Domo-Kun said:
senseinobaka said:
Domo-Kun said:
senseinobaka said: Home is simply an amalgamation of Animal Crossing and Second Life. The target audience is so small that I doubt it would move huge amounts of hardware. No one I know buys Wii for Mii avatars. I dont see why slapping on internet connectivity would make a console avatar more appealing.
I'm not trying to sound like an avid foaming-at-the-mouth fanboy, but I think Home has alot more to offer than people realize. That being said, it might not move consoles for that reason. |
I wanted to clarify. I'm not saying Home will be a terrible product, in fact i'm looking foward to it. But I do believe that it faces inherent problems. Simply put the two games it takes inspiration from are not huge mainstream sucesses, they are kind of niche. Also I feel that home would be a compromise between Animal Crossing and Second Life. Home will not feature the game mechanics found in Animal Crossing and will not feature the community and economic development found in second life. It would be like a gimped version of both games. And this may turnoff many potential players. |
It might. I don't think Home is being made to be Animal Crossing or Second-Life, I think Home is being made to be an add-on for the PS3, and runs concurrently with the PS3. If it was being sold seperately as a casual software title, I would agree totally. :) I think Sony means Home to be more PS3's version of XBL, with 3-D chat. |
True. But that brings in another problem. Would consumers find Home to be as easy as Live or more cumbersome? In Live, chat is one blade click away, what would the process be like in home.
Do I have to log in, leave my home and find the avatar of the person I wanna chat with or do i log on and go to my 3d phone in my home and call my friend and then chat? Either way, would it be as easy as XBL?
