Sony Home - The official thread*
- Thread starter Gradthrawn
- Start date
-
- Tags
- sony
The people who like home go there to chat (aimlessly). Some go for the collectibles. The Home theater will show exclusive footages/episodes occasionally. IMHO, the Japan Home has the most interesting spaces, the US Home probably has the most number of spaces, the EU Home... haven't visited there.
I used to check out the parties and gatherings (e.g., Q&A with the Sony community managers). The Home mini-games are mostly simple and arcadey. The Sodium space is the first one with more in-depth mini-game. The Xi space was the first one with ARG games. The EA Sports Complex has a free multiplayer poker game.
Okay, london-boy, just to give you a better sense of Home. Here's a typical Home content update:
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010...y-apartment-playstation-blog-meetup-and-more/
We usually have virtual (animated) clothes associated with PS3 games, decor, mini-games and videos. Among these freebies and micro-payment items, the mini-games get the most focus. As you may have noticed, the games here are fillers. But the recent mini-games are more and more like full fledged, alternate PSN games (i.e., You need to pay).
e.g., Musicality looks interesting to me:
Home used to tout user generated content. For the most part it means chatting and virtual partying in Home, and nothing else. This is my misgivings about Home (right after the UI issues). I think Home gets used when people are bored, and they don't know what to do yet. They may want to take a break from long games. I entered Home mostly, as you said, to find out what I can do in say 5-10 minutes. That's why I think Sony should continue to improve load time.
If you pay enough attention, you should be able to find good chatting buddies. They are there to relax/waste time too. I have met very sensible people of all ages there. If you tune your language, it is possible to hold long and meaty conversations.
There are some hardcore Home supporters. They may have Home websites. They also meet up in Home rather frequently. Apparently, Sony is trying to get their help now:
http://playstation.joystiq.com/2010...ecome-a-playstation-home-community-volunteer/
Home also has its own stable of developers. They create Home spaces, mini-games and virtual items for sale. You should be able to find them here: http://www.alphazone4.com/
Finally, you can form a game party and launch games from inside Home. Home savvy games will recognize your party members, and allow you to enter the games right away (using the party settings you configure inside Home). Non-savvy games will simply allow you to go to the startup screen (from Home). Once you quit the game, you're returned back to Home.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010...y-apartment-playstation-blog-meetup-and-more/
We usually have virtual (animated) clothes associated with PS3 games, decor, mini-games and videos. Among these freebies and micro-payment items, the mini-games get the most focus. As you may have noticed, the games here are fillers. But the recent mini-games are more and more like full fledged, alternate PSN games (i.e., You need to pay).
e.g., Musicality looks interesting to me:
Home used to tout user generated content. For the most part it means chatting and virtual partying in Home, and nothing else. This is my misgivings about Home (right after the UI issues). I think Home gets used when people are bored, and they don't know what to do yet. They may want to take a break from long games. I entered Home mostly, as you said, to find out what I can do in say 5-10 minutes. That's why I think Sony should continue to improve load time.
If you pay enough attention, you should be able to find good chatting buddies. They are there to relax/waste time too. I have met very sensible people of all ages there. If you tune your language, it is possible to hold long and meaty conversations.
There are some hardcore Home supporters. They may have Home websites. They also meet up in Home rather frequently. Apparently, Sony is trying to get their help now:
http://playstation.joystiq.com/2010...ecome-a-playstation-home-community-volunteer/
Home also has its own stable of developers. They create Home spaces, mini-games and virtual items for sale. You should be able to find them here: http://www.alphazone4.com/
Finally, you can form a game party and launch games from inside Home. Home savvy games will recognize your party members, and allow you to enter the games right away (using the party settings you configure inside Home). Non-savvy games will simply allow you to go to the startup screen (from Home). Once you quit the game, you're returned back to Home.
AlphaZone, a Home fansite, is celebrating their anniversary:
http://www.alphazone4.com/2010/03/alphazone4-is-1-year-old-win-some-goodies
http://www.alphazone4.com/2010/03/alphazone4-is-1-year-old-win-some-goodies
Sony cancelled Room (The PSP social networking platform in Japan):
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/04/15/room_psp_cancelled/
Good move to streamline or consolidate, although it looks more interesting than PS Home. Wonder if they can steal some ideas and implementation there.
PS Home also getting more in-game support:
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010...island-space-items-and-gamers-lounge-refresh/
A small step in the right direction. Hope to see Home extending the MP aspect of PSN and Blu-ray games. IMHO, "standalone" mini-experiences like above are not as interesting as roping in the entire Home community (e.g. betting, trophy match, etc.).
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/04/15/room_psp_cancelled/
Good move to streamline or consolidate, although it looks more interesting than PS Home. Wonder if they can steal some ideas and implementation there.
PS Home also getting more in-game support:
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010...island-space-items-and-gamers-lounge-refresh/
A small step in the right direction. Hope to see Home extending the MP aspect of PSN and Blu-ray games. IMHO, "standalone" mini-experiences like above are not as interesting as roping in the entire Home community (e.g. betting, trophy match, etc.).
Considering that it may paint the soldier as an obvious sniper target, yes.[size=-2]Unless the glare from the golden gun prevents sniping.
[/size]I don't think it'd be "too late". Online community platforms like PS Home, XBL, etc. are always evolving anyway.
Wiki has a list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Home#Game_Launching
I don't know how up-to-date it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Home#Game_Launching
I don't know how up-to-date it is:
Something I noticed in your link:
So according to this, any game supports invitations (albeit with limited options) through home???
