I don't think I did anything wrong - what gives you that impression?  Why are you making things up now?  And of all things, accusing me of derailing the thread?  What exactly do you think you're doing?  If you want to talk to me directly - TALK TO ME DIRECTLY.  Send me a PM stating what you think and why, stop 'derailing the thread' with posts that have nothing to do with the OP, inciting more posts that also have nothing to do with the OP.  All I said is don't threaten to go tell mommy if you're not going to.  That post, your two before it, and now this are all completely off-topic and are doing nothing more than I am with this post, so lets just squash it now and continue on with the original topic, shall we?

"If you want to talk to me directly - TALK TO ME DIRECTLY."

Well, after getting attacked in public without a reason one usually gets the right to defend himself. Suddenly 3 or 4 people in this thread started pounding me offtopically without any reason, so let's not pretend I'm the one who derailed the thread. Don't try to turn things around please.

Over and out.

Wheres a facepalm graphic when you need it...*sigh*

Home won't make lots of money. Hoopla, rah-rah.

Agreed (at least regarding the micro-transactions part). I have no idea about the ad revenue.

In terms of ads, I just think it's bad timing.  If the global economy wasn't so bad, I think a few more companies might feel a little more compelled to at least try it.  Successful advertising is another story..and the cost to advertise as well.

Home is going to be a major cash cow. Sony is trying to work with as many companies as possible to turn the service into the next generation of the Internet. Can you imagine if Sony had ownership of the next Internet? Sony is taking all the best things about the internet and rolling them into one service, and more importantly under one username, and password.

The eventual goal for home for Sony from a consumer standpoint, is to allow people to buy directly from places like Nike, GAP, Warner, and basically any company that wants to joi in on the Home revenue wagon. We will be able to buy a T-shirt from GAP, and recive both a digital version for our avatar, and a physical version for our being. To me and many everyone I have showed Home to this is something they want very badly. It gives you the ease of a single login, and makes purchaseing a breeze due to skipping the regestration proccess everytime you shop somewhere new online. It also allows you to make a space that is personalized right down to the stuff you really own.

Home is like Second Life, Myspace, Facebook, iTunes, World of Warcraft, Xbox Live, and the mass of the consumer side of the internet rolled into one. I think this thing is going to be very big in the news all of next year, and for many years to come afterwards. As the PS3 becomes cheaper, and more mainstream people relize the simplisity of Home, and the convinince of shopping on the service, it will start to snowball. The amount of parteners in Home will grow rapidly, and it will not take long before we have places like Gamestop, Blockbuster, Walmart, and more wanting a piece of the pie. In no time I expect to see sites like IGN, 1up, VGchartz, and more jumping in with their own spaces. Home is going to become a phnomenon.

How can you say it's not for gamers???? It's on a platform known as the SONY Playstation 3 Computer Entertainment System. The Playstation 3's main functionality is gaming isn't it??? If it wasn't for gamers then why would they put it on a system that's mainly revolved around BD gaming and movies??? Is it for the Movie lovers???? Because that makes even less sense......... why they hell would the have rooms for online games like warhawk if it were for movie lovers????

As for the "CashCow" thing, that's a potential yes. And am pretty sure SONY would love that to be the case.

Agreed,especally if they advertise it on the commercials

couldnt agree more.  the internet should be quick, easy to use, and take you right to what you want.  whereas home brings some of the worst things like ads, slowness, hassles, microtransactions, being surrounded by idiots etc