Well I got "Home", and WOW

[shams]

The Fury said:
Gaming is pointless. In the end it's just entertainment/art like all forms of entertainment/art. It is there to provide fun and enjoyment.

HOME is not gaming, or about gaming. Instead of doing HOME, they should have released all the games within home as simple (free, or cheap) PSN downloads with player matching - even as a "all-in-one". That would have been about gaming.

IMO, HOME is *all* about revenue. Companies can sign up to create content for it - Sony can charge them for this, charge them for tools, charge them for advertsing space, ... then charge consumers micropayments for a host of things, etc.

Sony said so themselves - its all about monetising the PS3 in "new" ways, and extracting more revenue from existing PS3 users.

Problem is - they need to get all the users interested, and using it first - THEN you can make money out of it. I also agree completely with the "too hardcore" comments from what I have read - it just doesn't sound like any sort of good, social, casual experience.

Its obviously a long-term project for Sony - but I shudder to think how much they have spent on it so far.