Does Sony allow an option that excludes everyone except for the people on your friends list to be visible? that would be awesome.

im on my ps3 right now i have played bubble pop and chess. i like my character even though i gave him that handle bar moustache. i wish i could walk around with a boom box and play my own music... chess was fun... i havent socialized at all... and i dont think there are enough options

woh woh woh GET A LIFE HERE sounds like u wanted "Home" to solve ur home problems u have a shitty connection u liar Home never lagged on me Ur just another FANBOY in the closet!!!!!!!

Yep... I hope they open it up more. I'd be cool if you could actually walk out of your apartment and explore more.  Perhaps they could have some light quests with trophy or furniture rewards.  I agree with others that say the avatars look a little too realistic ... it's a litttle unsettling.  If they do it right I could see home a "next gen" myspace for social networking. I hope they don't charge you for every little thing (furniture, clothing, etc) and empower users to be creative.  

Anyway, there's a decent chance home will fizzle, but I'm willing to give it a chance.  If nothing else I appreciate innovation effort... it's something sony is sorely lacking this gen. 

Especially this guy, a guy looking exactly like him hit on me.

I dont have a PS3 but im sure it will get alot better as time goes on

What they should do in the full release is add servers. That should help ease the strain, something like WoW.

I haven't downloaded Home yet. I'm afraid to. I'll wait a few days until they've ironed everything out.

Nah. I'll go do it now.

That's what you really wanted to say, right?

I think he does have a life here, he's a mod. o_O

Well, he did make one good point....the rest seemed more like pointless whining.

Wait time on minigames: I seriously didn't think they'd leave it like that. That's going so far with the realism to the point where it kills the fun. It's stuff like this that make it really look like an attempt at second life.

A quote from Greenberg comes to mind: "What Home to me feels like is Second Life for hardcore gamers"

The irony is that "hardcore" gamers arn't interested in Home. They'll too busy playing actual games, not the ones found in Home.

I've said somethin like this a few times before: Home has great communication features, but the big issue is that they're in Home, not on the XMB. Everytime I play CoD5, my friends and I usually have some problems trying to get invites to work. We usually call eachother to see what's up. It shouldn't be like that. Why can't all 3 of us chat at the same time? Why do I need to exit the damn game just to have a voice chat with 1 person if were not in the same lobby?

Home doesn't encance the overall experience of the PS3/PSN itself. Like someone said, it's basically it's own seperate application.

XBL is different - once you login, you're already seeing and using the improved XBL. When you connect to the PSN, it feels the same. The options and communication features are lacking. It feels kinda old, abit outdated. Lifeless compared to XBL where your avatars actually make frequent appearances, rather than Home's avatar being only in Home.

Does Home have potential? Yes, it has massive potential. I think it's safe to say that I personally won't be able to enjoy it much though. I prefer all the important features on the XMB, and to be useable while I'm actually playing games, instead of wandering around in Home. Yeah it's still in beta, but we can sorta see where they're going with it. I can easily see why many are excited, and I'm still curious about the future updates, though it could be a long time before these big updates arrive.

Honestly, I'd take XBL and the Dashboard over this.

Oh, that's okay then. I'm used to dealing with people like that...