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'Home' is Coming in 2008... In Beta Form

Posted by Stephen Johnson - Wednesday, June 04, 2008 1:22 PM

Sony's PlayStation Home, the chat-room/dollhouse/multiplayer-lobby/MMO for the PS3, is coming in 2008, but it will be rolled out in open beta form.

Susan Panico, senior director of PlayStation Network, said that Home's "rollout will be similar to Gmail," describing what will launch this year as an "open, working beta."

Question for PS3-users: Are you looking forward to going Home? Or are you more like meh?

Wired: Home 'Open Working Beta' Still On Track for 2008




Comment(s)

Posted by cmdluke - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 1:30 PM

meh,

might be interesting though =)

Posted by DJOmega6 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 1:31 PM

I'm looking forward to trying it out. Worst case scenario is that I don't like it, and I go back to enjoying it for the games and blu-ray movies. Best case scenario is that I love it.

Posted by chrisownsu - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 1:33 PM

Was excited i lost interest in it after the second delay...Sony needs to learn to deliver there promises more like microsoft.

Posted by mac11s (BANNED) - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 1:35 PM

NOT SUPRISING THAT FREAKIN GAME,NETWORK OH, LOBY, NO MMO??? WHAT?? ANYWAYS THAT GAME IS MASIVE AND IT WILL SET A WORLD RECORD HEHEHE AND IM PLAYING IT XBOT LIVE KILLA

Posted by darkbladez - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 1:38 PM

meh not interesting stick with the xmb

Posted by thatboytitz - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 1:39 PM

probably meh... could be awesome if they pull it tho

Posted by Blue_Vortex - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 1:41 PM

yeah a second life rip off will save the ps3(sarcasm)

Posted by cmdluke - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 1:44 PM

Just like Microsoft's promise to fix the RROD.

Oh wait...

Posted by ant1_Fro0b - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 1:44 PM

meh meh meh meh just another thing to soak up the remaining gb's...

Posted by Ulrichgaming - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 1:50 PM

looking forward to it... I think game release nights will be pretty fun... and really it's win win... if it's great awesome... if it's a flop... hey I still got the PSN... home is free... so no skin off my back either way.

Posted by danmarucci - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 1:54 PM

Does anyone one REALLY care about Home? Now the hole Home thing just irritates me because every article about it pertains to its delay / "longest frickin ever" beta period. If this is supposedly going to be a killer ap for the PS3, put up or shut up. Don't just delay it for 2 years or something like that.

Posted by chrisownsu - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 1:54 PM

Yeah they did fix it my launch system has never even broke and only one of my around 30 people i know from school have had a rrod in the past year when me and one other kid i know that both have ps3's broke this year.

Posted by MooNdoGG420 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 2:03 PM

Does anyone know how much space this is going to take up on the hard drive? As I understand the PS3 has a limited amount of storage space... and don't games take up a lot of that as well? I'm asking cause I'm thinking about getting a PS3 when home launches for realz.

Posted by MooNdoGG420 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 2:05 PM

Does anyone know how much space this is going to take up on the hard drive? As I understand the PS3 has a limited amount of storage space... and don't games take up a lot of that as well? I'm asking cause I'm thinking about getting a PS3 when home launches for realz.

Posted by danmarucci - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 2:09 PM

@MooNdoGG420
thats actually a really good point, with all the install data and Home what are people REALLY going to save to their hardrives

Posted by WhereAmI1980 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 2:11 PM

its free right???

Posted by MooNdoGG420 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 2:16 PM

Maybe there will be an external USB hardive at some point. It just seem a little suspect that you only have so much space on the system and that's it... or are there still memory cards that you can get?

Posted by manners - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 2:18 PM

i assure you all, many will become greatly addicted. and, with fair reason. you can talk your smack about how it's just like second life, and blah blah blah. it's like saying evian is wasting their time since we get free water from faucets. and, about how it's taking forever to come out. you can't rush a masterpiece. if you don't like it, go do something else. if you do, yay. and, for the genius talking about keeping promises like microsoft, you're a freakin' comedian.

