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Reeves: PlayStation Home Was Deserting Gamers

It takes a big man to admit that he made a mistake, or an even bigger company. Sony execs have been pretty candid about the missteps made in the early life of the PlayStation 3 lately, and now SCEE's David Reeves admits that the development of Home was hindered by too big of a focus being placed on non-gaming applications, such as getting together sponsors.

"In that sense we were deserting gamers. So, we're concentrating on the gaming by launching games in Home, and attracting people who are into gaming in first - instead of the Nike people, or Adidas people who are into fashion and not necessarily into gaming."
Good show! The honestly pouring out of the company has me feeling all warm and fuzzy for Sony as of late, and it's good to see they're on the right track as far as Home is concerned. Now if I could only get my PS3 working again.

Reeves: Home was too ambitious [CVG]

9:40 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Mike Fahey
3,890 views, 148 comments

Latest by cheeses: How'd your PS3 break, Mike? Did you drop it down some stairs? Cause that's the only way you can stop a PLAYSTATION3 from working. Tee-hee. @robbo_the_hood: No seriously though, name a few great 360 2008 releases other than more »

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Peter Moore Wishes Sony Would Hurry It Up

Green Eyes Thought we were kidding when we said Peter Moore bleed neon green? Nope! After getting some strange Wii analogies, Moore's back to moan and groan about Sony's Home. Says the former Xbox employee:

Yeah, I just wish it [Home] would ship. I [previously] questioned it a little bit, whether I'd want to wander around there. Phil Harrison showed me a demo — it's very cool, but let's go already. And so I'm disappointed that it's been pushed back a little bit again. But I really hope it gets going and becomes that portal to the PlayStation Network and we can utilise it. But boy, I just wish we'd get going.

Yeah, totally Peter. It doesn't matter if it's not ready or undercooked. Consumers will deal with it! Stuff breaks, right?
Moore "Disappointed" [GamesIndustry] [Pic]

5:00 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
3,114 views, 78 comments

Latest by interstate78: @Sailorcancer: He didn't say anything about the 360. And first of all, NO THE 360 IS NOT CRIPPLED. Where the hell did you get that from? Just because they had RRoD issues and that NOBODY wants to let go of that doesn't more »

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PlayStation Home Release Pushed Back (Yet Again)

Today Sony announced that the Home Closed Beta will expand to Summer 2008 and invited more users to join. Following this, the Home Closed Beta, an Open Beta will kick off later this fall. Says Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai:

We understand that we are asking PS3 and prospective PS3 users to wait a bit longer, but we have come to the conclusion that we need more time to refine the service to ensure a more focused gaming entertainment experience than what it is today. Our overarching objective is to provide users with new gaming experiences that are available only on PLAYSTATION Home. Spending more time on the development and on the Closed Beta testing reaffirms our commitment to bringing a quality service, maintaining the PlayStation tradition.

Home was first slated for September or October 2007 and then pushed back to "Spring 2008." And now, like that, Sony slides it back again. Hit the jump for the full press release. More »

11:30 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
17,664 views, 211 comments

Latest by CyberSkull: I think we all just need to accept the fact that Home isn't coming out, or not at least with the cool features advertised. more »

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Public Home Beta Can Be Installed, Played?


This internet thing sure moves fast. No sooner do we hear that people are downloading the public Home beta than we see this video footage of someone apparently downloading it, installing it then getting access to it, complete with placeholder end-user agreement and welcome screens. Remember: it's recommended you enjoy your daily intake of salt grains while watching.
PlayStation Home BETA working, with play now?! [PS3NEWS, thanks Bryce!]

11:30 PM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Luke Plunkett
7,291 views, 68 comments

Latest by chacho: @jitty9: thank you man. more »

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Public Home Beta Can Be Installed, Not Played

Some cheeky posters over on the PS3news forums have allegedly found a way for you to download version 1.00 of Home, which going by that lovely round figure should be the build that's used for the upcoming public beta. Any possible celebrations regarding this news will begin with news that downloading the file's fairly easy, and end with the news that you can only install the program, not boot it up (no functioning servers yet, you see). Could be the latest example of CRT-TV photoshoppery, but is more likely the latest sign that the beta, which has been promised as hitting "very soon", will be hitting "very soon".
PlayStation@Home working! (but you can't play) [PS3NEWS, thanks Chris81!]

