Home is "best-looking multiplayer world"

By Robert Purchese Published 22 February, 2008

Others garish and hardcore, says dev.

Creative director Ron Festejo believes PlayStation Home is the "best-looking" and most "user-friendly" multiplayer world he has seen.

He used the frequently compared Second Life life as an example of a world that has to cater to lots of different system specifications, which is something the PlayStation 3 sidesteps, allowing his team to reach new visual benchmarks.

"Personally, looking at other models, a lot of them are too hardcore, a lot of them are garish in the way they look. I think what we've done with Home is have the best-looking multiplayer world - and actually the most user-friendly that I've seen as well," Festejo told GamesIndustry.biz.

"I think the PS3 platform has given us an advantage in terms of keeping a polished look, and it not to look like Second Life. I don't want to dis Second Life - obviously they've been successful and they have to cater for people with old Pentium IIs and whatever, so I can understand why it looks the way it does.

"So it's not to criticise them, it's just that as a PlayStation 3 online space it was very important that there is a quality bar that we want to hit," he added.

PlayStation Home is the virtual world where PS3 owners will interact with each other between playing games. You will have your own avatar as well as a house to personalise using game trophies, pictures and music from your hard drive.

The service is currently in beta and undergoing considerable changes, with the next batch of updates expected next week.

PlayStation Home is currently aiming for a Q2 2008 release.

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  • JayPee #1 4 years ago

    Developer in "My game is da best!" SHOCKER!

  • Apologie #2 4 years ago

    these will withought a doubt surpass the Xbox Live in every single way.

  • JediMasterMalik #3 4 years ago

    It's definitely a beautiful world, let's just hope it delivers on it's promises.

  • Peew971 #4 4 years ago

    Ron Festejo needs to watch the APB videos.

  • Artemis_Matsas #5 4 years ago

    This better worth the wait...

  • Darren #6 4 years ago

    I have to admit that I find the idea of Home fascinating even though I'll probably only try it a couple of times before I get bored of it. It seems like an ideal concept for a console really and, in theory, a brilliant way to get the casual gamers interested in online gaming by presenting it in the form of a colourful, fun, virtual community. It's a far cry from the functional but drab Xbox LIVE interface and it'll be interesting seeing how people take to it... if they do even. It certainly has potential but it remains to be seen whether Sony can pull it off. Still at least it's free and with all PS3's having a standard HDD, it means anyone with broadband access can try it.

  • MBar #7 4 years ago

    Others garish and hardcore, says dev.

    Talking out your arse, says MBar.

  • dadrester #8 4 years ago

    one thing sony really need to do is encourage everyone to use it... for example having home exclusives like big game trailers (like MGS4 or GTA4) being played only in the home theatres for the first week for example. Or doing stuff like live press conferences (E3/TGS/GDC/etc) in home.

  • penhalion #9 4 years ago

    :) when this goes live they are in for such a shock. For anyone in the beta I ask you to imagine what the lobbies are going to be like with thousands of people. Then imagine how you'll need to meet your friends for a simple game of say COD4.

    I think what Sony fail to realise is that a MMO game is significantly different from a friends meeting lobby. Home has no RPG elements, level ups etc. etc. In essence, once you've exhausted the bowling and mini games you just end up wondering about occasionally waving or dancing on the spot for a quick laugh. You then exit home and get back to playing your games and wishing for a simply friends list invite!

  • DonnieDarko333 #10 4 years ago

    Should be out by now really shouldn't it? It was delayed from october last year and we still have no-damn date!

  • syphaa #11 4 years ago

    I agree with penhalion. Its just a stupidly over complicated lobby. The novelty will wear off in about an hour of wandering around, meeting your virtual friends, then dancing for a minute, which will be funny for that period of time. I don't really get what they are trying to achieve?

    Xbox live's functionality and simplicity will be very hard to beat.

  • Darren #12 4 years ago

    @penhalion - You might be right but sometimes the most basic, simple ideas are the things that take off. Having people meet in a virtual world may be incredibly popular with casual gamers in the same way that chat sites are, who knows? Many may not even use Home as a portal for playing games, they may just load it up to "chill out" with virtual friends. Whatever, it's an interesting concept and certainly something totally different from Xbox LIVE.

