Sony Home - The official thread*

[patsu]

Ah, I think they are doing that already. e.g., the mini-games, movie theater, shopping are all international. Unfortunately, the music, videos, virtual goods are regional because of existing rights. Others are based on deal making (e.g., RedBull Air Race is sponsored by Red Bull for US first, the Diesel clothings, mysoti clothes and other branded furnitures are probably sponsorships/placements struck by the local reps).

EDIT: The problem is with their compartmentalized infrastructure services (e.g., game launching, ad hoc party gaming, chat, etc.) and their inability to align Home schedule with the game release schedule and footprint. Most of the Home Spaces are released long after the game. And when released, some regions may not get it.

 

[Arwin]

Resistance 2 gamespace launches today in the U.S. (don't know about other places) with game launching and a turret minigame ...

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009...nce-space-unleashed-game-launching-confirmed/

EDIT: as a surprise, it turns out to be live in the EU as well, along with the 1.21 patch for Home! It has a pretty neat game with a leaderboard too.

 

[patsu]

EDIT: as a surprise, it turns out to be live in the EU as well, along with the 1.21 patch for Home! It has a pretty neat game with a leaderboard too.

Cool ! That way, they don't splinter the R2 user base when forming party. Now if only the next R&C has online too

 

[DrJay24]

I went into Home today to see the R2 space, it locked up my PS3. The time before that I could not finish DLing any new spaces. I see why it is still a beta

 

[patsu]

I have seen similar reports elsewhere (not just in the Resistance space, also during some menu navigation). My guess is Patch 1.21 may have a memory bug that got away.

 

[Arwin]

Yeah, I"ve heard about it too, but haven't had problems myself. I've only seen reports on it in the U.S. so far.

 

[patsu]

Sony talks Home:

Home active users on the rise
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/home-active-users-on-the-rise
(6.5 million downloads, active user increased)

Profit not "driving force" for Home right now
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/profit-not-driving-force-for-home-right-now

Home Time
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/home-time


I haven't read most of the articles myself. Just a place holder for now. ^_^

 

[-tkf-]

Sony talks Home:

Home active users on the rise
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/home-active-users-on-the-rise
(6.5 million downloads, active user increased)

Profit not "driving force" for Home right now
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/profit-not-driving-force-for-home-right-now

Home Time
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/home-time


I haven't read most of the articles myself. Just a place holder for now. ^_^

I just know that Home works, people hang out there and have fun. The goals and purposes may have been unfocused, the first demo may just have been an elaborate hoax. But as soon as i entered the first space back in the "real" beta it was clear that it was going to be used. And from then on it has just been growing.

I made a protest character, from having a total fuckable girl constructed to be as slim and big breasted as possible, small nose, high chins, long legs etc. I now run around with a fatty looking startrek dressed girl with way to much red on her chin.

And i am pretty much the only one with that look

I still find the pricing on items screwed and way to high, i bought the log cabin for 1$, now it´s 6$.

Everything startrek was free and pretty cool, but if i had to pay maybe 5-10$ to get those sets i would never have bought it, if they want more people to buy clothes, items etc, they have to bring the prices way down.

 

[patsu]

Ha ha... it's usually hard to tell but what I'm saying is: Home could have been even more successful (especially if it's more light weight).

It's easier to gauge when you have 2 similar and competing communities. They will both grow. The better one will achieve the hockey stick curve faster. The other one will just grow slowly and plateau in some distant future. The Home team has done a lot, but they are probably not content with what they have now.

 

[patsu]

BUZZ! Going Home: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/05/28/buzz-comes-to-playstation-home/

We’re going to launch a brand new space in PlayStation Home called BUZZ! HQ, where players can chat and meet up with other trivia fans in a new lobby area or take part in a massive 64-player BUZZ! trivia showdown!

Link has a video showing how it works. Looks like the 4 colored areas represent the possible answers. So you'll have to run to the right area to respond.


EDIT: Also, EU Playstation Blog launched... http://blog.eu.playstation.com/

 

[Arwin]

Yeah, good things! I like the blog, and I like the new space - very nice (and clever) that it runs the user created quizzes too, that way they automatically have multi-language covered! (though I don't know if they can use that when right now many spaces are populated by people with different native languages). Still, I like it.

 

[Arwin]

Interesting comment on the SCEE blog about the SCEA presentation in Home:

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2009/05/29/countdown-to-e3/#comment-1770

Hope they manage to make this a success!

 

[patsu]

Heh heh, I thought the regional Home teams had a meeting and agreed that no one's supposed to talk about other regions' Home news ?

Personally, I'd have hope for a virtual TV, instead of yet another Home space, since we know Photo frame is coming real soon.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

I was hoping they would make the E3 presentation available in Home. I hope they're prepared for the interest and the servers hold up! Otherwise i'll be checking Eurogamer as usual.

 

[tirminyl]

That would be very cool if they can get E3 working in Home. Also that new Buzz space looks great!

 

[patsu]

http://playstation.joystiq.com/2009/05/29/sonys-e3-press-conference-will-come-home-on-june-2/

SCEE has confirmed to us that the Sony E3 press conference will be broadcast via Home, but there's a catch -- it won't be live. The streaming will begin one to two hours after the actual presentation takes place at the Presentation Podium. This should be true of both the US and EU regions.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Eurogamer it is then!

 

[Asher]

Sony talks Home:

Home active users on the rise
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/home-active-users-on-the-rise
(6.5 million downloads, active user increased)

Profit not "driving force" for Home right now
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/profit-not-driving-force-for-home-right-now

Home Time
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/home-time


I haven't read most of the articles myself. Just a place holder for now. ^_^

The fact that they don't tell the actual active user count in the article, next to the downloads count, is pretty telling...

 

[catisfit]

The fact that they don't tell the actual active user count in the article, next to the downloads count, is pretty telling...

It saves starting arguments over what constitutes "active", which is the guaranteed internet response to that figure.

 

[Crossbar]

nvm, just found the e3 Home news above.
http://playstation.joystiq.com/2009/05/29/sonys-e3-press-conference-will-come-home-on-june-2/