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sieanr on 30 November 2007
leo-j said:
HOME is not secound life..

No, its not Second Life... but it is very similar, with pushing content/ads and achievement points thrown in.



Leo-j said: If a dvd for a pc game holds what? Crysis at 3000p or something, why in the world cant a blu-ray disc do the same?

ssj12 said: Player specific decoders are nothing more than specialized GPUs. Gran Turismo is the trust driving simulator of them all. 

"Why do they call it the xbox 360? Because when you see it, you'll turn 360 degrees and walk away" 

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Frozenfuryblade on 30 November 2007

I for one, as a Nintendo Fanboy, think it will not fail at all. Home is a step in the right direction for the PS3. It's not too late to turn things around. With Home Sony is showing a completely new side. An innovative side that so far only holds Home and Little Big World or whatever the hell they named it.

If Sony can pull this off and appeal to a whole new crowd (along with a price drop), I could see casuals begin to pick up the PS3. Call me crazy/



HappySqurriel on 30 November 2007

I'm not going to claim I understand why people are attracted to various social networking systems, but most of the really successful systems are free (or very low cost) and are available on a system which everyone already has (the PC). Facebook, Myspace, Second Life, Habbo Hotel and the countless other social systems are (essentially) free and will run on (just about) any hardware ...

Even the PS2 at $100 is too much of an expense for people for a social networking system. Home will likely fail because for the vast majority of people out there, their friends will not be on the system and it is therefore of no use as a social networking system ...



mancandy on 30 November 2007

I don't think it will fail, but Sony will try their best to keep it afloat, but it there are already so many things out there that are already free...ahem...VGChartz. Home is not free, you have to shell out $400 minimum to be a user on it. I doubt people are going to pay this price just to be on Home.



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grimygunz on 30 November 2007

Arrg what is this Home wont fail. Im in the home beta and it is Great when you have friends online talking about things. Its actually much better then sitting and reading fourms all day. Its the small things that make Home fun. Its a free service to people who have a Ps3. With every beta update the have been retooling things for the better. once the open beta starts the increase in user feedback will only make it better. Home is a service that so far has been molded by gamers for a better experiance when not directly gaming or a way to gather up friends before gaming.

And for thoes who says there arent girls owning PS3 whats wrong with your biase Idealolgy of girl gamers. they own ps3's aswell. I meet a number of girls playing Resistance FOM, a few in the HHOME beta during the summer (damn they talk too much in home), also a few while playing Calling all cars when it first came out. Girl gamers play the same games we do. do assume they only play "girl games".



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Final-Fan on 30 November 2007
MontanaHatchet said:
I expected a wall of text, this is just pitiful.

I'll keep it open to see the posts.

QFT. 

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Final-Fan on 30 November 2007
leo-j said:
HOME is better than the internet.

Isn't that somewhat like saying America is better than planet Earth? 



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