Posted by MooNdoGG420 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 2:18 PM

@WhereamI1980
I'm sure it's free, but you'll still have to deal with stooPid advertising... you know, stuff like "Buy Steelers gear" and "Steelers: The best damn team in the NFL"

Posted by danmarucci - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 2:27 PM

@manners
really?
no...no....really?
you are this ardent and passionate about some uninspired second life rip off. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS!!!! Frankly there is nothing interesting about a virtual reality that tries to imitate reality. The goal of games and such is to take one out of reality to do something awesome that would be impossible (or illegal) to pull of in real life. You have to be frickin developing this Home if your selling it THIS much and if you are, you're doing a pretty crumby job because this "masterpiece" is becoming the Duke Nukem of the PS3.

Posted by zortman66 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 2:28 PM

"Yeah they did fix it my launch system has never even broke and only one of my around 30 people i know from school have had a rrod in the past year when me and one other kid i know that both have ps3's broke this year."

All those words, yet, only ONE period!

Ruuuuuuunnnnn ooooooooonnnnn seeeeeeennnnnnteeeeeennnnnnccc cce....

Fail.

Posted by deleted_00F7AF04-F47B-4A59-BCC2-2D429C739029 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 2:30 PM

its free they cant lose whether its good or bad, but im sure it will be pretty neat

Posted by danmarucci - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 2:32 PM

how the hell does Home have to do with the RROD. Shut up already

Posted by dj8002 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 2:35 PM

You know, i was really looking forward to Home for the longest time. But, it has been a long time since the announcement of it with a couple delays here and there and the anticipation has worn off. I will enjoy seeing what it is like when it does come out, but as far as being overly excited about it I will not. My answer is basically a meh, with an off note of slight enthusiasm.

Posted by mikeanjd - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 2:43 PM

meh

Posted by UnJaked - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 2:43 PM

shut the F*&^ up zortman66 you POS 3 FA* !!!!!

Posted by danmarucci - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 2:46 PM

you know what, just to express everyone's indifference and disdain for this next gen second life...everyone must respond meh

Posted by danmarucci - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 2:48 PM

meh

Posted by FiniteLight - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 3:11 PM

EPIC FAIL!

No seriously, i feel really and truly sorry for all ps3 owners. For the sake of the very unfortunate ps3 owners, i pray that this will illicit some type of joy...

It really is sad...

Posted by cxhxexexsxe - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 3:11 PM

i don't care if it comes out beta, as long as it works

Posted by Scottacus - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 3:15 PM

I lost interest along the way. Just give me the basics (xmb, soundtracks, universal chat, etc.) and waste time with empty promises later. Why wasn't this development happening five years ago? Didn't they realize the PS3 would need this stuff before it launched?

Posted by Blue_Vortex - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 3:31 PM

yeah a second life rip off will save the ps3(sarcasm)

Posted by MrBig200 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 3:39 PM

after seeing what X-box Live has to offer I say I am still looking forward to it just to see if it can be the X-box Live killer and coming form a member of both the PSN and X-box Live I don't think it will be

Posted by GrandReaper999 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 3:39 PM

wanna talk about rip-offs?

How about those ps/360 wii-motes?

Posted by lionel_lilthug - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 3:43 PM

home looks ok,,,,

Posted by bulletwitch114 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 3:43 PM

actually, it's about time they've decided to release this tired pup, especially before all of it's hype deflates. Sony should've gotten in this in everyone's hands with its firmware 2.0 upgrade.

Posted by husker_360 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 3:44 PM

lol all of the PS3 fans are like meh.

Posted by Some_One_Plays - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 3:54 PM

lol, am I looking forward to PlayStation Home? It's like am I looking forward to News on G4TV.com.

What's really the difference if I come here or PlayStation Home for news?

I see PlayStation Home as 3D representations of everything 2D they offer on the PlayStation Network. In other words a 3D internet is how I see things.

Posted by danmarucci - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 3:59 PM

@MrBig200
yeah after looking at xbox live and seeing that you can download new HD Tv shows / movies, buy arcade games, and play / message all my friends....i thought that if only it offered a second life rip off I would love it even more (EPIC SARCASM!!!!!!!!!)

Posted by shotnthedark - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 4:08 PM

beta....? wasnt this due out like eons ago and just now ps3tards are getting a "trial" version....

