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ampillion on 08 June 2007
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dgm6780 said:
rocketpig said:
Mentioning Home as a selling point while comparing it to Second Life is flat-out silly.

Second Life is FREE. It runs on most computers that people already use in their homes. It's largely populated by casual "gamers" (using the term "gamer" very loosely in reference to these people). These people WILL NOT pay $600 to play a cut-down version of the game they're already playing for free.

Could we please shut the f*** up about this? While it's a nifty addition to the PS3, it's not, nor will it ever be, a system seller.

There are plenty of other points to make about the success/failure of the PS3. Leave Home out of it, it just makes your argument sound stupid.

/endrant

Home is relevant because it makes Xbox Live look last gen. Its the comparisons to MS that matter, not the comparisons to Second Life.


 How so? Because it's got a graphical interface and avatars that walk around a virtual space? You have to provide something more than just a virtual representation of what you can already do on another service. Why would anyone want to jump through some hoops of creating a goofy 'lifelike' avatar, just to do the same exact things you can already do on another service?

Here's how I'd of done Home...

1) A surreal 'future world'. Give us a place to walk around that looks like something out of a sci-fi movie, or an anime featuring a futuristic Tokyo setting... and let us make crazy avatars. Human? Sure. Some cybernetic stuff? Go for it. Futuristic angel (Too Human-like) wings? Sure, why not. Wanna be not human? Sure, go for that too. Let people design their own futuristic (or classical/contemporary) outfits. Put up storefronts, so I can visit a real store online through Home and buy things. Amazon, eBay, Pizza Hut, etc, all make custom interfaces for these 'websites', make them feel like they are a part of this future-world (And let them create new, futuristic advertisements to fit in as well. Harkening back to those days of movies like Back to the Future II.)

2) Make it all about the virtual arcade. Make every demo, every downloadable game part of the fabric of the Home experience. A VIP room would contain all the games out there that require you to pay to download, while a Free Arcade houses all the smaller games (and games that slowly move from pay to free.). These arcades would house in-Home tournaments, with people not in the games themselves able to peek over their shoulders in an 'observer mode'. These tournaments earn you free credits towards purchasing a downloadable game, or winning unique pieces of decor for your house. 

I'm not knocking Home since I haven't tried it (Probably won't get any chance to for awhile.), I'm just speaking my mind about it. It's got to have more draw than 'Oh, a virtual place to walk around and do some stuff like Xbox Live' to actually draw buyers to the PS3 specifically because of Home.