  • Ryze #13 4 years ago

    It's also the most non-existent virtual multiplayer world.
    Edited by Ryze at 22/02/08 @ 16:42

  • SteveB #14 4 years ago

    DonnieDarko333 – “ Should be out by now really shouldn't it?”

    Wearing my cynical hat. While it's not released, Sony can big it up as much as they want without actually having to deliver anything. I wouldn't be surprised if it got delayed again.

  • LOLLERS #15 4 years ago

    I'm getting my groove on!

  • IneptPercy #16 4 years ago

    As mentioned I can't see it lasting, on my 360 its guide button, select person then invite to game or chat... simple...

    The only thing missing on the 360 is private chat with groups.

    But having to walk about to watch a trailer etc.... Whats the point?

  • miiiguel #17 4 years ago

    What Sony excels at is to praise their stuff, to get as many ppl to buy it, while delaying as much as possible. Then we realise things aren't quite the way we expected.
    Toy stories graphics...
    Edited by miiiguel at 22/02/08 @ 16:46

  • JediMasterMalik #18 4 years ago

    I personally think that if you're only gonna use it for chatting, it is pretty pointless, but there's so many other things like showing pictures, and movies, even music, to people in Home which isn't really possible with a simple interface, that's the advantage of Home. Then there's always the whole customising aspect, and let's face it, who doesn't like to customise things. Also using it as a lobby will work in ways even XBL cant do. I honestly think that people are apprehensive about it purely because it's a Sony endeavour.

  • Darren #19 4 years ago

    Remember that Home isn't a compulsory interface that you HAVE to use, it's entirely optional so hardcore gamers can still join and play games as they do now if they want. Home is presumably aimed at casual gamers as a way of getting them interested in the whole online community thing and you can't really argue with that as it likely to prove a more appealing proposition for those people than something like Xbox LIVE. Well you can argue but you'd be missing my point.

    Two years ago, people would have laughed at the idea of the Wii selling as well as it has so it could be that Home could do the same for the PS3? Anything is possible but at least Sony are attempting something a bit different from Microsoft rather than directly trying to copy LIVE. And it's free too so you don't have to pay £40 per annum to try it. ;)
    Edited by Darren at 22/02/08 @ 16:55

  • JayPee #20 4 years ago

    It will be interesting to see how Sony support the required hardware infrastructure of this. There's a reason I think XBL is worth the price, and that is quality (most of the time) of service. If Sony can show that they can maintain an enduring on-line presence for millions of gamers, at no cost to the gamer, it will make XBL look outdated and expensive.

  • miiiguel #21 4 years ago

    You have to pay to "personalize" it though.

    Darren, all my 360s came with a free month, I didn't have to pay to try it. And Silver is free which is basicly Live minus MP.
    Edited by miiiguel at 22/02/08 @ 16:58

  • JediMasterMalik #22 4 years ago

    Only if you want every option, a certain set of options for customisation will be completely free.

  • Darren #23 4 years ago

    I'm sure there'll be lots of free stuff too so you won't have to pay for everything, just as there are plenty of freebies on the Marketplace.

    And so what if Xbox LIVE offers you a month free, you still have to pay if you want to continue using that service. The PSN and Home are completely free which means it could tempt more people to opt for the PS3 over the Xbox 360, especially if the latter proves successful. Home is exactly the kind of thing that could draw in the casual gamers IMO but only if it proves popular. It could be a big flop but at least Sony are trying something different from their rivals. Home could prove to be a brilliant concept or it could be a disaster, we'll just have to wait and see.

    Has anyone tried the beta? If so would you care to comment on your experiences? Fun? Crap? Indifferent?

  • Arcadiian #24 4 years ago

    "Home is presumably aimed at casual gamers as a way of getting them interested in the whole online community thing"

    Sure, I can agree with that. And your other comment:

    "Still at least it's free and with all PS3's having a standard HDD, it means anyone with broadband access can try it."

