PS3's home... what your getting for nothing!

I read the recent press release by sony and the march 12th story by gamespot "sony opens up on home". Many articles boast about how users will be able to auction off items and earn money online. Looking past that there are some glaring admissions by sony. Firstly, it's not a persistant world, so when a person leaves, so does his belongings and apartment. This is not second life, although they have said they will add it eventually. Secondly, In order to play an online game with someone you all have to meet in a "localized" regional lobby and then decide what game to play. After you've gone through all that trouble, you have to shut down your home, insert the disk and find everyone through your usual means via the playstation network interface. So whats the point? Why can't I just call the people? I know, maybe i want to meet new people, but who wants to go through all that trouble when you can meet the people online while playing a game. Finally is there even speech available in this game, every peice of footage I see uses manual entering of text either via an on screen keyboard or the traditional usb keyboard. I'm PS3 owner and a x360 owner, and I was hoping that sony would have come to the plate with something more to answer microsofts xbox live. I'm not impressed.

 try the beta now!

http://secondlife.com/
Raoul_Duke_HST

Thats halarious!. Yeah second life has more features in it than Home will, unless you want to play pool online..... whoa, take a whiff of next gen technology. Hey sony, on your way out after paying the designers and programmers, did you feel something hit you in the back of the head, like your change.

[QUOTE="Raoul_Duke_HST"] try the beta now!

http://secondlife.com/
bubbaegr

Thats halarious!. Yeah second life has more features in it than Home will, unless you want to play pool online..... whoa, take a whiff of next gen technology. Hey sony, on your way out after paying the designers and programmers, did you feel something hit you in the back of the head, like your change.

[QUOTE="Raoul_Duke_HST"] try the beta now!

http://secondlife.com/
bubbaegr

Thats halarious!. Yeah second life has more features in it than Home will, unless you want to play pool online..... whoa, take a whiff of next gen technology. Hey sony, on your way out after paying the designers and programmers, did you feel something hit you in the back of the head, like your change.

if it enhances the PS3 online experience, I'm all for it. But as I've said from day 1, before I care about HOME, I will care about the basic issues affecting online play that are as of today unaddressed. fix those core things, and I'm sure HOME will be a nice addition.Dreams-Visions

Well, you have to include the $600 price tag, because the machine isn't free. :)project343

Well, you have to include the $600 price tag, because the machine isn't free. :)project343

[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"]if it enhances the PS3 online experience, I'm all for it. But as I've said from day 1, before I care about HOME, I will care about the basic issues affecting online play that are as of today unaddressed. fix those core things, and I'm sure HOME will be a nice addition.nextgengaming18

Yeah. Home is stupid.King_Of_Spam

[QUOTE="nextgengaming18"][QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"]if it enhances the PS3 online experience, I'm all for it. But as I've said from day 1, before I care about HOME, I will care about the basic issues affecting online play that are as of today unaddressed. fix those core things, and I'm sure HOME will be a nice addition.Dreams-Visions

[QUOTE="King_Of_Spam"]Yeah. Home is stupid.MaTT2011

[QUOTE="MaTT2011"][QUOTE="King_Of_Spam"]Yeah. Home is stupid.Dahaka-UK

[QUOTE="MaTT2011"][QUOTE="King_Of_Spam"]Yeah. Home is stupid.Dahaka-UK

Sony have plans to make meeting players and getting into a games seamless.
miss_kitt3n

Step 1:   Buy PS3

Step 2:   Install Home

Step 3:   Hey wait...nobody is doing step 1....crap!!!!!

Sony is going to base the entire home experience around $$$. What i mean is... they're not going to lose money on this. It's not like they're creating this as a "thank you" to the PS3 supporters. It's going to be like a f***ing time share convention. There are going to advertisments everywhere. Load times will probably have ads. The walls will be plastered with ads. The TV's around the "home world" will be playing comercials 24/7. The only things you'll have to customize your apartments with are advertisments and everything else will cost extra. oh and about the stuff you can buy... those TV's that you can get, like a sony plasma for you apartment, real life cost: $1999.99. home store price: $19.99 for f***ing pixels. Oh people will buy it too. People who have no life will make one on sony's network.

