1. Skateboards
2. Sniper Rifles

Look at all those railslide opportunities. And imagine being able to drill someone through a window while they're walking over to their trophy cabinet. Sure, social interaction would basically drop to zero, since every social exchange would end in someones avatar being shot dead, but hey.

J-Fro

UncleScrotar

jitty9

Puchi

The best selling games on this system are not dress-me-up cutesy, and it has nothing to do with watching Hi-Def movies, other than having ads for them.

I want to be blown away by this, but I just can't get excited about it. Give me persistent voice and friedns across games and the like, and I'll get excited. This is the stuff that will build the online service.

It's like putting up pretty curtains and then realizing there's no window there.

lionkitten

Also like they've been saying for over a year, you will not be forced to use it. It's basically a lobby that's there if you choose to partake.

fuchikoma

No.

ManjiKengo

fuchikoma

robbo_the_hood

I don't care if it's not as 'in-depth', I'd rather play online, with my own avatar, than listen to Barry for one more game. You're not cool with the ladies, man. Go check yourself into a nursing home.

Tyber_Zann

floppylobster

-Sigil-

+ Watch video

Dir_en_grey

jp182

... sorry, MGS4 on the brain =p.

DeeBG

i agree. if sony made home mandatory and you had to use it to access games, then that would prompt me to box up my ps3 and sit it in the closet.

home has to be the most worthless idea next to second life.

kneehighspy

'After a long day at College/School/Work you walk through your front door and plunk down on the sofa to walk through your door to plunk down on the sofa.....'

Nooo sony has created a paradox...gits.

Klopfer123

There is also a cool lady from Sony of Japan that I helps me with my japanese pronunciation =).

Hey Kotaku, why don't you send me an external capture device (sorry, I spent all my money on a desktop replacement laptop) =). Although I'm sure you could easily get an account and record it for yourself, I just want a component video recorder...

DeeBG

Cathaoir

What? The format wars was for Movies.

Interwebs

Vidril

PSN ID: Kadaj24

What do I mean by that? Part of the equation with the "social gaming" experience is the accessibility by ANYONE. Home was developed for a certain demographic -- the one that loves to create/modify avatars and wander virtual expanses to meet other avatars to exchange virtual goods. While that's great and all, it's been done in tons of online social networks already.

What Home needed to do to distance themselves from the competition was to make it not only more graphic-intensive, but make it user-friendly to the degree that it would be as easy to use as a telephone. This program won't do that.

My parent's are not going to bother spending the time to create an avatar of themselves and wander around my virtual apartment texting my name. Because of that fact, I don't expect this to be the world-changing event that Sony hopes it will be.

boopadoo

sony winning the format war means one thing for the ps3 - more units will sell for the sole purpose of bluray players. this is by no means a GOOD thing for consumers. bluray effectively has a monopoly on current-gen dvd technology and, as a quick search on amazon or newegg will reveal, the prices for said players has actually spiked since the announcement that hd-dvd is dead in the water.

the events surrounding hd-dvd's demise are highly contentious, as can be seen here and here. as deep as microsoft's gaming sector's pockets are, sony's aren't too shallow, either. they have effectively sunk all their chips in an effort to dominate the high-def media playing field, a move which has undoubtedly given them a leg up in the current console wars. trouble is, not everyone is on the hd bandwagon yet and the next generation of hdtv's and their legion of accessories isn't that far away. i consider this a temporary reprieve, similar to cd-rom drive manufacturers' attempts in the early 00's to maximize disc usage before the arrival of affordable dvdr's. they're all but useless now, demanded a premium at the time, and made their companies marginal profits.

sony made SURE they were right about bluray, regardless of the cost. that says nothing of the PS3 as a videogame console - keep in mind that neither the wii nor the 360 have native hd-dvd support. i'm worried that sony's insistence to have some sort of western market dominance will create ANOTHER wave of burned consumers via early adoption once the next generation of super high-def media devices comes around.

be smart about your purchases - buy the PS3 for its games, not for its functionality as a hi-fi betamax deck.

tehbighead

I prefer a steady stream of quality games than bothering my team with this.

Given that it won't be MANDATORY for people to use....its going to be a niche product that people will waste 5 minutes on....then get bored of it.

CMON SONY...Focus on the more important sections of the PSN...i.e FULL VOICE CHAT CAPABILITIES, Friends Lists that actually do something, My Bluetooth Headset not crappig out every couple minutes, MORE GAMES

GoonieGooGoo

NessD12

slomo788

Awoken

Captain Impulse

uzivatel

JackTretton

how fucking cool is that?

joelface

Yamster

As much as I doubt I will use Home ever when I get a PS3, it is still an interesting entertainment device that certainly has an audience (maybe not for the hardcore gamer, but myspace and facebook prove there is a market for boring social venues)

Home is very important to sony and that is why it is taking so long to create, as its one of those things that is so unique that you can't just **** it up and brush it under the carpet like a regular game. This is supposed to be pretty close to "system software" as you can get...

Scazza

Garo

I'm hoping for the former, as I personally love just randomly customizing stuff.

DarkCode

Noks415

Allcars

Sorry, dozed off -- what's this then?

Snake726

Like if you beat Devil May Cry 4 Heaven or Hell Mode you get Nero's Coat or something.
Make it hard so not everybody will wear the same thing. Multiple items from the same game from like speed or score or no damage run or something.
Other ideas like character/game specific Key Chains, Wallet Chains, Wrist Bands, Watches or what not.

Of course I want this on top of Trophies that you can display in your Trophy Room. =)

Dir_en_grey

Stormrider

slomo788

Stormrider

joelface

beerguy961

how long has this been in development, and how could they miss something that is so upfront and visually unappealing? *rhetorical question*

BigBadBlender

slomo788

bobtheduck

Mr Fortitude

snakepliskin

Also, will Home be something that you're forced to go through in order to get to playing your games?

ManjiKengo

Mr Fortitude

give me a break sony! spend your money making games, not this second-life wannabe!

(being sarcastic by the way)

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TheChosen

I agree with the potential bit, and I want it to be great...

But I'm also imagining the potential for it to be like Xbox Live with 3d avatars (shudder)... or the potential to be like Second Life (shudder)

How is Sony going to keep the effects of Gabriel's Greater Internet F-wad Theory from ruining this?

Juminatriascala

Mr Fortitude

MisterSleep

Kocrachon

IntelSilver

Rockwallaby

slomo788

Now if only I had a PS3..

JerrD74: RIP George Carlin