Posted by husker_360 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 4:09 PM

Us Xbox 360 owners can just play The Sims and get the exact same experience.

Posted by thebudgetgamer - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 4:29 PM

i dont see how people can not be excited its free and its huge if you try it and dont like it stop using it its not like xbl if you dont like that youre stuck

Posted by Jedihunter15 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 4:38 PM

ROFL to whoever said this is going to be an Xbox Live killer.

Now, I could have swarn somebody said something about a Halo Killer.... Im pretty sure that never happened, now did it?

Home looks dull, boring and basically just money and time consuming.

Just like Spore
and Haze
and the PS3

Posted by GreenQuadrant - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 4:43 PM

I'm planning to own a PS3 sometimes this year but I have no interest whatsoever for HOME. If I want HOME, I'll just go outside and hang out with my friends.

So....meh.

Posted by blakseed - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 4:47 PM

Whatever. Just bring it already.

Posted by hungfatphucwell - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 5:02 PM

luckily I have been in the beta since the beginning and have seen the progress that it has made and its finally getting somewhere. After a couple of redo's and major changes to its looks, I can see exactly where its going and it will be a very unique interactive game launching, product placement and sales utility. But one thing that people dont seem to get... ITS NOT A GAME! Its more like a 3D interactive chat room where you can direct purchase items, launch into games and hang with your friends and gaming buds. Now if Sony could just imitate my friends and I all sitting around smoking doobs and drinking beer while playing online, only then will it be a for-sure hit especially since its free. And for all the other morons that complain about this constantly... HOME has NOTHING to do with in-game XMB... geez

Posted by slimmer - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 5:07 PM

'Home' is Coming in 2008... In Beta Form

Yah right, I dont believe it.

Posted by PSN_Sonicshot213 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 5:09 PM

Mehh im not hyped never was just gimmie Resistance 2 and i will forgive you sony

Posted by uxo22 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 5:12 PM

After all of this time, why is Sony release this as an open beta. Wait, I know so that they won't have to except complete responsibility for problems that people are going to have with Home. They'll just say, well it's a beta, those things are being worked on. (Even though it's been in closed beta for over a year.)

This is so typical of Sony. I own a PS3, but I hate Sony's Lying butts.

Posted by SkullOne360 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 5:28 PM

I look at Home as a good thing. It's like a baby step closer to actually having Holodecks. And honestly if you could have a Holodeck, you wouldn't be bitching and moaning.

Posted by Bookshelf - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 5:36 PM

@chrisownsu
M$ charges money for everything they do, of course they are not going to miss a deadline. to them its more like get it out there now... patch it later.

Posted by Bookshelf - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 5:38 PM

@GreenQuadrant
and i've got friends in West Virginia that i can't exactly just go outside to chill with. so there you go.

Posted by gravy666 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 5:59 PM

Well, I'm a 360-user and I think the whole Home thing is a neat idea. I wish the 360 had something like that.

Posted by kinghunter64 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 6:07 PM

Home looks worth the wait. Whats not to like about it? It's free, it's online, it's my new home. Anyone else hear about backround XMB coming on update 2.4? They said it's coming out this month

Posted by kinghunter64 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 6:08 PM

Home looks worth the wait. Whats not to like about it? It's free, it's online, it's my new home. Anyone else hear about backround XMB coming on update 2.4? They said it's coming out this month

Posted by kobebryantyanic - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 6:21 PM

SONY NEED TO KEEP THEIR PROMISES LIKE MICROSOFT? Ha ha, what kind of promises does microsoft give? Nada, sony's give promises cause they know what their system is capable of. People need to understand that these kind of project aren't easy, especially if they're free of charge. Microsoft gives no promises at all, think about it.

Posted by kinghunter64 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 6:26 PM

Speaking of microsoft, did you guys see how people arn't finding what they want on XBL. Xbots gloat all the time about XBL but it looks like it's starting to loose it's touch. So much for the service charge ($50). Some service. PSN gives you everything you want for free.

