Comments on: Survey: PlayStation Home. Excited? Or skeptical?

by: Pc

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:12:33 +0000

EXCITED ! CAN’T WAIT !

by: game shop

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:24:38 +0000

I like the 3D representation. Why should that be negative?

by: ps3.unerd.co.uk

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:17:07 +0000

I’m excited by home, the users (US!) will make it what it is, providing Sony put’s the building block in place, sure you could perform a lot of what home offers in the real world on the net but getting together with a few global friends in this environment, to me, seems awesome!

by: Dingo

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:14:11 +0000

@Trieloth

You mean I should say it’s great because I am part of the beta?
That wouldn’t be very mature, would it?

I offered Sony tons of constructive criticism over the past few months.

It’s their job to handle my feedback in any way they like.
The overall opinion among beta testers will eventually become the overall opinion of all users.
It’s silly to assume beta testers are biased, when they have been selected to represent the overall market.

by: Trieloth

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:23:40 +0000

Thats funny people in the Home beta shouldn’t even have it. I can see why its taking so long.
Iam still excited about it.

by: John

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:26:24 +0000

For something like Home to succeed, it would take a lot of content, user-made like in 2nd life, of developper-made like in MMORPGs, but then that becomes more of a projecton its own than an interconnecting hub…
As a chat room, it’s way overblown.
I’ve really no idea what Sony’s aiming for with HOME.

by: Henning

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:29:39 +0000

What I would like to see is the use of my Home avatar in other games. I’d like to start Killzone 2 multiplayer and use my Home avatar as the base character to dress up in army fatigues.

by: Dingo

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:04:15 +0000

I have been beta testing it for 1 year as well.
Once the novelty aspect wears off (2 hours), it’s hard to find reason to go back to it.

As an IM or chat interface, it’s way too heavy,
As a source of casual games, it’s overdone.
As a virtual world, it’s too empty, but looks and works much better than Second Life.

I would rather make all PS3 games Web 2.0-ready than invest any money in HOME.

I guess I am not the target for this offering.

by: bmore2bstuy

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:44:36 +0000

First time posting here…interesting topic…well I don’t expect to spend a whole lot of time in home myself as my gaming time is limited…but Home is one of the reasons I own a PS3….not Home directly but the fact that it seems to me that Sony likes taken risks….pushing the envelope…and broadening the overall gaming experience. Personally most of my friends aren’t gamers and I think its cool to socialize with folks all around the world that happen to share the same hobby. I’m skeptical about how Home will be received by the average hard core gamer but like someone said earlier I marvel at what it could be once the larger community is let in. Re: the beta…you would expect it to be boring wouldn’t you??? It’s an experience built on community…if the community is lacking the experience will be lacking. If I remember correctly people said the same thing about the Warhawk BETA….and dare I say Warhawk has turned out to be…..still my favorite game on the PS3 hands down.

PLAY B3YOND!!

by: Darrin

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:47:27 +0000

“I don’t need a fake movie theater for my fake persona to sit in.”

Sure, no one is going to use Home for regular, every-day movie-watching. When I watch a movie with my girlfriend, it would be ridiculous to watch on a virtual movie screen inside my TV.

However, if I’m at a virtual E3 event, and they have a preview clip up on a virtual big screen, I’m going to want the added context and nonverbal communication of the avatars and the crowd. Also, I can see the virtual movie screens being cool for sharing video clips with my online friends or I can see themed rooms having videos playing on the wall that add to the ambiance. And if a video catches my attention I can switch to full-screen mode.

Home isn’t about mind blowing 3D graphics, but I’m glad they look reasonably good. The 3D in Second Life looks terrible. It looks like a PS1 game or something.

I’m sorry to hear that the current beta is dull, but it’s really too early to judge. Wait until all the big studios have created their virtual spaces, wait until you’ve seen a big E3-like press event in Home, wait until its open to the public and we have a chance to see what the community will do with it.