I doubt it was a small development team considering the importance Sony has placed on it.  And even for a small to medium team, 3+ years is a *very* long time.  As I said, they aren't really making anything new and difficult.

Also, looks like I need to quote the PA news post again:

I would suggest reading that post because Tycho always has a nice way of stating things.

Twestern... you gotta be fucking kidding me with that post right? You blank one of my threads, asking PS3 fanboys to man up and admit their sales predictions were a steaming pile of corn-ridden shit, a couple days ago because it might get someone's panties all knotted the fuck up. I didn't fucking swear, or insult anyone... but you toss it after only 5 minutes on the board because 'you' decided it wasn't appropriate.

After reading your post, you gotta be fucking kidding me.

So I guess it's allright to completely fucking dump on what other people are completely fucking pumped about as long as you're a fucking moderator. You can use any fucking language you want..cock, fuck, shit, bitch, whore....(doesn't matter that minors are reading your posts as well as mine though)...any fucking language you want, bitch, moan and deride whatever console you like......... just as long as you're the one controlling that bullshit forum 'god' button.

So, not only are these forums bursting at their virtual seams with hypocrytical, close minded goofs, the moderators....... intended to serve as caretakers to the ethical, fair-minded, non-confrontational and decent foundation these forums were designed to rest on... as just fucking bad. Nicely done.

Sorry you're PS3 Home experience was a shit-riddled mess, but next time you think about tossing someone, think about your own fucked up posts first... and then ask yourself if it's fair.

Why the fuck do you think half the people come in here... they want to argue.

I actually have pretty amazing fast internet (Verizon FioS), I'm just guessing there were a lot of people so it took a lot of time.  And like I said, that wasn't one of my big bitches about Home and was pretty much expected.

It wasn't directed at you as much as a later poster, sorry if it wasn't clear.

eh home kinda sucks

Dude, my internet is anything but crap. I'm running Verizon FiOS 20mbps/5mbps, enough to do HD streaming in max quality on netflix. I think the slow download is Sony/Home, not my internet. Also, I actually got to play some arcade games today! Although, they were kind of boring... Now I gotta try to get in on some pool and bowling!

Ok, can they make the bowling any more ridiculous? I hate moving sliders. Although, after a few attempts you get the hand of it and it is an ok system, i'd still prefer just to use my joystick to aim in all the ways I want rather than rely on timing. What's the random coin sound in the mall?

I keep getting error message "can't connect" so I gave up. May be I will try it later but from Twestern's impression it seems Home is still a long way to go to be fully functional ...

Sony really need to make data stream faster for Home to be better experience.

ok, I'm not on my ps3 anymore and I spent more time with home.... and I got to say....

Before it launched I was very skeptical about it. I was actually not even gonna give it the chance. I don't see a point to the thing.

When I loaded it up it didn't take anywhere near as long as some were saying. I have 710kps speed. The slowest DSL someone can get (10 dollars a month). I didn't wait long for the mall, theatre, or bowling alley to DL. The Bowling Alley was the longest and the theatre was the fastest.

Character creating.... Not enough options yeah you can morph your face (and I made a heroine junkie looking guy with big dopey ears and no nose) But I wanted more facial hair and clothes.... but why would they do that? Microtransactions. I did have fun with the joke avatar and laughed really hard while doing it, but that didn't last long.

After I went into my space I took everything away RIGHT away. It looked real sterile. I wish they gave you a basic picture frame and a basic rug with the space. I saw no real potential to make my space any better so my room is completely empty. I would have fixed it up a little if I had some options.

I walked around the outside part looking for something to do. The dance thing was interesting... but for the most part the bubble pop game was the only thing worth doing outside and I didn't have framerate issues.... I found it pretty boring. Then I went to the theatre... wow left right away. It was taking forever for the video to load and there was nothing to do. Then I went to the mall... I looked in the stores. I would have bought some furniture but for 5 dollars for something I might not keep using... no thanks. If it was like 5 dollars for a furniture set I might have done it. I talked to people while playing chess. (don't know why chess is in the mall and not outside. Most stone chess tables I see like that are in parks) It was pretty fun. I liked chess. I suck at the game but it's okay I was 2 for 2. After that I left and went to the bowling alley. all the pool tables were taken so I played arcade games. I tried echochrome but i saw how slow it was moving and went to ice breaker. That moved much faster so I played it. That game is pretty sweet, but the train game was fucking awesome. thats what to the most of my time. I played 2 games of bowling... it was boring. Lack of people with mic and no friends... could have been better. A pool table opened up and I played with someone with a mic. It was much better than bowling. I won in pool too.

I didn't make it to Uncharted or Farcry rooms.

I didn't have problems with immature people. Most immature person I saw where people sitting in a circle talking about smoking a bong outside and some people going "Wanna fight about it? I'm bigger than you. Watch this /dance You just got served" They had a mic. But mute button fixes that.

Bottom line - better than I expected but I have no incentive to keep going back. I'll give it some more shots though. (chess will probablly take up most of my time)

EDIT: CONNECTION PROBLEMS - I had a problem trying to connect at 5pm CST my very first time connecting but i had to leave anyways to go to the mall with my mom and pick something out for christmas. We got back at around 7pm and we watched the first half of the Bears game and she went to bed so I tried goin on home. I did get the time out error but I tried again and connected. It wasnt that big of a deal... Most people talking bad about this are over exaggerating on the issues.

I know people with same experiance...