Home 1.00 launching end October?

By Kristan Reed Published 22 September, 2008

Along with firmware 2.50?

Sony's much-delayed PS3 Home project could finally be set to launch at the end of next month, according to a report on PS3 Fanboy.

A forum post on the Home beta message board by Home Manager 'TedTheDog' said that current PS3 freezes and Network issues currently being experienced by Home beta users would be fixed with the release of PS3 fimware revision 2.50.

"2.5 is what we're waiting for and 'October' is what I've heard, later October is my guess," he said.

Elsewhere in the post, it states that Home 1.0 will launch simultaneously with firmware 2.50.

Sony was unavailable for comment, but expect more news on Home very soon.

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Kristan is a former editor of Eurogamer, dad, Stone Roses bore and Norwich City supporter who sometimes mutters optimistically about Team Silent getting back together.

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Comments (39) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • onezeonx #1 3 years ago

    ill believe it when i see it....................

  • RobertFoster #2 3 years ago

    Funny, I'm on Stopped Caring 7.2 now.

  • X201 #3 3 years ago

    The major points of the story.

    A forum post...'TedTheDog' said...freezes and Network issues... fixed with... 2.50.
    Elsewhere... Home 1.0 will launch simultaneously with firmware 2.50.








  • penhalion #4 3 years ago

    riiiigggghhhtttttttt...

  • dominalien #5 3 years ago

    I wonder if he'll get fired over leaking too much info.

  • DFawkes #6 3 years ago

    It will be out when Satan is forced to but on a nice big wooly cardigan and sticking the heating on.

    I still want it though.

  • Widge #7 3 years ago

    Did I read/see right that Buzz is to have some sort of area on home with 50 player quizzes on it or something?

  • Beano #8 3 years ago

    October?... bah... thin rumors and speculations based on forum posts.... Home will be a PS4 launch service!

  • Beano #9 3 years ago

    @Widge: I belive there will be a Buzz area in Home but I don't think it will be used for anything than marketing... no Buzz quizzes in Home.

  • Vanmunt #10 3 years ago

    Whats Home?

  • DanWhitehead #11 3 years ago

    Did I read/see right that Buzz is to have some sort of area on home with 50 player quizzes on it or something?

    You might be thinking of 1 vs 100, the new daily multiplayer quiz being added to the new 360 dashboard.

    http://ww w.eurogamer.net/article.php?art...

  • X201 #12 3 years ago

    No, Widge was correct, Buzz is going to have a Home section of its own.

    <a href="http://www.brit ishgaming.co.uk/?p=975
    ">http://www.brit ishgaming.co.uk/?p=975
    </a>
    Edited by 2 at 22/09/08 @ 10:12

  • Darren #13 3 years ago

    I quite like the Home beta (now a full HD format has resolved my crashing issues!!!) but being a beta it's seriously limited with the amount of stuff you have access to and the places you can go. It's very slick though and as a freebie it's well worth checking out IMO even if you might not end up using it all that much. I'm definitely looking forward to trying out the full version, hopefully with more customisation options, clothes and furniture plus more places to visit (i.e. the habour from your apartment balcony looks amazing so I'd love to be able to walk around there).

  • degville #14 3 years ago

    slightly off topic but that buzz area should be implemented like "Runaround" shame Mike Read is dead as he could of done the voice over....

  • jonsaan #15 3 years ago

    I've had some great games of draughts and pool on the beta.

  • ThePissartist #16 3 years ago

    I think Home is a great concept - I really hope it works.

  • Xerx3s #17 3 years ago

    About bloody time, how long have they been beating their chest with this now? 3 years?

  • Beano #18 3 years ago

    1½ years... but it feels longer.

    It was announced march 2007.
    Edited by 1 at 22/09/08 @ 10:56

  • Beano #19 3 years ago

    "I think Home is a great concept - I really hope it works."

    Agree - I don't get all the hate for this and at the same time exitement about 360 avatars.

    I think it's cool concept with great potential if done right and supported with new areas, content and features. I'm just very tired of reading and talking about it ... I want Sony to get release it so we all can try it out.

  • woodnotes #20 3 years ago

    "Agree - I don't get all the hate for this and at the same time exitement about 360 avatars."

    If there's any excitement it's for Xbox Primetime, which could be one of the coolest things ever. As for HOME, I reckon they're still holding back on some stuff. I mean, it's been delayed for 12 months, they must have been doing something cool for all that time, and I can't wait to find out what it is.

  • Beano #21 3 years ago

    @woodnotes : Primetime is the casual games which will use avatars, right?

    Is that so exiting?