    An HDD is a necessity for me, and free PSN access is definitely a plus. But the thing is, these "casual" gamers, who aren't interested in having games consoles with cherries on top, won't fork out more money for a console with a standard (forced) HDD, to gain access to this "casual" Home, when they can opt for a Wii, or even a Core 360 at a lower price. It'd be different if this was the PS2, with its giant installed base. But it's the PS3, and Sony need to target the "hardcore" gamers, which is where Home can't compete with Live.

  • monkie_king #25 4 years ago

    In all fairness, I've seen decaying roadkill that that is better looking than Second Life. I therefore think it's pretty safe to say that Home is easier on the eye.

  • miiiguel #26 4 years ago

    Darren, you said "have to pay to try".

  • Salvia #27 4 years ago

    What idiots excel at is talking out their arses. :-)
    "Toy stories graphics..." It was MS that made this claim and not Sony.

    BTW Home won't be the only way of meeting up with friends and arranging groups for games etc. You will be able to do this via the XMB. Users are not forced to use Home.
    Edited by Salvia at 22/02/08 @ 17:19

  • Yaz #28 4 years ago

    "What idiots excel at is talking out their arses.
    "Toy stories graphics..." It was MS that made this claim and not Sony."

    Please, nooo, let's not start that all over again (*looks at miiiguel*) :) (and yes it started with the PS2, then MS took up the baton in a way, but it's not really clear cut for either :)).

    Anyway, back to this topic...
    Edited by Yaz at 22/02/08 @ 17:25

  • Dizzy #29 4 years ago

    Multi player no. 3d chatclient yes.

  • miiiguel #30 4 years ago

    Salvia, in a news note in New York Times, as seen in [link url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05E2D91431F93AA25750C0A96F958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all:
    ]http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.ht...[/link]

    "The brain of Playstation II is a microprocessor that the two companies have dubbed the Emotion Engine. It is designed to draw tens of millions of tiny polygons, the building blocks of computer graphics, on a television screen every second. As a result, it renders animated graphics with the realism of the movie ''Toy Story'' but in what is known as ''real time.'' That is, it creates movement, characters and entire environments on the fly in response to the movement of a joystick or other gaming device."


    And why are you calling names, are we school mates or something ?
    Edited by miiiguel at 22/02/08 @ 17:26

  • kangarootoo #31 4 years ago

    Direct comparisons between XBLive and Home miss the point somewhat.

    You might as well compare Second Life and Ebay.

  • Salvia #32 4 years ago

    "Salvia, in a news note in New York Times, as seen in"

    Written by an NY Times reporter and not claimed by Sony themsleves.

  • JediMasterMalik #33 4 years ago

    "This is another example of Sony saying to it's consumers 'No, you do NOT want games, you will have everything but games... now suck it up!'. "

    Sorry, but as usual with you, that's utter bullshit. You cuold say the same with MS and their Movie downloads, but you don't because you like them. They're trying to do something different, a way of creating a community in an online network on a console. Plus it has games in it, and is intigrated into games.

  • Darren #34 4 years ago

    @Arcadiian - The PS2 has a mostly casual user base and it's entirely possible that the PS3 will do the same once it drops below the £200 price point. If Sony want to sell 100 million PS3s then they're going to have to sell the machine to more than the hardcore users which I presume is the intention with stuff like Home and LittleBigPlanet. Home may well be as revolutionary to consoles as Xbox LIVE was to the Xbox back in 2003 or it may prove to be a complete failure, nevertheless I think it's good to see Sony taking risks and trying something different.

  • miiiguel #35 4 years ago

    Salvia, read the article, and laugh. It's not just the "Toy Story" grpahics, there's more..., and Sony quotes, not reporters.

    And don't forget the awesome 4D which PS3 is capable of:
    "Kutaragi described the shift to the PS3 as a move into the 4D world. The 8/16 bit era with 2D sprites was refered to as "Plane", the PS1/PS2 era with 3D graphics was described as "Space", and the PS3 era was with its, according to him, 4D worlds, was described as "Live" (Space + Time)."
    Edited by miiiguel at 22/02/08 @ 17:53

  • JediMasterMalik #36 4 years ago

    It's not a game, get a grip and do a google search. (GAGADAGS lol)

  • penhalion #37 4 years ago

    I'll do a quick chip in again.