If you watch Harrison's demonstration of home it sounds like he's demonstrating it for sony and it's partners... not for PS3 owners. "sponsered areas" that you can go to and, guess what, buy stuff. Theaters where you can download Sony films for... a price. Oh yea I almost forgot the area that shows user created movies. Will be awesome right? Sure after watching a 30 second commercial about deodorant before the movie starts. I wouldn't be surprised if there were commercial interruptions that came up while you were walking through home and had to watch.

if you didn't read my post then i'll give you the jist of it...
sony is going to rape everyone's wallet with home.
Rev2221

I read the recent press release by sony and the march 12th story by gamespot "sony opens up on home". Many articles boast about how users will be able to auction off items and earn money online. Looking past that there are some glaring admissions by sony. Firstly, it's not a persistant world, so when a person leaves, so does his belongings and apartment. This is not second life, although they have said they will add it eventually. Secondly, In order to play an online game with someone you all have to meet in a "localized" regional lobby and then decide what game to play. After you've gone through all that trouble, you have to shut down your home, insert the disk and find everyone through your usual means via the playstation network interface. So whats the point? Why can't I just call the people? I know, maybe i want to meet new people, but who wants to go through all that trouble when you can meet the people online while playing a game. Finally is there even speech available in this game, every peice of footage I see uses manual entering of text either via an on screen keyboard or the traditional usb keyboard. I'm PS3 owner and a x360 owner, and I was hoping that sony would have come to the plate with something more to answer microsofts xbox live. I'm not impressed.

bubbaegr

It's not even finished right now, they are still working on those things to be ready for the launch of home. Beta testing starts in april and another beta test with more people later in august I think.

Get all the information before you post something next time.

It's not even finished right now, they are still working on those things to be ready for the launch of home. Beta testing starts in april and another beta test with more people later in august I think.

Get all the information before you post something next time.

OXIIIIXO

Hey, before you post maybe you should read all of the facts. Sony has officially stated that they will not have the features of seamless changing from home to a game integrated until an unspecified date in the future. Thanks for playing.

personally,i think home is retarded.why would i want to just walk around and talk to people?does that sound fun for anyone?lazzordude

[QUOTE="bubbaegr"]

[QUOTE="Raoul_Duke_HST"] try the beta now!

http://secondlife.com/
Dahaka-UK

Thats halarious!. Yeah second life has more features in it than Home will, unless you want to play pool online..... whoa, take a whiff of next gen technology. Hey sony, on your way out after paying the designers and programmers, did you feel something hit you in the back of the head, like your change.

I wish I could reserve judgement until it releases, but knowing sony it will keep getting pushed back and I will die before I can make a comment.

try the beta now!

http://secondlife.com/
Raoul_Duke_HST

There is so much dmg control in this thread, its not even funny :roll:

First off its, FREE so there is ZERO reason to complain about it, and for the people that don't like it, you can still use all the features of home from the PS3 menu, and just don't use the Home interface.

2nd, Its more like a game lobby for all games, rather than a chat room as people like to put it.  The whole point is to meet up with people and get in to games, not just "chat"  although you can do that if you want.

So plz tell me, how is it that Home is getting bashed so much, for somthing that is free ?   sounds like Lemmings trying to covince them selves of paying $50.00 a year for XBL, and sounds like sheep are upset cause Home Avatars pwn Mii's any day of the week.

[QUOTE="Raoul_Duke_HST"] try the beta now!

http://secondlife.com/
bubbaegr

Thats halarious!. Yeah second life has more features in it than Home will, unless you want to play pool online..... whoa, take a whiff of next gen technology. Hey sony, on your way out after paying the designers and programmers, did you feel something hit you in the back of the head, like your change.