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Kantor on 09 December 2009

No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's made money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And people do use it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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KingFate on 09 December 2009

There are lots of bored house wives on Home too. That can always be...interesting.



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twesterm on 09 December 2009
Kantor said:
No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's made money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And people do use it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know you're joing around here but it just astounds me how many that people use the well it makes money so it must be good argument.

Would you call something like the Shrek games good?  I guarantee you those are terrible games but they made assloads of money.



 

The_Killer on 09 December 2009
twesterm said:
Kantor said:
No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's made money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And people do use it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know you're joing around here but it just astounds me how many that people use the well it makes money so it must be good argument.

Would you call something like the Shrek games good?  I guarantee you those are terrible games but they made assloads of money.


Good for Sony yes. Majority of customers HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Kantor on 09 December 2009
twesterm said:
Kantor said:
No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's made money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And people do use it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know you're joing around here but it just astounds me how many that people use the well it makes money so it must be good argument.

Would you call something like the Shrek games good?  I guarantee you those are terrible games but they made assloads of money.

It's a good idea. Nowhere in the OP does it mention Home being "good".



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brendin24 on 09 December 2009

Isnt it technically a beta still?



jdelanoy on 09 December 2009

Home was an excellent idea, but it was very, very poorly executed. Ditto on what someone said about the PS3 not having a mic/keyboard in the box. If they had that, they would have tons more people on it. As it is, it's not easy to find any people to talk to. Or you sit and wait hours for people to type what they want to say with the on-screen keyboard.



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twesterm on 09 December 2009
Kantor said:
twesterm said:
Kantor said:
No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's made money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And people do use it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know you're joing around here but it just astounds me how many that people use the well it makes money so it must be good argument.

Would you call something like the Shrek games good?  I guarantee you those are terrible games but they made assloads of money.

It's a good idea. Nowhere in the OP does it mention Home being "good".

I completely agree it was a good idea, it just always confuses me that people confuse good idea with good game (or application) because it makes money.  Just because someone is free, makes money, or a "beta" does not make it good (for the consumer at least).



 

iLLmaticV3 on 09 December 2009
kowenicki said:
who says it makes money?... can someone link me to the profit figures attributable to HOME?

not turnover... profit.

Not necessarily figures, but I don't care.

http://www.ps3center.net/news/2032/home-turning-a-profit-for-sony/

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3176697

And according to Sony, they never made it for the money anyway.



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supercat on 09 December 2009

Sony does the microtransactions thing, but more and more people are coming onto Home all the time, especially with the ginnnormous Ps3growth lately--bigger audience means more people will be viewing the "ads" and so the company's sponsoring tem would pay more.  Also,  all the advertising done for games  done on home is a "hidden" source of revenue that you cant directly tie to home when you look at the numbers.

That said, is it profitable? I'm sure that it is on a month to month kind of basis, but it will still take a couple of years for Sony to get their money back after the investments, programming, etc that is required for home, so i'm being realistic.