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DMeisterJ on 20 March 2009

Well Home is printing money for Sony, so who cares?



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drpunk on 20 March 2009

What annoys me is that the games don't use the analogue sticks.

Analogue sticks would be good for bowling. Analogue sticks would be good for pool.

But no, clicking X a few times is much more fun.



sergiodaly on 20 March 2009

dont understand half of this... does anyone buy a ps3 for home? isnt the home icon quiet until you press it? if you dont like it dont use it... all this sony hate makes you bring bs all over the place!

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terislb on 20 March 2009
DMeisterJ said:
Well Home is printing money for Sony, so who cares?

 

 

well call me crazy but i actually expected it to be more than that.. i ... i expected it to be fun... god help me. dont send the sony secret police to me to beat me up with unsold killzone copies



Demotruk on 20 March 2009
DMeisterJ said:
Well Home is printing money for Sony, so who cares?

 

 

Are you sure about that? They might be more than covering their running costs selling items, but how long do you think it'll take to cover the (continuing) development costs?



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legend92(3) on 20 March 2009

SONY should just srap the idea sounds good to me. they should spend the money and resources there using to Fix/improve it when really its not useful for anything and isnt going to do anything for the console.



radha on 20 March 2009

i really dont like when you start bashing the ps3, but when is about HOME, that atrocity, that absurd and meaningless abortion, i completely agree with you, n fact i think you are too kind with home. Sony should cut down home and get that money to lower the price of the ps3 even if is only US$1 per ps3.

OH and to those saying is a beta SONY SAID IT WILL BE A BETA FOREVER, so thats the final product, yes that crap



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SpartanFX on 20 March 2009

@radha

home is making sony money so droppin home means more loss :P



 

 

 

radha on 20 March 2009

IT WILL BE BETA FOREVER


The PlayStation 3's free "3D social gaming community" service PlayStation Home will retain its "open beta" label for quite a while, according to Home director Jack Buser.

"We quite like the name 'open beta,' so you can expect us to stay in open beta for some time," the Sony employee said in a Kotaku video podcast. "Whether we ever exit out of that into some other phase of our existence, that's [to be determined]."

Buser explained that "open beta" is "sort of synonymous with our idea of launch, in that we really want to emphasize that what you see in Home on any particular day is subject to change. Home is a living, breathing, evolving, growing platform."

"You're gonna see this world rapidly scale with new stuff to do, new spaces, new virtual items, new content, all the time and it's just going to grow rapidly," he vowed.

The director was also extremely optimistic about the service's reception. "We're all so happy," he said. "I think it's even superseded everyone's expectations. People are not only coming in and using the service, but they're coming back."

""open beta" is "sort of synonymous with our idea of launch"

""open beta" is "sort of synonymous with our idea of launch"

""open beta" is "sort of synonymous with our idea of launch"

""open beta" is "sort of synonymous with our idea of launch"

""open beta" is "sort of synonymous with our idea of launch"

ITS DONE THATS IT THAT IS THE FINAL PRODUCT

 

 

""I think it's even superseded everyone's expectations", well i cant imagine what they where specting, the apocalypse? the antichrist? a nuclear holocaust?



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Hey Listen!

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dli2k3 on 20 March 2009

Personally, I never bash free stuffs. It's not like they pulled God of War III budget to make HOME, we're still seeing lots of good games from Sony First Party. I also haven't tried it yet, but, like I said, I don't bash free stuffs. If it lets some people meet online and chat about games, then it's fine, not everyone will find it useful, but as long as it pleases some, it's ok. Whatever new stuffs come out, there'll always be 1/3 satisfied, 1/3 bitching and 1/3 who don't give a crap.



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