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Looking forward to more information on this one. Hmmm...This actually looks quite good..kind of like Second Life on you console...make the Xbox Live interface look a little dull.
I wonder what the performance will be like, if Sony pull it off it could be big. This combined with a free online gaming service, web browising and video streaming from my PC that isn't tied to Windows, all add up to make the PS3 sound alot more appealing.
Now the just need to bring out some AAA games, drop the price, change the controller and get the online performance up to scratch and I’m sold !! Indeed. This is the first mildly interesting thing I've seen for the PS3. Just think you really want to play pool, but you don't have a pool table and no friends to play it with anyway!
You just log onto PSN Home and have a game of virtual pool with somebody!
The possibilities are endless... Kinda makes Miis look a bit pathetic... This looks DANGEROUS!!!!!!! Interesting. I guess it was only a matter of time before one of the big players tried something like this. I mean, when all is said and done many MMO's are just big 3D chat rooms, so why not model a real chat room on that format?! This seems to be a decent cross between the sims, animal crossing and world of warcraft. Yet to be convinced that this is what 'gaming' is about (and yes i know the PS3 is a "multimedia unit"). It does sound interesting though. this reminds me of habbo hotel on the net which has been out for years, and i bet that the deafult furniture/clothes u get on it will be crap so they force you to buy more extras from their store its how they make their money First off, I am very impressed by this in terms of graphics and ambition. But, and there's always a but, do you want to spend time playing in your virtual home or playing games? I also think it will possibly get frustrating having to spend time running or walking around to other areas to access new demos/games/trailers etc. This may well me a case of doing something because you can rather than you should. Despite that I'd like to give it a try. People who like chat rooms, will like this, its a great way to interact with people, people who just want to play game, probably wont like this.
As for the tiresome walking around to find a demo, or dvd rental, I think that it would be foolish of sony to not give us a menu based alternative. 1 impression looks and sounds great. Something what ya would expect from sony.
But generaly nothing in life is realy free the more I think about the more it seems like a scam of sony to empty your pockets by providing a addicting (sims/2life-like) experience. (Will also need to buy myself a new key bord. this actually looks pretty good! Sony you've surprised me on this! This is really surprising, I thought that Home would just be a tarted up Xbox Live interface but this is quite impressive.
There are a few things that I have concern about though...
Just how will it perform technically? Obviously the OS3 its-self will shift the graphics around no problem but how will it face with lots of people connected, in the early days of World of Warcraft Ironforge was given the nickname Lagforge because once it got busy it lagged so badly you could hardly get moved in there and I worry that this might end up the same.
Will it have lasting appeal? Or will we just get bored of it after a while, in a way its in the same boat as the Mii's as either or both may just end up as a gimmik that no-one cares about but this may force you to use it which leads on to...
Will there be a shortcut to get to movies and other things? Will there be an option to just flick through a menu when you can't be bothered legging it about a virtual area or will you have to walk through the Home 'world' every time?
I hope this is done properly and that Sony have considered all the aspects because if not it may well turn out to be a real mess. It looks good and should be interesting to see if people will become bored of it. I had something like that on my PC before which I downloaded. It was great fun at the beginning but MSN messenger was more convenient so never used it again. finally glad to hear a positive response to good news! good concept, would like to see it actually in action. although i would just like to get on and play the games rather than walk round a virtual home. i can do that if i get up and walk round my house and round the block i'm sure i'll warm to it though. i still be waiting till some decent games come out for it though. ME LIKEY HOMEY! ME LIKEY HOMEY! Miis are pathetic. so i pay £425 on a console (well not really) and all im gonna do with the console is have an online version of the sims at my disposal? id laff if this home thing overtakes all the PS3 launch titles and all the games fail coz evry1 is having a happy fun round of virtual pool with their sim buddies and dont actually buy the games. its a gaming revolution :? i reckon this'll be big, u know like a chat room, but on a PS3. i think it beats teh hell out of wii and 360 ( :roll: pfft :roll: ).
Besides, PS3 is the only console for me :) I thought of a wicked idea for home if they could do it.
Why not have a virtual cinema in there? No need to go and watch 300 at the cinema when a virtual you could go the cinema. You could watch it on the nice big HDTV without even leaving the house!
Hopefully it would be cheaper too.. you wouldnt have to be subsidising someone cleaning the cinema after you'd left.
You'd have to supply your own popcorn mind you... :)
and Nachos...
and sweets...
hmm.. not so convinced now :P home is gr8 home is gr8 home is gr8 home is gr8 home is gr8 home is gr8 home is gr8 home is gr8 it looks gr8 home is gr8 home is gr8 home is gr8 home is gr8 home is gr8 Its for everyonehome is gr8 home is gr8 home is gr8 home is gr8 home is gr8 home is gr8 I love Home :? I agree this could be HUGE what worries me though is if this does do well is it going to be the reason sony will use to start charging for the sony network :?: Come on sony keep it free be different THAT'LL BE LIVING :!: please anser me this question is ps3 home out now for the ps3 because it is 08 now thx stop being part of this brand war! embrace all consoles with open arms! they are there for your entertainment, their competition between eachother is a good thing as it gets you better things but if you dont like a particular console dont spend half your life on a forum slagging it off, just leave it. xbox has its thriving online community but was not tested well enough and frequently encounters the rrod. ps3 has blu-ray and blutooth capabilities but for a while lacked the big title games that a console needs to beome that popular and the wii is fun and has those nintendo only titles but you cant even play dvds on it. but home... yeh great idea. its free, you cant lose really can you? get bored dont use it, like it then use it all the time, concerns would be lag and load time for media but the whole concept is just amazing and im glad someone did it, as after all it is just for our enetrtainment. Yeh sounds great but wait till you have to start buying things for your pad I.E Pool table, seats Etc. FREEE FREEE even better lol
but will it be some HUGE download that takes for ever and takes up loads of hard drive or will u jst pop into it from the XMB | 
