Gradthrawn
Veteran
Interesting, a Far Cry 2 Home space. Looks like its launching in the closed Beta sometime today. According to the blog, it will let you explore some of the in-game environments.
Sony Home - The official thread*
- Thread starter Gradthrawn
- Start date
-
- Tags
- sony
Awesome! That looks really good, and it seems to make people want to get Home a rather lot, looking at the comments ...
Developers should definitely create hype about the game by previewing a game space in Home before it launches. Great idea for them to do this. Can't wait to check it out later.
Yeah, I went there this evening. It's great that they have more identifiable spaces, but it is still not "insanely great" yet.
There are a couple of new things you can do in the Far Cry space. However, they are not designed to make people (want to) come back. To be fair, Sony is probably holding stuff back for the open beta. What's interesting is I began to see more and more folks chatting in Home. I visit Home a few times a day, but that's just because I am curious. Would be great to see all the final stuff packaged together.
Saw you sleeping on the bench in the Train Depot. I completely agree that it's not insanely great, but the one thing that Home has gotten over the last month or so is...more people, which is certainly an enormous part of the dynamic of the experience. Very little has come in terms of content but an empty Home and a full Home are two completely different things. They keep adding areas like this, some new items and get this thing to Open beta so everyone has it, and I think it might just exceed some expectations.
I completely agree that it's not insanely great, but the one thing that Home has gotten over the last month or so is...more people, which is certainly an enormous part of the dynamic of the experience. Very little has come in terms of content but an empty Home and a full Home are two completely different things. They keep adding areas like this, some new items and get this thing to Open beta so everyone has it, and I think it might just exceed some expectations.PlayStation Home beta client hacked
http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/playstation-home-hacked-the-search-for-backup-exploits-begins/
The hacked beta is 0.8.6.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/playstation-home-hacked-the-search-for-backup-exploits-begins/
The hacked beta is 0.8.6.
It seems that Sony is pressing on...
Source: http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/10/25/november-issue-of-qore-takes-us-home/
I think they should show all the known Home goodies (e.g., Warhawk, Uncharted, FarCry, Dress, Namco, MotorStorm, etc.). Otherwise, this will be a big disappointment for newcomers.
Source: http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/10/25/november-issue-of-qore-takes-us-home/
I think they should show all the known Home goodies (e.g., Warhawk, Uncharted, FarCry, Dress, Namco, MotorStorm, etc.). Otherwise, this will be a big disappointment for newcomers.
Home theoretically is going the Google path by not having a 'release', but an open beta.
Who in the beta ? I checked the beta forum and see no such thread.
obonicus is correct, Home will be released in stages. Summer may be a more realistic timeframe for us to see "everything" built-up (i.e., all 24 companies contributed in Japan Home, and everything ported to US with localized content). That's just a wild guess on my part.
EDIT:
Home 1.0 coming soon: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=200278
TedtheDog is the EU community leader for Home. He has been covering US timezone also since the beginning of the Home beta. They have hired another community manager specifically for US recently. So things are getting in shape operationally speaking.
How would people in the beta have a clue on the release date?
Yeah, i dont understand why people would think people in the beta have any clue about that at all. People that are beta testing are just normal geeks who like to play unfinished stuff before everybody else, they can comment on the current builds that they have played, but beyond that they know nothing.
The way Sony handles beta right now. It is partially being used as a marketing tool. Pretty much anyone who has a PSU account or bought Qore has a chance to enter the beta.
From the beta forum, you can tell some are just your average gamers (not geeks like us here). The problem is the community leaders are generally quiet (unlike website community leaders). I guess Sony and its dev partners will learn over time how best to manage these beta as we move along.
Dates do get thrown around occasionally. e.g., There was a (careless) comment by a community leader that hinted at the ETA of the last beta update.
As of right now, I haven't heard or seen anything except for the CVG article above.
Rightly so. Sony will have to relaunch it to bring people up to speed about Home.
I am thinking the initial release will disappoint most except for the chat junkies and people who meet regularly online for clan run. If they can get all first parties to adopt Home for party runs on "day one", then it's a different matter altogether.
I am thinking the initial release will disappoint most except for the chat junkies and people who meet regularly online for clan run. If they can get all first parties to adopt Home for party runs on "day one", then it's a different matter altogether.
I just lurk outside B3D and study Internet consumer behaviour and marketing. Sony is a unique case study since they are starting out. Reminds me of my own experiences years ago (e.g., I hired 12 college students initially to help anchor my user community).
In fact, I'm in Home right now (while my work computer churn some numbers). Bumped into CydoniaX, the new community manager, and friends "partying" with other users. "She's" doing a great job (Other homies like to crowd around "her"). The music sharing seems to work. Someone was playing "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" to about 20 of us. Also learned that 1.0 will be like 0.98 but with bug fixes. Other stuff are also planned but "she" wouldn't tell what and when. It's a not-so-bad channel to communicate informally with Sony folks (and may be other devs ?).
If they don't intend to show additional content, then it may boil down to the community leaders and chatting (It will work to a limited extent, if they do it well). I seriously doubt Sony wants to go that route.
I much prefer more universal Home game launching support and rapid content updates.
Long interview with Jack Buser, Director for PlayStation Home.
http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/20...lving-living-and-breathing-platform.html#more
http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/20...lving-living-and-breathing-platform.html#more
Ahem... someone leaked the Patch Note for Home 1.0. According to it, the private beta will be upgraded to 1.0 this Thursday: http://www.tawkn.com/index.php?page=site-newspost&news_id=839
Some of the alleged changes include:
* Basic support for Clubhouse (That's great !).
* No more virtual PSP (Yay !). I always thought the screen is too cramp for a convenient and functional menu. It will be replaced by a proper menu pad.
* Updated shopping interface to match the PSN store (Yes !)
* Consistent access to in-game XMB throughout Home.
* No more locked servers between language spaces in Europe.
* Background downloading of spaces
and more...
The document may be fake. Please take it with your usual serving of salt.
Some of the alleged changes include:
* Basic support for Clubhouse (That's great !).
* No more virtual PSP (Yay !). I always thought the screen is too cramp for a convenient and functional menu. It will be replaced by a proper menu pad.
* Updated shopping interface to match the PSN store (Yes !)
* Consistent access to in-game XMB throughout Home.
* No more locked servers between language spaces in Europe.
* Background downloading of spaces
and more...
The document may be fake. Please take it with your usual serving of salt.
Similar threads
