Huh? I don't have any problems playing my media content. In fact, the latest patch allows full-size resolution video to play without converting.

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Habbo is a FREE virtual community for teens where you can hang out with your current friends, meet new people, create and design your own personal room, and take part in many activities, such as meeting and hanging out with famous singers, bands and celebs, or even make and run your own events! There are a bunch of games to play and even more contests to take part in!

It's free to play, and once you've registered your Habbo, you can do almost whatever you can think of! So what are you waiting for? Follow the simple directions on the left and get playing, or click here to get started in Habbo!

Here are some links that you might want to read to find out more about what you can do in Habbo Hotel!________________________________________________________________________________

I could be a dick and post links to the dozens of online communites that have existed since the late 90s but I won't. The fact is that there is a dedicated following for services like this but they do not attract that much attention from the general public.

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Habbo is a FREE virtual community for teens where you can hang out with your current friends, meet new people, create and design your own personal room, and take part in many activities, such as meeting and hanging out with famous singers, bands and celebs, or even make and run your own events! There are a bunch of games to play and even more contests to take part in!

It's free to play, and once you've registered your Habbo, you can do almost whatever you can think of! So what are you waiting for? Follow the simple directions on the left and get playing, or click here to get started in Habbo!

Here are some links that you might want to read to find out more about what you can do in Habbo Hotel!________________________________________________________________________________

I could be a dick and post links to the dozens of online communites that have existed since the late 90s but I won't. The fact is that there is a dedicated following for services like this but they do not attract that much attention from the general public.

 And then if i wanted to be a dick id say something about the many MMO's out there, and then you should have called Blizzard and said they shouldnt make WoW because of all the craptastic MMO's out there...bottom line, as my post said, if its done right and the things they over via game devs are limitless, the potential is out of this world, so dont compare this to some Habbo crap.

Please do tell me what you media content is, last I heard only official media codecs were allowed.

I don't know why (can't put my finger on it... :P), but Im not impressed (only watched the first min or so).

Many, many moons ago developers realised that implementing a "3rd environment" as a general "menu browsing interface" - sucked arse. No one wants to spend ages *physically walking* from the bowling machine, to the pool table, to the arcade machine. You also end up with a bunch of generally unpolished games, with poor interface, long loading times (etc) in a virtual world. Basically thiings you tinker with - not serious games you actually play.

I understand and appreciate the idea of virtual content - and populating your virtual home with this content. Its graphical, pretty cool, and allows the user to be creative in terms of placement, colours, items, etc (assuming home actually allows you to do this stuff? and things are not just fixed location?).

There had better be HEAPS of free content as well - not just a few token items, with everything else to be "purchased" (maybe some people are into this, but I would *never* spend physical money on virtual assets - games are one thing, a new couch cover/texture is another). Otherwise so much for "free" HOME - the shell is free, but you need to pay for anything to actually use the service properly.

But if Sony expect people to WASTE their time walking around in a virtual world - instead of using a simple menu driven interface - good luck to them.