If there's one thing that gaming journalists and bloggers bet their reputation on, it's the familiar acronym for non-disclosure agreements, otherwise known as the dreaded NDA. However, the Internet is serious business, and some people view such legalese about as threatening as the removal of mattress tags -- illegal and punishable by law, but best left to the renegades. To them, some secretive information is just deemed too juicy, and worth any risk involved.
As CVG is reporting, that appears to be the case with at least one beta tester, who leaked several screens from a purported test meeting regarding Home. But the disclosures don't end there. Also floating around the bowels of YouTube are videos, showing the service in action. Judging by some of the comments on the screenshots mentioned above, the areas of Home must be Arctic in nature. How else can one explain the frequent use of the term "freezing?" Also, betas.
All jokes aside, Home sounds pretty good in theory. Even if some of us aren't entirely sold on the idea of creating virtual apartments for friends to peruse, you have to give Sony the approving nod for at least attempting to 1up the 360's excellent Live service -- Nintendo gave up from the start, which can only be described as disappointing. Now if only we could get less leakage, and more releaseage (made up or not, the word fits marvelously).
We've heard that Home has been in development since 2005 Sony, and PS3 owners want more toys to play with on their Blu-ray beast -- before Microsoft ups the ante again on you. Put us all in the beta if you have to. Just get the polished version of this thing out the door, and soon.
[Thanks, Justin!]
Contest:
1:08 PM on 02.29.2008
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no i feel the same way still as i screw around with it.
I can see that, and I think it's good to see them improving on their online funtionality.
It's just, fuck, whenever I imagine what Home would be like I just think of a bunch of the dumbfucks that populate online games being in there. And without you actually playing a game like Resistance COD4 I would just imagine it being unbearable.
Goddamn typos.
Aren't you concerned about the pixilation effect on your junk? It may not be to scale. Good news is that I hear it's cold in the Homeland, so we can always fall back on that excuse... or the pool.
Just want to save you would be meatspinners from unwarranted embarrassment.
Im decorating my home in early american meatspin.
Plus I saw I guy get shot down during the beta stress test night. You see text above peoples heads and about 1/10th of the people had female avatars. I see a guy talking to a girl until the guy uses the stock "Would you like to go to my homespace" the girl said "Nope" and the guy disappeared, it was funny and sad at the same time.
I mean, it pretty much sounds like a glorified 3D messenger application and we all know how massively popular they are... Maybe if they let people have sex with make believe unicorns they'll pull in a few Second Lifers but I don't see the appeal personally.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DjyqQrSXAQ
People are actually going to pay CASH for fake virtual clothes that they'll never own.
i did the update and then problems started
May not be cash. Might be points earned from achievements or something similar that can use to buy game-specific gear and other stuff.