Home is highly anticipated throughout the PlayStation community. Many are saying that this is going to change the way we socialise on our consoles, and we here at That Gaming Site agree, well just myself and Ankido. Mehar our Xbox reporter and founder of the site, has different opinions, which will be expressed a bit later on. We also have Chris Rah Osiris from PlayStation LifeStyle sharing his views with us, making this a special article and hopefully the first of many for the two sites.
Innovation seems to be a huge part of the Sony label. They keep bringing new creations and ideas to the table all the time. We’ve heard and seen the likes of Eye Pet’s, MAG, little Big Planet and the big Sony project, they called Home.
Like I said before. Home is highly anticipated by many and is set to deliver a whole new console experience.
So with all this hype and excitement surrounding Home, Microsoft must be slightly worried? Or so we would all assume right?
What “Game Plan” does Microsoft have to tackle the long awaited release of Home? Is it the new Dash Board and avatars? We will start with my opinions on this.
My opinion
From what we have all heard about Home, it really does seem to be amazingly great and I hope the final product turns out like that. So if Home does arrive with all the mentioned features and more, I believe Microsoft really should worry. Based on everything I have seen surrounding Home and the new dash board, Home has my vote. Home seems and feels fresher, there is so much to it, than a new look. The whole idea of encouraging socialisation has been expanded beyond the cam chats and messaging but into a virtual world.
Some would say that this is not new and that it has been done before, in the form of Second life. But this isn’t true. Nothing on the same scale as Home, has been attempted for a console. But its not just that. I get excited at the thought of how much more Home can still evolve. The possibilities could be near endless. What is out now has only just begun to scratch the surface of what Home could be in say 5 years time. Just think about it. You finish your game of Warhawk and you feel like something different. How about you go to your apartment (only to be greeted by your Eye Pet, remember this is 5 years on) and watch a film with your mates. This was something that really struck me as being great. You want to buy yourself some new clothes, in real life this is. So you stick on Home and go to say the REPUBLIC shop and try the clothes you want , on your avatar. Deciding you like them, you can purchase them through Home, which will then have your clothes sent out to your house but you also get to wear a virtual set. That is an idea that is more than possible.
On that note, lets have a look at Microsoft and their response to Home.
Microsoft have announced their Dashboard make over and the new Avatars system that will be arriving to the 360 this fall.
Are avatars really the answer to Home? An ever growing world replaced with animated looking avatars? It would seem so. There has been no leak or word of anything different. Avatars does not excitement nearly as much as Home does. They seem to be offering “some” similar functions, but in an entirely different league. Its like when the PS3 was first released and people compared the PSN to the Xbox Live. Well now it is Sony’s turn to say, what can Avatars do that Home can not?
If Microsoft haven’t got anything else in this department planned and Sony’s Home delivers, then we could well be looking at a new king for online experience.
I thinks it's time to make way for the king!
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