So having ads on your tv screen every time you boot up your PS3 is better? Maybe to the advertisers, but I don't want to see that crap. As for home, they are making money with it, Lucasfilm just added a store last week, and if you come here and brag 'i've had my PS3 for x amount of time and haven't been on home', may be you should! What are you bragging about, your lack of possessing a open mind? Go to home, check out the Bowling alley always filled with people, Uncharted 2 space is cool, the new LocoRoco space is hilarious, just check out all the spaces. It's FREE, there's ton's of free stuff to win and find (which is sort of a game in itself), and yes people do meet and make friends.