    Just curious because we haven't really seen anything from it... just that MS are ripping off Buzz and putting Mii "inspired" avatars into it.

  • Retroid #22 3 years ago

    Because quiz games are original.

    I'm curious about Home (more for the customisable apartment than anything, really) and I don't care about the upcoming 360 avatars, but the rest of the update looks good. So ner.

  • Beano #23 3 years ago

    HDD install option for all games and 1080p dashboard support is great, but the new 360 GUI looks terrible... just terrible.

  • Widge #24 3 years ago

    I thought it looked alright, the old style looks like its aiming towards the Alienware demographic as far as looks go... and thats just horrific.

  • Widge #25 3 years ago

    The promising thing about home, is that the website bods who have been getting hands on time with it have all come back with good things to say about it.

    As with anything like this, I don't reckon it'll be a smooth launch. Hiccups, issues, patches.... all to come no doubt, but over time, great dev potential.

  • SeesThroughAll #26 3 years ago

    I don't think rumors based on some random post in some forum deserve news treatment, but ok...

    I'll believe it when they release it (not when they announce it, of course).

  • Apostle #27 3 years ago

    Home will be a nice novelty for five minutes. I expect it to be a bit like XMB in-game, all hype and excitement until you actually have it.

  • drumbaby #28 3 years ago

    Bloody Sony. How dare they finally release something that might be really good and that we might want to use lots. Bastards.

  • Beano #29 3 years ago

    @Apostle : So in-game XMB access is useless?

    I use it all the time to access friends list and messaging.

  • belziah #30 3 years ago

    degville +1

  • Retroid #31 3 years ago

    @Beano: "So in-game XMB access is useless? I use it all the time to access friends list and messaging."

    It doesn't offer anywhere near as much functionality as some people thought it would. Messaging should've been there at the start, and pretty much everything else wants to quit to the dash. Which is highly rubbish.

  • Cappy #32 3 years ago

    I'll give Home a try. Why not? It's free.

    With any luck I can visit Retroid's virtual home and take a virtual whizz over his virtual Commodore 64. The future is here at last. :)

  • collateral89 #33 3 years ago

    about time im fed up of all this big up home shit. itll come out and itll be crap most likely, probably have to wait another year anyway lol. and what the hells this on about buzz i hate that asshole of a host i want to punch him!!!!!!!!!!

  • GamesConnoisseur #34 3 years ago

    I believe it would do ok after novelty wears off, but the real test is how it would perform in everyday PS3 users, I mean against the simplicty of XMB? To me its no contest, but then again there are lots of Sim, MMO, facebooks users who loves to socialise and immerse themselves into the 'world'. Though if that is the case what wrong with the real deal?!

    I only say this cos I am pretty much luddite and outdated when it comes to MMO and Social Network! I can see myself popping into Home on odd occasions and perhaps would be pleasantly suprised at how useful it going to be, I would be open to that.

  • PrivateJoker #35 3 years ago

    Again lots of people making negative comments and non constructive criticism based on no knowledge or actual experience of Home.
    J, taurus, apostle to mention a couple....
    1. Wait till its released and experience it for yourself then you'll be able to write a valid opinion based on your own evaluations.
    2.It's free.
    3.Again, it's free...you don't have to use it.
    4.From what i've seen and read about it, it certainly is unique in the console market, a big step up from anything Nintendo or Microsoft have produced.
    5. It will be an ongoing Beta gaining various update improvements over the years ahead.
    6. Did i mention it was free service?

    P.S. I've always felt it would be released with or around the time LBP is. It's certainly starting to look that way, though i wouldn't mind getting a nice little email with an invite to the current beta, hey sony? ;)
    Edited by 1 at 22/09/08 @ 16:54

  • Sneerk #36 3 years ago

    -insert "im homeless" joke here-

  • cyber_nicco #37 3 years ago

    "Funny, I'm on Stopped Caring 7.2 now. "


    Gave me a chuckle...

  • megadaisy #38 3 years ago

    Is that the same TedTheDog that used to run Barrysworld?

  • M3RL1NS_N3M3S1S #39 3 years ago

    hate to be a party pooper but according to the home devs (who pop in regularly to home these days to chat with the beta testers) home wont be out with 2.5 or LBP :( but the release date has been set now for some time (months from what i can gather so prob back in june/july) and sony will announce it soon... when's their next big speech due?

    over the last few days myself and a few other beta testers were givin the chance to quiz one of the devs and all i can say is there are some amazing things coming to home when it hits 1.0, forget the videos you've seen of 0.98 that's just the foundations that home is now being built on there is so much more to come ;) i cant go into details or i'll be kicked from beta (NDA and all that) but home will be worth waiting for!