Posted by supersolidsnake4 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 7:30 PM

they should make a thing like HOME only PS3 owners get to go to war with 360 owners

Posted by Tbag101 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 8:06 PM

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY ITS HERE!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Roger617 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 8:26 PM

sony sucks donkey nuts cause they keep saying they are goin to put home but thats bull crap microsoft keeps promises 360 is better than ps3 u might pay for internet but its badass....and the 360 comin out with gears of war2 and other and better games then ps3 ps3 suck nuts. i had a gay ps3 then i sold it cause IT SUCKS NUTSACK SONY HAS TO KEEP PROISES...and by the way wen is ps3 comin out with beter games because right now it has no good game exept cod4 & rainbow 6 vagas 2

Posted by nonsmoker101 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 9:05 PM

idk about all theese xbox fans but, all you guys have saidd was repeating that ceo of whatever xbox. "sony doesn't ever deliver all they do is promise!"
hah,but you know what i think about home?
i think once it comes out,ill be doing that most of the time im on my PS3. And, if i get invited to the closed beta in july.
i hope im able to go to the E3 thing in the events center,that'll be badd a.
beacuse,i never really wanted to drive to cali. from texas.
yes i own 360 and ps3.
i love ninja gaiden 2 but, mgs4 is going to be the shii

Posted by maddenhistorian - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 9:35 PM

I DON’T WANNA HEAR ABOUT HOME AGAIN I'M TIRED OF IT
JUST GIVE US A RELEASE DATE
I GOT THAT FEELING IT WON'T BE OUT UNTIL MARCH 09
U WILL SEE ALL THE SCREEN SHOTS AND VIDEOS THAN NEXT THING U KNOW WE WAITING UNTIL SEPTEMBER 09
JUST RELEASE THE THING ALREADY AND HAVE UPDATES TO BETTER IT

Posted by grunto - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 11:11 PM

@roger617
First off learn how to spell, I can read a 1st graders hadnwritting better than I can read your post. 2nd, WOW NO WAY! GEARS 2!! and what else?? o woops, nothing, im sorry I asked u, Hope u dont feel bad? If u need to go cry from embarresment of supporting a lame console that pumps out 1 game a year, feel free, I completely understand. Dont bring up game counts when u know damn well PS3 has more decent exclusives coming out this year alone than 360 has had to date. I love gears but damn, all any1 talks about is gears.

Xbots make fun of PS3 owners for saying "wait, just wait, itll come." Well thats exactly what ive been hearing from xbots since Mass effect came out; "Wait for Gears 2, itll come just wait. Then ull all see how many more games 360 has". Ha. Dont talk about PS3 owners not having games when u had to wait almost a year for just 1 game.

Posted by grunto - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 11:17 PM

On topic:
Doesnt it say "Question for PS3 users" meaning PS3 owners not friggin xbots that wanna bash stuff. Home is a hit or miss. And by chance its a miss, idc, I dont pay for it. Home seems like a good idea but the hype is dieing out, Sony needs to get it out soon, which they seem to be.

In all honesty, im nothing short of stoked for HOME. From what ive heard it opens all kinds of doors the PSN nor XBL offer. I.E. a real life venue, just think of walking around in a E3 setting seeing booths and playing demos and watching press conferences. Itll be like your actually there almost. To me, that sound awesome.

To PS3 owners fans: I wonder what xbots are going to come up with to complain about once home is actually out and MGS4 is out. I think with the releases of those 2 items it pretty much sums up their complaints, no?

Posted by mercisan - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 11:22 PM

meh ?

Posted by mercisan - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 11:23 PM

meh

Posted by TheRedStar - Thursday, June 5, 2008 12:14 AM

I think your all missing the point. HOME is more than just a place to hang out...it's also the place where PS3 acheivments will be kept...if I'm not mistaken...Not only that but by haveing sponsored spaces you will be able to have a sudo connection to your content provider. You could go to Insomniac's sponsored space and check up on Resistance2. Konami's space to see about the MGS series. Square for FF. If Movie houses get involved they can cut out Evil Walmart and sell their content to the consumer directly. This would be Big for small Movie houses on the come-up. There is also opportunity for designers and clothing company to sell virtual version of their clothes to the consumer....the posibilities are trully great!!

