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GDC 2007: Home is best enjoyed when throwing TVs down the stairs

3:37 PM on 03.07.2007, Niero 22 comments

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Another exciting shakycam update from the GDC conference: I bring you the segment from the keynote that deeply explored the customization of the PS3 home environment and what gaming-within-gaming will be like. Everything is controlled centrally through a virtual PSP, all objects have impressive real-time physics, and plenty of free and premium content to download to make you forget about that pesky flesh-dependent analog life. If you're looking for a Third Life, this is it. 

My favorite part of this clip watching a head of Sony recommend that we toss a Bravia television down a flight of stairs. I'm sure there will be many creative opportunites to make horrible stacks of things to break up the dulldrums of wandering around. Hopefully the utopian experience of Home will allow for some mischief or my pad may see some premature cobwebs. 


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Professor Oak's Avatar
Professor Oak at 03/07/2007 15:47
very nice. this has so much potential.
Professor Oak's Avatar
Professor Oak at 03/07/2007 15:48
oops...

anyway:
-machinima
-new music release listening parties
-clubhouses for clans
-art galleries

this is going to be great
cjpkiller's Avatar
cjpkiller at 03/07/2007 15:48
I just hope they wont be charging me something crazy for that nice apartment... or anything on PSH for that matter
oh! it would be cool if you could go to a bed and sleep and it would turn off your ps3! or put it in sleep mode... or something, I don't know.
a build your own home feature would be cool too.
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 03/07/2007 15:49
It looks so awesome.. but now I need a PS3 & a PSP?? 900 bucks... I think they should call it First-Life, because if you spend that much you might as well say goodbye to it..
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 03/07/2007 15:50
Customizable wallpaper.. Im making the first destructoid lobby! Fuck ya'll! Robo wallpaper FTW!
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Snaileb at 03/07/2007 15:52
also, that's the first time I've heard Phil Harrison talk with a more happy additude. He's pretty psyched to be getting good PR that actually is true.
xrayne446's Avatar
xrayne446 at 03/07/2007 15:53
Snaileb: the psp is virtual
BluDesign's Avatar
BluDesign at 03/07/2007 15:54
Snaileb, why do I picture the wallpaper on your lobby would involve some sort of hairy woman raping Sonic the hedgehog?

I just get this bad feeling...
BluDesign's Avatar
BluDesign at 03/07/2007 15:55
xrayne = too bad all the other costs and associated items needed to enjoy this "free" download aren't virtual as well.
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mix at 03/07/2007 16:00
Yeah, PS3 aint exactly cheap.... I also hope there is not nay retarded mico transactions in game.

"Aww, you made a friend if you want to talk to this friend and other friends it's only $1 a min $2 long distance!"
xrayne446's Avatar
xrayne446 at 03/07/2007 16:06
dvddesign: who cares, this is worth it. if virtual console can sleep at night selling the original sonic for $8, i really don't want to hear any bitching about anything this cool coming out with a reasonable price tag
Diomeneus's Avatar
Diomeneus at 03/07/2007 16:16
as adamantly as I've fought the PS3 fans over how badly sony treats them... this looks pretty damned good, its a shameless steal from Wii and 360 concepts but frankly its about time they started learning from competition.
xrayne446's Avatar
xrayne446 at 03/07/2007 16:23
Diomeneus: well said
Matthew Mac's Avatar
Matthew Mac at 03/07/2007 16:31
When I first heard of PSHome, I was thinking that the apartment would act like, say, the Xbox guide. I could decorate my apartment with items earned by unlocking them ingame (like achievments). Or, if I wanted to watch a game video, I'd go my TV, if I wanted to play an arcade game, I'd go to a pinball machine, etc. Basically, it would be the menu OS, but presented in a cool, unique way.

But this weired Second Life ripoff? Uh, its not for me, but its free, its not required, and Sony's trying, so hey, good for them.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 03/07/2007 16:39
Hm...reminds me of The Sims...but in a good way. I really think this has lots of potential, although I’m not sure if people are quite ready for this kind of implementation in what is still, ostensibly, a video game console. But I suppose that’s the “wave of the future,” then, isn’t it...
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Brandon2520 at 03/07/2007 21:05
Ya know, as much as I hate the PS3 I think the whole Home thing is pretty cool. I'm sure as hell not payin premium for some freakin virtual furniture though. It should all be unlockable according to how high your gamerscore is.
GnappyAssassin's Avatar
GnappyAssassin at 03/08/2007 02:24
Schnap.

I'm getting me a PS3 just for that.

as soon as I get a job, and that necklace for teh lady, and my car fixed, and a 360, and all the good 360 games, and a better TV.




Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 03/08/2007 08:18
Actually I was going to post XBL and Ninty ad's everywhere because it be funnier than Sony ad's , but hey, you can read me like a book, DVD.
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