Techtree writes:
"Let me bring Sony's Home to your notice, a unique initiative that may soon silence all its critics. It was announced last year in March; the service was supposed to go live in December but was eventually postponed for late 2008 release. Home is a virtual world, vaguely similar to Second Life. In Home, every PS3 owner gets his own personal space or an apartment at no extra cost, which makes it even better.
Home is an avatar-based virtual world and every PS3 owner is invited. The service will be a free download, which rumors say will be around 500 MB in size. In this virtual neighborhood you'll make friends, chat, visit unique areas, and go shopping. Let's look at Home in more detail:"
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I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
dude I can't wait... its gonna be such a funny unique experince... there are going to be millions on Home and its going to grow and get better all the time. So cool.
home is the next myspace and facebook
I don't see why it has to be 500mb in size when there are demos of 1.7 gigs and crap. I can't wait for it though, ONLY if it does everything from the trailers on launch. They better have a black pirate skull cowboy hat with matching speedos for me to wear, because if I can't dress like I do in real life then I'll be a sad panda.
I've been longing for ever since the trailer was available. I believe Home has the potential to put the PS3 into the enviable position of "must-have-now" console. There is nothing else like it on other consoles and it appeals to so many people. Great idea.
Late 2008? Is that a typo? I thought it was slated for a spring release.