev team. They got some good people working on home.

When you give sony time, they come up with some cool out of this world stuff like Killzone 2 and the release of HOME.

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Kasatka - 393 days 14 hours ago

then stay off it, if you do like it then use it. no need to start a war over a 3D social chat service

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mt - 393 days 13 hours ago

who knows when we play we will tell

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LiQuiFiedArt - 393 days 13 hours ago

I hope they give me the option of Booting my PS3 DIRECTLY into home. And allow me to use all the neccessary OS features in Home and i'll never leave. I'll just use it like the PS3 3D Operating System. I'll suffer through a 20 sec loadtime rather then a 5 second but it gives me the freedom to putz around walk around and get my self psyced up to game. I think of HOme as a "Pre-Game" like going to a bar. You pre-game it in Home. It also acts as a place to Crash. Post-Bar. A place to chill and talk without the sound of bullets and cars whizzing around.

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ThatArtGuy - 393 days 9 hours ago

is the ability to start a game without having to wait on the in-game lobby. From one of the videos I saw, you were able to launch directly to the race in GT5:P without going through the entire internet screens.

That's awesome.

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THC CELL - 393 days 18 hours ago

home is a lot more than u think man
it will evolve more than the flop box nxe ever will

what sucks anyways

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Mr PS3 - 393 days 16 hours ago

And if you wanna compair it to that Crap Avataturd Update that the BoTs got Yesterday

Then

HELL YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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LiQuiFiedArt - 393 days 13 hours ago

Its much more then a simple interface update. Its a Comprehensive Toolset for Developers as well as a PSN Service. This is something that will be around for ALONG TIME, expect updates to come frequently.

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