    First off Home looks incredible. That is a given. I have the beta at work and it's pretty cool. Having said that. It's also not very useful for setting up and playing games with your friends. Once you wonder to the theatre a few times, you tend to just jump there as the walking is quite frankly pointless. Once you've seen your home and had a few friends around, it get's quite boring too. We really did end up milling about and doing the dance emote for laughs (wore thin very quickly). The trophy room just plain feels tacky (looks great though) as it's like inviting someone over to view your etchings!

    Home is a novelty. Note because it's bad in any real way but, simply because it overly complicates a process that should be simple. The steps should be and I'd argue should always have been.

    1. fire up the ol' PS3
    2. See what friends are online via an automatic friends check.
    3. Join their game if they have that option enabled.
    4. Invite them to your game if they are not currently playing their own stuff.

    Home makes it into

    1. Fire up the ol' PS3
    2. Load Home
    3. gun through some menues to see who is online and what they are playing.
    4. Join their game if the game has the option and they have enabled it.
    5. Send an invite to them (if they are in home!). Not sure how this works for people who are not in home as Sony will not tell us!

    It's just a strange process to go through for something that should be simply.

  • Nithron #38 4 years ago

    miiiguel hit the nail right on the head. Sony's strategy, and it seems to work, is to fight real products with hype, knowing that the reality of their competitors' currently existing products can never live up to their ultimately empty promises.

    The Dreamcast was essentially beaten, not by the PS2, but by people waiting for the PS2, on the strength of the hype surrounding it. They've been doing the same thing with PS3, and the apparently infinitely delayed Home seems to be following the same pattern.

    And my 2p on the matter of home? It looks like one of those cheesey 3D chat programs aimed at teenagers, except this time it launches games. I remember having something like this installed when i was about 13, that let you play music and other stuff from within a 3D environment. Seemed cool at first, but then... I was 13.

  • monkey-ken-wizard #39 4 years ago

    It looks drab and uninspired.
    But I agree the competition isn’t great either.
    Sony has missed a trick; they should have used Big Little Planet as their social community hub

  • Golgo #40 4 years ago

    Best-looking? That's because all the metro-sexual avatars shop at GAP.

  • bad09 #41 4 years ago

    well said Nithron (and miiiguel)

  • drxym #42 4 years ago

    It wouldnt be hard to beat Second Life. It is hard to imagine a more worthless, disjointed wasteland of trash and vanity buildings than you'd find in Second Life.

  • moggsy #43 4 years ago

    Gamers will literally be able to dive into the realistic world seen in large screen movies and experience the excitement in real-time.

    SCEA PS3 Announcement May 2005
    Edited by moggsy at 22/02/08 @ 21:27

  • JediMasterMalik #44 4 years ago

    First of all It's LittleBigPlanet, second of all, LBP features are very different to Home, and their purposes are completely different.

  • stoopidgreg #45 4 years ago

    i love how he compares home to second life, a 5 year old game. yeah, good one.

  • CHAZBIGPOTATO #46 4 years ago

    What was that virtual planet they had on dreamcast called? Planet Ring? This sounds a bit like that...

  • Krun #47 4 years ago

    "Home" sounds just like one of those ideas you come up with at 3 am. The wouldn't it be cool if's all come out and you write a few down. Then the next day you look over your plans and realise that it's actually going to be a horrendous waste of time and money,and what the hell were you thinking.

    I think Sony failed to wake up in time and have spent lots of cash. Now once it's almost finished, they have realised it's a waste of time and are disparately tying to work out how to make it have a point. So they wave their arms and say look at the graphics, look at the graphics, and hope you ignore the fact it's just an over complicated chat room.

  • VMerken #48 4 years ago

    I'll just be optimistic and say that Sony will/may get it right through updates.

  • Miths #49 4 years ago

    "It wouldnt be hard to beat Second Life. It is hard to imagine a more worthless, disjointed wasteland of trash and vanity buildings than you'd find in Second Life."