8:20 PM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Luke Plunkett
6,635 views, 45 comments

Latest by Rebelphoenix83: Kinda like how the PS3 can be bought but not played? more »

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Home Beta Going Public "Very Soon"

Good news for those just dying for a shot at virtual lounging around and furniture collection: The PSN's senior director, Susan Panico, has told the Official PlayStation mag that Sony will be "opening up the Home beta to the public very soon". Up til now Home's only been accessible to a select few early beta testers, so this is welcome news for the rest of us plebs, especially in the wake of Warhawk's freshly-added Home content. Before you ask, yes, that's pretty much all she said. No further details - such as a timeframe or whether this means North America and Europe - were revealed.
PlayStation POV [OPM, via VG247]

12:15 AM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Luke Plunkett
10,809 views, 89 comments

Latest by LittlestLamshi: @leeallens: @madbassman39: yes and no... it's a chat room and you can also go shopping in a virtual mall, in a virtual world... really, really, weird/cool stuff. more »

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Sony To Make Aesthetic Changes To Home?

Courtesy of a couple of readers, I just got done reading through the latest survey sent out to the beta testers putting Sony's Home project through its paces. Most of it is - as you' expect - a combination of the boring and pointless, though there is some interesting stuff regarding the game's central "plaza". Users were asked what, if they could pick, they'd like the game's all-important plaza/hub to look like, and were given ten styles to choose from, ranging from the ultra-minimalist to a cozy woodland getaway. Sadly, it seems my suggestion for using the bridge from Seaquest DSV has been completely ignored.

11:30 PM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By Luke Plunkett
8,410 views, 73 comments

Latest by rogueslayer0: I like all of the photos, except E. It doesn't look nearly as modern as the other ones. more »

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Rumored PlayStation Store Release List Shows Home, Ratchet: Quest For Booty Due In July

Ratchet: Quest for Booty? Lair: Diabolical Dragons? The Last Guy? A Resistance 2 trailer next month? Those releases are rumored to be hitting the PlayStation Store this spring and summer, according to the above pic going 'round the internet today. It's all based on a allegedly leaked PlayStation Network release list from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, which lays out the planned PSN releases for the next four months, including a July release date for Home.

As you can see, according to the list, April is a big month. These releases may be bundled together to help promote the PlayStation Store revamp, also rumored to hit on April 15. So what is all this stuff?

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2:40 PM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By Michael McWhertor
16,484 views, 107 comments

Latest by bobtheduck: @kylo4: If you need it spelled out for your, Tool is another word for penis. Going commando is probably a less common phrase than tool in that instance. Of course, I suppose you could mean that because of the positioning more »

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More Japanese Home Screens

Just in time to get you all excited for Home's spring release! Here's the new Japanese Home screens to look at. These seem just released screens appear to be from the same Japanese Home batch we posted previously. Check out the retro Home arcade, fun with skin tones and designer building interiors. There's also a few screens that kinda show how avatars robotically interacting while inviting each other to a game of darts. If that wasn't enough (it's not!), there's a frame-by-frame breakdown of an avatar dancing. Oooooooooh.

New Home Screens [Game Watch Impress]

12:00 AM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
6,269 views, 62 comments

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Home Team Anticipating, Fearing User-Generated Content

Sony's Ron Festejo is creative director for the PS3's Home project. As such, he's obviously excited about all things creative, especially the possibility of Home users creating their own content via in-game tools. Excited and scared. Scared at the thought of innocent little kids being exposed to people walking around with cocks scrawled all over their avatar's custom t-shirt.
Obviously the Holy Grail is to give people the tools to create their own things, but it's a difficult path to tread I think.
Festejo says the problem with allowing users free reign over custom content is that Sony just don't have an adequate means of policing and moderating the content. Yet. I'm sure the first 12 year-old girl to appear on Fox News after being propositioned by a cock-shirt-wearing teenager will change all that.
User-generated content the "Holy Grail," says Home team [GI.biz]

2:30 AM on Thu Mar 13 2008
By Luke Plunkett
1,923 views, 59 comments

Latest by rogueslayer0: I know you should think about user content beforehand, but Ithink at the moment Sony should be more concerned with making Home functional and getting it out to the public. I think they have had more than enough time to more »

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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.

Thanks tipster!

12:20 PM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Mark Wilson
8,284 views, 45 comments

Latest by SleazySaint: Ok for anyone else who says that its "Worth the wait" so that the finished product will be better, why in a game that is being constantly updated and ever-changing do we need to wait for it to be released? more »

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How Warhawk Makes Home Really, Really Cool

Sure, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Resistance: Fall of Man may have wicked cool feature sets for PlayStation 3's Home, but it's actually Warhawk's planned game portal that has us most excited. According to our sources, the Home lobby for the Incognito dogfighter will serve as a "war room" where up to eight players can meet to discuss their strategy for an upcoming match.

Sure, you could do that with text or voice chat, but it sounds like the developers have gone the extra mile to make planning your battles even cooler.