Yeah. When a game supports game launching from Home, as in the list on Wiki, this will allow you to set up your game while still in Home. The available options differ per game - some allow you to configure your whole online game directly from within Home (your map and game settings, how many friend slots to reserve etc.) and others just allow you to specify how many people (though typically always an option to reserve spots for friends) and then you'll launch into the game's own online party.
The universal game launching that Home supports just does the following:
- you can select any game from your HDD or bluray from within your Home menu
- you can start the game from within Home
- your Home status (message over your avatar's head) will update to show that you are playing this game
- when you quit the game you will return into Home automatically
The big win here basically is that if you are with friends, and you want to go play a game together then even if it does not natively support game launching, you can still chat together (say from your private space or clubhouse, but also anywhere else), decide to go into a game together, and when you return from the game you're back in the same Home instance, so you don't have to go and find each other again.
If I had more regular friends I game with, then I'd definitely use this more often.
The universal game launching that Home supports just does the following:
- you can select any game from your HDD or bluray from within your Home menu
- you can start the game from within Home
- your Home status (message over your avatar's head) will update to show that you are playing this game
- when you quit the game you will return into Home automatically
The big win here basically is that if you are with friends, and you want to go play a game together then even if it does not natively support game launching, you can still chat together (say from your private space or clubhouse, but also anywhere else), decide to go into a game together, and when you return from the game you're back in the same Home instance, so you don't have to go and find each other again.
If I had more regular friends I game with, then I'd definitely use this more often.
Apple filed a patent for VR store, "Method, system, and medium for representing visitor activity in an online store":
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...h-ahead-on-next-generation-virtual-store.html
Am somewhat surprised by this because I think Apple is usually not interested in such Foo-Foo.
I think representing "visitor activity" is the right idea. However a pure 3D approach would be missing the point.
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...h-ahead-on-next-generation-virtual-store.html
Am somewhat surprised by this because I think Apple is usually not interested in such Foo-Foo.
I think representing "visitor activity" is the right idea. However a pure 3D approach would be missing the point.
CydoniaX is organizing an E3 event for Home. She's asking for free gift ideas:
http://boardsus.playstation.com/t5/...6;jsessionid=C19AA9122CBFBAEB2DF11FE26E295984
My reply:
http://boardsus.playstation.com/t5/...onid=0D365CA109214FAC27D756C8EE01526F#M937327
Now, don't say I didn't help Sony keep the online gaming free.
http://boardsus.playstation.com/t5/...6;jsessionid=C19AA9122CBFBAEB2DF11FE26E295984
My reply:
http://boardsus.playstation.com/t5/...onid=0D365CA109214FAC27D756C8EE01526F#M937327
Now, don't say I didn't help Sony keep the online gaming free.
corduroygt
Banned
How to save Home from being a failure:
You turn on your PS3, log in to your profile and instead of your dynamic theme, you see your default Home apartment space with you sitting on the couch, with the XMB overlaid like it is today. You press the PS button and the XMB goes away, and you now have full control over your virtual self. You can check out your trophies rendered in 3D, contact your friends, go to clubhouses for some partying up, including voice chat of course. Or you won't bother with any of this, hit the PS button and the familiar XMB is at your service again.
This is what I think home should be, and your apartment(s) could change based on either paying for them or unlocking them in the game as you level up with your trophies.
Home should be the default application that runs when you boot the PS3 imho, not having it available during gameplay is understandable due to memory/cpu requirements, where XMB will do just fine.
You turn on your PS3, log in to your profile and instead of your dynamic theme, you see your default Home apartment space with you sitting on the couch, with the XMB overlaid like it is today. You press the PS button and the XMB goes away, and you now have full control over your virtual self. You can check out your trophies rendered in 3D, contact your friends, go to clubhouses for some partying up, including voice chat of course. Or you won't bother with any of this, hit the PS button and the familiar XMB is at your service again.
This is what I think home should be, and your apartment(s) could change based on either paying for them or unlocking them in the game as you level up with your trophies.
Home should be the default application that runs when you boot the PS3 imho, not having it available during gameplay is understandable due to memory/cpu requirements, where XMB will do just fine.
Yeah I was thinking about something similar but slightly differently executed
The PS3 already has very features that seem detached from the whole PS experience.
Examples are Life with PS and Home.
What I had in mind where various versions of XMB
For example:
a) classic XMB (the one we have now)
b) HOME XMB
c) Life with Playstation XMB
The user may have the option to choose which XMB he would like his PS3 to enter when it boots up.
Each XMB could maintain some of the basic features of the classic XMB but it will present functions/features related to Home or Life With Playstation.
For example Home XMB may have your apartment and avatar in the background and in the friends list it could name which are currently in Home, and you could be introduced to Home related news in a better formed information bar designed specifically for Home
A Life With Playstation could have your Folding and Earth in the background and have information bars related to major news. Features like news broadcasts and features similar to Google Earth's information on Environment, culture, aerial pictures etc would be brilliant if presented in a XMB fashion (ie Environment icon, Culture Icon, News Icon etc). Google earth would have been nice too
At their current form people forget their existence in the XMB and are not reminded of their evolution or their usefulness
I hope someone who works at Sony sees this and makes a proposal.
MS already took into consideration this and they are all incorporated and run in NXE. Thus you get your Avatar, Marketplace and all the features in one place without having to get out from NXE and enter an application.
Sony needs something similar to the above proposal to make the experience just as seamless
They can do that by including an XMB version of Home with "shortcuts" to various Home functions while at the same time it will make the access to Home continuous and faster.
Currently it is not. I have to choose a different application that feels separated from everything else and it takes time. Home should feel like an experience integrated with PS, not like a separate platform
Similar threads