    Not made any better by the fact that the graphics engine looks a bit like something that was bordering on looking outdated in almost ten years ago :).
    I checked it out briefly a few months ago, and despite the obvious creativity of some users, it was hands down the ugliest virtual world I've seen in... well, around ten years.

    I would think it really shouldn't take much at all to beat that - at least not in the technical department.

  • Wyrm #50 4 years ago

    Warcraft is 1,000 times prettier than Home.

  • George-Roper #51 4 years ago

    Can you all calm down please, you're upsetting Jedi.

    There, there Jedi. I'm sure Sony know what they're doing by creating a protracted, meaningless, 3D GUI replacement for a chat box.

    Don't fret.

  • Gaol #52 4 years ago

    Usual array of retarded 360 fanboys I see.

    Home has every opportunity to surpass Live. Live is a terrific system and one of the few things I think that keeps 360 owners loyal to that machine - it promotes online community, competition and progress; basically turning lots of individual games in to one big online experience. If Home is better, or even on a par, I think there will be little reason for 360 owners to remain loyal past their next RROD.

  • George-Roper #53 4 years ago

    @Gaol,

    Yes. Yes, of course they will jump ship to the PS3 because of Home.

    /rolleyes

  • Gaol #54 4 years ago

    Did you read my post? Live is one of the excuses people put up with the 360's shitty hardware, Home is designed to address that.

    To be frank though George you only needed to read as far as 'retarded fanboy'.

  • BadBoyBonner #55 4 years ago

    It's seems a concept flawed from the very start

    Hardcore software - virtual world full of customisable avatars and user styled content

    - trying to be used to capture -

    Casual Users - if navigating a 3D world was home to the casual gamer Zelda would be the best ever selling Wii game - which it is not.

    ** a selectable friends list, contactable, join-able and universal across all system games is clearly the best way to solve the problem - home sounds like nothing more than a gimmick and

  • Gaol #56 4 years ago

    @farticus

    There isn't much in the ps3 vs 360 in terms of exclusives this year. Fair point last year, the 360 had a much better list though I played most on PC. Going forward though it's not really an issue, the amount of titles tied to one format is dwindling fast, it makes no sense commercially to tie yourself to one format unless the hardware manufacturer is paying you a lot of money.

  • George-Roper #57 4 years ago

    @Gaol

    "Did you read my post? *Live is one of the excuses people put up with the 360's shitty hardware*, Home is designed to address that.

    To be frank though George you only needed to read as far as 'retarded fanboy'."

    Orly? Link please?

    See, I thought people chose (put up with) the 360 because of the games.

  • patchbox360 #58 4 years ago

    The Promisestation3

    i love it

  • JediMasterMalik #59 4 years ago

    Fuck off George you stupid fanboy cunt.

  • Drpwnage #60 4 years ago

    Home seems novel but really it will just make getting into games with your friends, or straight online more awkward. I guess those people who enjoy Second life, or treat MMO's as chat room's may get addicted though.

  • George-Roper #61 4 years ago

    @Jedi

    Aww, come on Jed, lets be mates. We've both got PS3s after all! It's just that I can accept the issues with the product a hell of a lot more than a blinded tosspot like you can.

  • JediMasterMalik #62 4 years ago

    What the fuck are you on about? Do you see me defending the PS3 against it's issues? No you fucking don't.

    Do we see you exaggerating the problems to make your 360 look like the god of consoles? Yes we do.

  • George-Roper #63 4 years ago

    Oh Please, Jedi. Just a single perusal through this very thread shows your attitude towards posters who 'don't get Home'. And that's not even to mention the countless other PS3 fanboi threads you've participated in.

    At least I own both the fucking consoles, unlike you who seems absolutely fine in voicing an opinion on a console you don't even fucking own.

    Retard.

  • JediMasterMalik #64 4 years ago

    Have I even mentioned the xbox in this thread? I barely EVER talk about it. You're just an ignorant bastard who can't stand anything good being said about the PS3.

    You're now defending the 360 console from an attack which does not exist. Seriously, you are nuts.

  • Xerx3s #65 4 years ago

    "these will withought a doubt surpass the Xbox Live in every single way. "

    Yes. A 2nd life type of GAME will surpass an ONLINE SERVICE. Are you just a muppet or are you deliberately comparing two totally different things?