danmarucci

Posted by zapata2119 - Thursday, June 5, 2008 5:10 AM

@MooNdoGG420

no one knows yet however and sony advertises this you can upgrade the hdd to 120, 250, or 320gb or whatever is available unlike the 360 which it's either 20 or 120

Posted by ironcock - Thursday, June 5, 2008 6:51 AM

@grunto--
couldnt have said it better myself, ive tried. Who is the d bag bitching about run on sentences?? is that MS fanboys are resorting to now? wait, thats gotta be kevin perreira, EPIC D BAG

Posted by maque - Thursday, June 5, 2008 10:23 AM

To the person who complained about HDD space. Go to newegg. Buy a laptop HDD. Install into ps3. Profit. And btw you just bought 3 times the amount of space that you could buy for the 360 because sony has open HDD.

Posted by Ulrichgaming - Thursday, June 5, 2008 11:44 AM

huh.... not a single 360 fan interested in this.... good thing they shared their opinions...

Posted by GreenQuadrant - Thursday, June 5, 2008 12:56 PM

@ Bookshelf
So.....chill out with the friends that you actually know. It's better than running the risk of getting raped by some dude you met on the net. So there you go...

Posted by enzospartan - Thursday, June 5, 2008 4:59 PM

you'd think xbots would have something better to do with their time than respond negatively to stories that don't pertain to them. like playing an fps on the service they pay for and praise? idk i guess they're all trolls and not gamers.

Posted by chizzace - Thursday, June 5, 2008 5:42 PM

meh

Posted by GreenQuadrant - Thursday, June 5, 2008 6:00 PM

@ enzospartan
Wow...just wow. I think the same can be said about the PS3 fanbots. I have an idea, STFU!

Posted by enzospartan - Thursday, June 5, 2008 6:11 PM

@GreenQuadrant
you can't debate the fact that xbots troll up the g4 forums way more than ps3 fans. it's pretty damn obvious.

Posted by grunto - Thursday, June 5, 2008 7:08 PM

@enzospartan
good point about xbots loading up on g4 posts. If I hadda pay $50 to play a fuggin game online, Id abuse the crap outta it, Ima get what I paid for. Y pay to play if all ur gonna do is talk trash on g4?

And about PS3 owners not posting like every 5 minutes. Thing is, PS3 owners have jobs, families, sports, meaning they are above the age of 12. On the other hand, Xbox has 12 year olds that have nothing better to do than play video games once they get home from school. No job, no bills, no nuthn. Worry free. Plus its not the kids own money(generally) so they dont look at the monetary benefits of a PS3. The kids just buy what they hear about from the media(Mainly M$ bias). But hey, the less 12 yr olds calling me the "N bomb" the better. I dont need that crap on PSN. Hope PSN remains a clean circuit.

Posted by husker_360 - Thursday, June 5, 2008 8:45 PM

@grunto

lol you are so freakin stupid! enzospartan says "xbots troll up the forums way more than ps3 fans."

then you go and prove him wrong by spouting all of your ps3 fanboy troll crap.

PS- I'm 17. I'm in football and 3 other sports, I have a girlfriend, I have a brother and parents, and I probably have twice the dick you do, so stop acting like you aren't trolling with bogus idiotic slander you freaking: (here it comes, the N bomb:)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOB

Posted by grunto - Thursday, June 5, 2008 9:17 PM

@husker_360
Its only trolling if its false, I spoke the truth. Im sorry I left u and the other 10% of XBL players that arnt 12-14 yr olds out. Btw, Im just like u; 17, play football, work etc. I wasnt claiming all XBL players are 12. Just a majority are or atleast act, talk, and play like a imature 12yr old.

And if the 12 yr olds dont do it, the foreigners do. I played Halo 3 online yesterday with a friend as "guest" and man, these 2 frenchies were making me laugh. They were arguing and yelling at me and I couldnt understand them, and I was on their team(we won). But only because I had 19 kills and my friend had 24. The other 2 got a record high combined total of 7, WOOT!

P.S. I liked ur version of the "N-bomb" more than the real one lol.

Posted by ironcock - Thursday, June 5, 2008 11:43 PM

@ huskerAND grunto,
i have shoes older than you.
@husker
dont you and your alleged gf go have kids, we dont need more of you.

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