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razor436

JayDiggler

Puchi

NeverSage

What's it like having so little imagination of your own and being so entitled?

ChewdyFu

kyosuke9999

Starcraft2008

inphanta

ironraiden

It sounds nice but WTF is "Out of this world"?

ironraiden

ManekiNeko

Awesome!

Burguois, Teabagger of Olde

joelface

Looks like Crazy Ken might have been right all along....he overengineered nothing: this is true "next" gen gaming.

DelSource

LeLoi

Raidei

qBIRD

If its just free, can we really expect quality? maybe, Naughty Dog is great, but perhaps this'll just be a one off. Why would any developer develop a full 'arcade' game and release it for free, instead of just releasing it over PSN, and making alot of money?

Perhaps this is more like simple flash games?

theALLseeingEYE

-Sigil-

fatheadwilson

sadkermit - soon to be banned for standing up to the ummm nazi.

WolfGod

Gam3r

Frank

icarusprime

TFlame

reptile168

elheeffa

Xbox360 has had the opposite effect people go from game to game as they are released except a few games. This is a bad thing for developers because their game has sales for two weeks then is marked down. If people hold on to the game the used market does not damage the initial sales thus keeping your sales higher.

jackal888

ittekimasu

Evo

EmTeeZ

EmTeeZ

Ehardergardens

The used game market has really changed the economics of profitability, since developers and publishers don't make a dime on used game sales.

It's now critical for publishers to either sell a lot of games during the launch window, when there aren't any used games available or find ways to increase replay value so that people keep their games longer instead of reselling them on eBay or to GameStop.

Achievements, DLC and online multiplayer are all things that publishers use to encourage people to hold onto their games longer, which as a result keeps them off the resale market.

If Naughty Dog can use Home to create a compelling online community with added perks for owners of their games, like a 2D scrolling game for example, then it will help them keep used games off the market and encourage people to get their own copies.

Everyone wins but GameStop.

rawg

TheIrishNinja

So in the end, it doesn't matter if these need Home or not, Sony is showing us with these that developers can easily put out additional features for their games into one solid community.

So stop with all of this "Home isn't necessary for this" because that isn't the point here, the point is that Sony is putting a lot of work into Home and wants people to know that there is content there that is worth while.

Part-Time-Viking

I don't understand the static about this news. Sony is giving Home for free. Online gaming and match making are free. Dedicated servers for those games are free. Home provides the setup to create an online community specifically for PS3 gamers that goes beyond what Live or the embarrassment that is Wii Online provides and they are giving it away. It's even optional so if you like the crossbar better you can stick with that. They are providing additional content for games that some of us have played through and finished and people have problems with this? Why? Because it's Sony? Because it's PS3?

Give me a break

Is it me or did gamers (so-called gamers) lose all sense of imagination at the possibilities?

@fatheadwilson: so...uhm....why would it be a stretch to have say...I don't know...a God of War 3 on PS3 and have, gee I guess a group like...Ready at Dawn work on the Home content. Or better yet...why not give an even smaller indie developer a shot at making content for Home....possibilities...the possibilities.

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

TheIrishNinja

For the blatant hypocrisy of rating similar games on PS3 lower SIMPLY because the system cost more, not due to the worth of the games themselves.

For the complete AMNESIA about the last two generations, how Sony worked the same way and still won out (horrible first year with no good games, brain scratching pointless ad campaigns, reliance on new disc media that can store more (though, admitedly, newer every gen) then coming out better in the end, transforming the wasteland into a broad, incredible range of games by the last that couldn't be matched on the other systems... I was at the PS2 launch, I remember the way things went back then, and I see them mirrored today, and to be honest, it's easy to get caught up in the immediate, but history has proven to wait it out.

If they play up Sony's recent achievements a bit (or would that be... accomplishments?) why should that bug anyone? Meh... I guess it shouldn't bug me that it does, in the end.

bobtheduck

Jun581 won't give you tree fiddy!!

multimoog

perri

Evo

It exists, thats like saying the Bravias Sony demoed at CES didn't exist. Will they be as totally awesome as Sony said they would be for the exact price as Sony said they would be (the TVs) I dunno, but barring some huge manufacturing boo boo in that comparison, or the horrible death of SOE entire staff working on HOME in a freak accident, its going to come out. This is Sony, not 3DRealms, Silicon Nights, etc who have no problem delaying a game for 5-10 years ;)

DaiMacculate

NessD12

I guess we'll see.

fatheadwilson

sorry =)

Sparx

adding, am also crossing fingers for MG4 and LBP content...

Grey Gecko

comedy

Balance_In_Life

Prove to me, Sony, how trophies will work in Home when people can easily download gamesaves and have all of the "medals" in Uncharted unlocked.

Lebensbaum

But very interesting nonetheless.

exkon

Bam345

krunkjuice

remanance

On the other hand, this only sounds MILDLY entertaining. Call me when you figure out how to get my earthly avatar roaming through those environments without being ruthlessly murdered, Sony.

Intellectualdiot

Sollus

Grey Gecko

seriously, adding anything to one of my favorite games last year is good news, cant wait to see how this turns out.

TheIrishNinja

weasl

@wisconsinista:

Would you like to go ahead and let all news sources and blogs know what else you're sick of hearing about so they can all stop posting things you have no interest in as well?

I just don't understand the complaining. If you're not interested in it, ignore it. Plain and simple.

Zhabin

baked ham

maxax

Noks415

The point is, the people who don't own Uncharted can get a taste and a glimpse of the atmosphere and themes, which could and will lead some people to purchase the game, even if they might not have before.

@wisconsonia

Actually, there was just a major release update to the Home beta made available a few days ago, and it is getting slicker and slicker, if the idea of Home is your thing.

Groodle

It's not a bad idea, does Home need to be involved to make this happen? Nope, but it's a sweetener to Home because it is.

Part-Time-Viking

Sparx

Sparx

Bernard McGraw

Good God Y'all What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Say it, Say it, Say it.

SenorKaffee

Moonchilde

dethFLUX

You know, that's a good point. Almost sounds more like downloadable extras for a game you own that they could/should be able to do right now without Home.

DARTH_TIGRIS

wisconsinista

snakepliskin

DARTH_TIGRIS

Jun581 won't give you tree fiddy!!

Oh, this article is also interesting.

Mavwick

Bernard McGraw

Tom Clancy's Samuraidino

Moonshadow101

But seriously...I'm glad to hear they have some game-related plans. Beyond "bowling" and "arcade" stuff, that is.

I find the idea of wondering around various levels in that kind of once-removed context pretty intriguing.

mtvernon

Part-Time-Viking

globones

its not so much that they are giving you a 2-D minigame. That, while cool, isn't exactly mindblowing. But its a small example of what devs could be doing with Home.

The whole exploring levels has me intrigued. Are you able to actual traverse the areas like you would as Nathan but with your avatar? Or is it more Guilty Spark (Forge) type flying around?

wef

Morpork

Sounds like Flashback.

Barbara

Noks415

Aex

beardedd27

smitty1123

That actualy sounds pretty cool. Hopefully this leads to Uncharted PSP at some point.

mrantimatter

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

Very eager for the added features Home will add to existing games.

sascha23

Lot Krotan

NeoAkira

solidsquirrel