    EDIT: If you want to compare, compare PSN to XBL or 2nd Life to Home.
    Edited by Xerx3s at 23/02/08 @ 16:44

  • George-Roper #66 4 years ago

    Jedi, you said...

    "Microsoft - Buying the Industry since 2001! ;)" here: [link url=http://www.eurogamer.net/article_discussion.php?article_id=92931
    ]http://www.eurogamer.net/article_discuss...[/link]

    Posting immediately after the article came up, in an obvious attempt to bait 360 owners. Oh, and nice smileyface touch, like that somehow redirects the intention of the post.

    Also, in this very thread, you also said...

    "Sorry, but as usual with you, that's utter bullshit. You cuold say the same with MS and their Movie downloads, but you don't because you like them."

    At this stage, no-one had even mentioned Microsoft but you thought it prudent to bring them into the discussion, for what reason? Other than trolling, I mean?

    And i'll say it again for the stupid kid at the back of the class, I own both consoles. I certainly don't need to 'prove' anything on these boards, let alone to a fuckwit like you, when I have the 'proof' of how good something is, that's already been purchased and sat underneath my 1080p/Dolby setup, right in front of me.
    Edited by George-Roper at 23/02/08 @ 17:12

  • Gaol #67 4 years ago

    @Xerx3s

    "Yes. A 2nd life type of GAME will surpass an ONLINE SERVICE. Are you just a muppet or are you deliberately comparing two totally different things?

    EDIT: If you want to compare, compare PSN to XBL or 2nd Life to Home. "

    That comment makes you look totally misinformed. Home is an upgrade to PSN, designed to bring more functionality and features to the online set-up. Its not a game in the traditional sense at all.
    Edited by Gaol at 23/02/08 @ 17:50

  • JediMasterMalik #68 4 years ago

    My first was a joke, it's obvious it was a joke. Even without the smiley it would be read as a joke and nothing more. The second was in response to a specific poster, who like you, singles out Sony issues when MS has the same. Nice idea going through my posting history, but if that's the best proof of my trolling you have, then I suggest you drop the argument now.

    You are a far worse troller than I have ever been, hell you're worse than 90% of the people on here, on both sides of the fence.

  • kangarootoo #69 4 years ago

    "if navigating a 3D world was home to the casual gamer Zelda would be the best ever selling Wii game - which it is not"

    What? That statement is beyond nonsensical.

  • Xerx3s #70 4 years ago

    Gaol: I know exactly what Home is (at least, what info there is). They are two completely different things.

  • VMerken #71 4 years ago

    By the way, even if we would all agree that Home is currently the best-looking multiplayer world, just how long would that last? How long before another, better-looking multiplayer beckons?

    Right.

    So, the only thing which really counts is what the multiplayer world can do for the end users. I fail to see the utility in Festejo's statement unless the large majority of end users are "perty graphics now"-junks who need an increasingly stronger visual fix in their games or they never happened.

  • JackB #72 4 years ago

    I really don't get Home. I'm not really interested in an MMO chat world. I'm interested in a quick and informative menu system to help me play games and communicate with friends.

    An MMO lobby is just weird. I don't have time to log in to a lobby, run around to the pool table and see if any friends are online. I can look at a friends list for that. Much quicker. I also don't need to run around a lobby to recruit people to play an online game. I play COD 4 a ton. There are usually 200k people online. Why do I need to go to an MMO lobby to find people????

    I think making XMB better makes more sense. Cross game invites, cross game chat, cross game messages etc, are much more useful than Home. Home will be s a novelty, IMO.

  • kangarootoo #73 4 years ago

    @JackB

    I think your post sums up pretty well how a lot of people feel.... however, for every person who feels the way you do, there is another that gets it completely (not picking on your post btw, it just made the case for your pov very well, so I'll bag it as an example :) ).

    The entire discussion can be condensed down into the old cliche "horses for courses". For those non-UK readers who haven't heard that term before, it really just means everyone has different tastes and preferences and what suits one person may not another (it comes from horse racing, referring to different horses running better on different surfaces).

