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The Fury on 14 December 2008
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shams said:
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.

 

I never said Home is gaming, but gaming in it's idea is pointless, in the end we gain nothing but for the fact we are entertained. So far off one night of Home, i was entertained enough to think it was worth it.

You are right on the revenue thing, in my opinion this is far better money spent then the millions spent on that gem of a game called Too Human. Advertising space for example is a great one, the posters could be filled with anything, the big screens with adverts for cars and companies will pay for that and this money could come in for years to come. If Sony had developed a game, like Too Human, the money the spent would have come from one moment on launch and then fizzled away.

By the looks of what is there, I'm not going to say Sony didn't spend a lot but I'm thinking it was probably less them most new blockbuster games. The environments aren't too detailed, they aren't pushing for graphical superiority. It's just a world. Character creation has existed in game for years, they could have bought that and then tweaked it, the animations are simple. For all we know they could have spent less on this then they did WipEout HD.

 



Hmm, pie.