| KBG29 said: It is funny that people say they see no interest in Home when they are on a gaming website forums section. One of the many parts of Home is the eveloution of gaming forums. I spend a lot more time looking on IGN, 1up, VGchartz, and PSInext than I do gaming. With Home launching the time around here and on website is going to turn into time in Home. In Home I can just go to the IGN or 1up section and check the news there. If I want to talk to the VG community I will just head to the VG club house. IMO the Internet is the greatest peice of software ever created, and Home is like going from 2d to 3d. Home will be my new internet from December 11, 2008 onward. I can go and get much of the same gaming info I need via boards in Home, and I can talk with someone or a group about it in a realtime conversation. Just one quick question. If you think Home is a boring idea, what are you doing on the internet? |
There is a considerable difference. The internet is utilitarian. I type something in, I get results, it's quick, it's effecient, it's easy. I can take two seconds to end up on VGchartz, browse around, read a few posts, type something in, and it's back to work.
Home is not a message board or a news website. It doesn't have the breadth, or scope of the actual internet. On my PC I don't have to have my character run into a room, and try to see what's going on past the guy doing the running man dance in my face. Home isn't utilitarian, if it was it would be a much more effecient model. One that doesn't involve building a living room, and paying money for a fake couch so I can have Rhubang and Halo gamer come over to argue about politics. IGN and 1up don't have home news hubs, and if they did what would be the benefit of using them over just clicking on my website bookmark and navigating their website that is designed for effeciency and ease of use? I can have my character walk over to a billboard and read it instead? And that's what it comes down to. You act as if the two are interchangeable, if I like browsing the internet why wouldn't I want to do it in home? The real question is, why would I? What is it bringing to the table other than creating a virtual space for me to navigate instead of just a navigation bar that is much faster and easier? Why would I want rooms instead of pages that are much faster loading, lower bandwith, and present information in a very easy to assimilate way? The internet isn't going to be HOME someday, because that would be a step backwards in ease, effeciency, cost, and in any other way.
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