    If you set out your specific requirements then it is easy to directly compare Home to those requirements and find it doesn't do the job. Someone else who does get Home might describe their typical agenda howeverv, and find Home suits their needs exactly.

    I think there is a difference between seeing that a product does or does not suit your own needs, and seeing that there is a huge market out there for a product based on everyone elses needs. Whether or not I would personally be interested in using Home, I don't doubt there are shed loads of people who very much are.

    The words "I don't see the appeal" quite often find themselves been spoken by a person about to NOT make a huge pile of cash, followed swiftly by someone ELSE making a huge pile of cash. Loads of people didn't get WoW, or Second Life, or rollerskates, or rock music. They all did pretty well in the end though, even they didn't appeal to the entire population of the earth.

    I think it is too early to judge Home. All I see now is big potential, which could either be realised or not. In any event, my own personal feelings about whether I would use such a product don't stop me "getting it" because I am sure there are millkions of people out there who totally DO want to use such a product.

  • George-Roper #74 4 years ago

    Fuck off Jedi you stupid fanboy cunt

    ;)

  • bad09 #75 4 years ago

    Come on guys, is Home really worth insulting each other over?

    Home may be a complete turkey or the next best thing, personally I think it will be a turkey but that's my own opinion and I don't see any need to call people c***s because of it.

    Life is too short people......

  • SpeedyThing #76 4 years ago

    Are they kidding? Home is one of the most bland and uninspired looking games I have ever seen!

  • The-Bodybuilder #77 4 years ago

    >"Did you read my post? Live is one of the excuses people put up with the 360's shitty hardware."

    Not the games? I suggest you keep quite in the corner over there.

    As for Home. I don't personally get it. Then again, I thought the wii would be a fad that would die after the novelty wears off. Look how that turned out.

  • T4RG4 #78 4 years ago

    I personally do not see how this is for the casual gamer at all... Whilst I have little idea of what they are trying to achieve (do they?) which is either my fault, theirs or both combined, I cannot see how it'll fit into the 'gaming' world.

    As a standalone 'Im in the Sims yey' perhaps it would interest people, I can see that appeal. But trying to integrate into gaming life when I just want to whack on a game, find a mate and play, what on earth will this add? It will be far too time consuming, dare I say stupid, to use Home as a match making system unless there are menu shortcuts which then kinda defeats the whole object of building your character, making a nice house, walking across the late to find Bert and asking him whether he'd like to play a game.

    An idea dreamt up by Execs who think this is the way forward. If it were a standalone game, sold to consumers, I'd understand it a little more, as a 'home' or 'hub' I think it's wide of the mark.

  • QPRHOOPS81 #79 4 years ago

    "I don't want to dis "

    he's down with the kids.

  • T4RG4 #80 4 years ago

    "I rarely play on Live either to be honest and I don't really "get" multiplayer gaming."

    I used to think the same, never wanted to play against other people as it put to much 'pressure' on my competitive personality, I thought it easier to play single-player the way I wanted :D

    However, the 360/Live setup has made me thoroughly enjoy multiplayer gaming (when it works so well - forget xmas).

  • SpeedyThing #81 4 years ago

    cthulhu_steev: Let me rephrase then... "Home is one of the most bland and uninspired looking VIRTUAL WORLD that I have ever seen!" Are we happy now?

  • MilkYMoO #82 4 years ago

    Since I use psn and xboxlive, all I can say is anything that helps improve psn is very welcome by me. The european version at least needs a lot of improvement, and a second life type experience from home will actually get me to use psn more often. Right now psn truly is a poor mans version of xboxlive.

  • SpeedyThing #83 4 years ago

    Lol - no problemo. The day I start letting the internet get me down is the day Phil Harrison resigns... wait... er....

  • reality_cheque #84 4 years ago

    I do wonder why more people don't have Jedi on ignore. I did, but after seeing responses to him I got curious as to what he was banging on about and un-ignored him, them promptly clicked ignore again very quickly.

    We all know he's a troll, so why feed him? It'll only encourage the little shit. In an ideal world nobody would respond to him and he'd either leave (we win) or blather on in posts nobody can see (we win).