<![CDATA[Kotaku: Ps Home]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Ps Home]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/ps home http://kotaku.com/tag/ps home <![CDATA[PS Home Beta Drops Video Sharing]]> Sony have confirmed that the video sharing features have been dropped from the PlayStation Home beta. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5051377&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PlayStation Home Beta Ends In May?]]> Chalk this up to rumor, but according to at least one PS Home beta tester's account page, Sony's closed beta will be ending on 5/15/08. This date in itself means little. But it could mean that Sony might begin an open beta—or just launch Home once and for all—sometime not so long after that date. Either way, we wouldn't hold our breath for Home to magically appear any time soon in a firmware update...especially since 2.4, expected this summer, has not been rumored to contain Home. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=366917&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[NCSoft: Home Could Be Good, Won't Move PS3s]]> PSHome looks like it could be the PS3's underestimated weapon in recapturing public interest in a brand that's taken its share of bruises this time around. But NCSoft's Thomas Bidaux sees the platform's potential a little differently:
I think Home is very interesting, but I want to see how people use it. Again - content. If there is an incentive for people to go into Home, beyond just customising their avatar, then it will be very, very good. If there is no incentive, then it will remain quite limited.
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=312013&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft Considering A Virtual World, Too]]> At the recent virtual worlds conference, Microsoft general manager of entertainment devices Daniel Schiappa was on hand, and not all the quiet about why he was there.
By next year, you'll probably know more about why I'm up here.
OK, so he wasn't completely forthright about why he was there, but we get the point (mainly because he explained later). Microsoft is looking into deploying a virtual world like Second Life or PSHome to span the PC, Xbox 360 and possibly other entertainment devices (like the Zune?). And if such a world could seamlessly piggyback on Xbox Live...things could get interesting. But is it too little too late from Microsoft? Schiappa tells us more: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=309709&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Banhammer Coming to PS Home]]> Sony isn't putting up with players who ruin the community experience of PS Home. Utilizing a user feedback system (ala Xbox Live), Sony is ready to permanently ban the jackasses from ever setting foot inside their virtual world again.
Ultimately we know a user's details, we know machine details and we know where they live...so you would have to move house and buy a new PS3 before you could get online again.
As far as I'm concerned, this is fantastic news that will keep the douches at bay. But it is sort of a three strikes and you're out and dead philosophy. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=289275&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[New PSHome Beta Screens]]> I have absolutely zero interest in going bowling. The "sport" peaked in Kingpin and I've been done with it since. But Sony puts a bowling alley in PSHome? Freaking genius. More »
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