I dont see how having to ability for more people to be in the same room could be a bad thing. I love all the possibilities it opens for clan management/meets. The thought of paying for every cool new feature they roll out scares me though. Hope they really maximize the $$$ they get from advertisers.

I don't think they'll be charging for clubhouses in general, but rather for certain clubhouses.  Straight from Sony's press release:

@Makingmusic , thanx for the info i'll edit OP.

Released with the first ever chewing add-on for a game console!

Lets hope Miyamoto is reading this...

Fuck yea. It should come with motion controls! xD

Video & Pics added.

UPDATE


Joystiq Presents
PS3 Fanboy
WRUP: OMG HOME LOAD TEST edition

Posted Nov 21st 2008 6:00PM by PS3 Fanboy Staff
Filed under: Community

A lot of you will be invited into the Home beta tonight. So, if you're one of the many lucky people that are already in the beta (or have just been invited!), we urge you to go online and stress test the beta. If you can be there 9-11PM EST (6-8PM PST), we'd appreciate it! Maybe you'll even find one of the PS Fanboys lurking around, doing a jig near a bubble machine.

* Andrew Yoon - Yeah, I'll be on the Home beta, but most of my weekend will still be on Killzone 2. I'll also be trying to get some Trophies in Burnout Paradise -- so please show up in the stadium!
* Jem Alexander - I'm trying to reign in my "one game per console at any given time" rule. So, for this weekend it'll probably be Resistance 2 on PS3, Left 4 Dead on 360 and Professor Layton on DS. Obviously I'll be wandering around Home every now and then wearing my awesome Echochrome suit, too.
* Majed Athab - Just Dead Space and Resistance 2. Sorry, nothing excitingly new to share.
* Alan Tsang - Nothing exciting for me either -- Dead Space, Fable 2 and Rock Band.

Cool, I just got an invite.
"Dear PlayStation®Network member,

Congratulations, you have been selected to help beta test PlayStation®Home!

We appreciate your help in making the PlayStation®Home experience the best it can be! Please log in to Home this evening from 6 pm - 8 pm PST for a big celebration of Version 1.0 and a load test of our new features. "

Kinda cool, I've been wanting to check out Home for a while now. The only problem is that this will cut into my Resistance 2 time. =(

yes home will be supieror to NXE, but no just cause they been working on it doesn't give a excuse why its better than live. live has been around since 2001, MS had plenty of time to make something similar to home, sony started making home in 2005 under the secert title, the getaway online.

4 year difference, 3-4 years making home, MS had plenty of time to make something similar, they just never though of the idea. nice move sony, keep the games/exclusives coming