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4:00 PM on Wed Feb 27 2008
By Michael McWhertor
53,238 views, 216 comments

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How Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Makes Home Really, Really Cool

While Resistance: Fall of Man's integration with Home should have bonus content fans excited, old school run-and-gun shooter fans should be pretty pumped about what they may be getting with Uncharted: Drake's Fortune's contribution. We hear that the Home portal for Naughty Dog's PlayStation 3 adventure will follow in Resistance's footsteps, allowing Home avatars to explore the game's levels without the threat of being shot at, a nice feature.

But it's the Uncharted mini-game that has us far more pumped.

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3:40 PM on Wed Feb 27 2008
By Michael McWhertor
50,716 views, 99 comments

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How Resistance: Fall of Man Makes Home Really, Really Cool

While Home for the PlayStation 3 may have generated plenty of buzz for Sony at last year's Game Developers Conference, its late arrival and the setting in of reality may have made it put a damper on the hype surrounding the service. We've had our doubts that Home may ultimately be nothing more than a prettier Second Life, a glorified 3D chat room, one that only makes getting to the games we actually want to play a bit of a chore. But we've recently learned some very interesting things about how three first-party published games will take advantage of Home's features that have us very excited. More »

3:20 PM on Wed Feb 27 2008
By Michael McWhertor
34,006 views, 89 comments

Latest by Kovitlac: Wow, that's the only PS3 game that looks somewhat interesting to me! more »

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PlayStation.com Shows, Then Pulls New PS3 Network Features

PlayStation.com saw an update to its PlayStation 3 section earlier today, a fact pointed out by an eagle-eyed reader who noticed that new information on Home had finally arrived on the official US site. While we watched the preview video, hoping for new information or a more solid release date, there appeared to be nothing substantially new. The embedded video showed off the game's theater sections, mini-games, chat features and 3D trophy capabilities, but not too much else.

Curiously, though, someone at PlayStation.com decided that whatever was being touted on the new PlayStation Network pages was something that wasn't quite ready for prime time. Perhaps it was the other PSN features, one that hints at new functionality coming soon.

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5:20 PM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By Michael McWhertor
19,190 views, 77 comments

Latest by bantamweight: PS Update: As announced, Rocketmen: Axis of Evil is now available in the North American Playstation Store for $9.99, a free demo is also included. The usual new songs for Rock Band and Guitar Hero 3 are also in the store more »

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Some Totally Hatin' on PlayStation Home


We're pretty excited about PlayStation Home. Theoretically, it sounds cool, and we are keen to see how it plays out. But that's us. What does Japan think? Dunno! We do know what readers of Japanese game mag Famitsu think and they're hating on it. In the most recent issue of the mag, the question was "What do you think about member services like PlayStation Home?" Here's the breakdown:
• 27.3 percent are interested in trying it out
• 37.3 percent don't care
• 35.4 percent dislike such services
Yikes! Quotes to drive home the hatorade after the jump:

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1:00 AM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
11,454 views, 138 comments

Latest by asTer0id: @Rectangle: ouch, nice one Rectangle. you totally got what I was trying to say and countered it with a well thought out argument. touche. more »

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A New Look At PlayStation's Home

The official Japanese PlayStation web site today launched a new Home section, bringing with a slew of new screen shots of the virtual living space. Is this the new look of home which was on display at Imagina 08? We hope that PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai is happier with this version of the software than the last one. Still looking a bit too sterile to really get me excited, but I am at least intrigued by Home's copious footwear options.

4:20 PM on Fri Feb 1 2008
By Michael McWhertor
7,229 views, 108 comments

Latest by n/a: I was bored at work when I came across this. Can somebody give me more info on this? Introducing the Home Cinema Premium Service simply known as "Ticket™". Similarly named for Home's premium avatar service "Dress™".This is truely a breakthrough service more »

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PlayStation Home Coming In Spring With All New Stuff

A new and improved Home is reported to arrive on the PlayStation Network in Spring of this year, GamesIndustry.biz writes today, a taste of which is on hand at Monaco's Imagina 08 exhibition. What's changed? It sounds mostly cosmetic, as a new environment replaces the enclosed apartment, described by GI.biz as a "serene outside space, with plenty of room for people to interact, and tables with fully functional chess and draughts games included."

According to the report, user feedback changed a good portion of the virtual living space, with a streamlined theater and a wider variety of "apartments" being readied for launch. Sweet. Who else can't wait to virtually walk around and collect some virtual stuff?!

Home: Feedback led to changes [GamesIndustry.biz]

7:20 PM on Wed Jan 30 2008
By Michael McWhertor
6,153 views, 137 comments

Latest by CanadianManc: these are the things they need to improve/put in home: they need to put in the feature where you can see anotehr persons trophies and achievments in a game, if not trophies, they at least achievments or gamerscore. if you unlock a more »