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Leaked shots of Playstation Home Beta

12:43 AM on 05.04.2007, Brad Rice 47 comments

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One of the posters over at PS3Forums put up images of their invitations to Playstation Home, and their subsequent journey into the system. We get to see quite a bit, from interacting with your PSP to viewing videos, to playing games.

I'm really digging the way that you view videos in the TV screens. It doesn't seem so utterly out of place like I'd figure it would be -- instead, it feels almost completely natural from a game perspective, and provides enough of a tease for me to go check out the videos on my own and download them to my non-existant PS3 (which I wish wasn't the case).

The game interface, from the one shot that we have, reminds me way too much of Wii Bowling. I do hope that they decide to change the interface for the game, since I'd hope they'd go with a less Nintendo-esque color scheme for their minigames.

So, check out the entire gallery and let us know what you think of Playstation Home so far!

[Thanks, Lila!]


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Sharkaac's Avatar
Sharkaac at 05/04/2007 00:47
This game might look dumb to some, while looking great to others. But it is going to be the future of video games where we all use one online universe to connect to other games, like how half-life uses steam, but in 3D.
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zaqu at 05/04/2007 00:54
it has great potentiable..... also it better come with the option to be a furry lol
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Brad Rice at 05/04/2007 00:57
As far as I know, furries won't be an option. 'cause really, who needs to see Phil Harrison running around expressing his "inner kitty-spirit"?
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velcroman at 05/04/2007 00:57
it got accepted!

http://tinyurl.com/37c9c
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cjpkiller at 05/04/2007 00:58
meh @ home
I don't think it can surpass folding as a better game...
Rezbit's Avatar
Rezbit at 05/04/2007 01:03
Looks like Second Life 2.
Brad Rice's Avatar
Brad Rice at 05/04/2007 01:45
http://digg.com/gaming_news/Leaked_shots_of_Playstation_Home_Beta

If you want to alert the internets about it.
vampireblood's Avatar
vampireblood at 05/04/2007 02:46
S'Meh
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Angel_Of_Death at 05/04/2007 03:31

Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 05/04/2007 03:32
Neat, but I'd much rather spend my time on a console actually playing games.
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Angel_Of_Death at 05/04/2007 03:34
I agree with Captain Kirk & Borat: No sux! Very nice...
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wardrox at 05/04/2007 04:09
I can see it being "nice" but I can also see it being a vry pointless-and-done-before thing. If I have to wonder round a giant world looking for my mate to play a game, well, I'm not realy interested. If I'm going to play online I want a click-click-play type thing.
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twesterm at 05/04/2007 04:10
@Sharkaac
"This game might look dumb to some, while looking great to others. But it is going to be the future of video games where we all use one online universe to connect to other games, like how half-life uses steam, but in 3D."

Home isn't going to be the future of video games we all use, it's just going to be the PS3's answer to Mii's and achievements, and not even done that well.

The fact you think Steam is the future of video games shows how simple you really are. Steam has some good ideas but it couldn't have been executed more poorly.
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maximum0v3rdriv3 at 05/04/2007 05:25
I for one can't wait for this to finally come out. That way you people can stop talking about it.

P.S. If you think Home isn't a million times better then Miis then you're retarded or shouldn't be online without your parents.

P.P.S. Who cares it's Free and you don't even need to use it. Go back to bitching about blu-ray, at least those complaints have SOME basis.
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uptonogood at 05/04/2007 06:10
i wonder how the eye tool will be incorporated into Home. cos you know it just has to somehow.
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TorpedoTed at 05/04/2007 06:15
Just all seems pointless to me, if i want to watch a film with my mates i phone them up and they come and watch it on my tv in the same room, you know like in the real world. Who the fuk wants to virtually watch a film?
Same goes for playing mulitplayer games, id much rather have my mate in the same room so i can call him a 'prick' when he scores a cheap goal past me!!You all need to get some real human friends, you cheap online bitch's.
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TorpedoTed at 05/04/2007 06:16
'subtract multiplayer with online multiplayer'
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Cruds at 05/04/2007 06:36
Every picture of the home environment contains ads no wonder it's free, they would have some nerves is they did ask a fee for it. Great to others maybe retarded to me. It's an advertising tool, nothing more.
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Nick Chester at 05/04/2007 07:17
Wow. My brain hurts.
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ShinAmano at 05/04/2007 07:57
So lame...the worst part of Phantasy Star Online now on PS3!
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Doomtrain at 05/04/2007 08:21
Guys.

We're all walking around, taking extra time to select our games instead of using a menu, waiting for whatever ungodly selection of facial features XxKillahNiggaxX selected for this avatar, watching Sony advertisements, playing small gimmicky minigames, all the while being asked "a/s/l" by a bunch of people that are for some reason in between me and my games, my ads, and my small games designed to make sure I don't go blog about Home being an advertisement tool.

Why the hell?
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Virtualgirl at 05/04/2007 08:34
I am excited for home, i think it will be a fun way to meet up and hang out with far away friends...not going to buy a PS3 for it alone, but its a plus in my book~
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Spilt Milk at 05/04/2007 08:53
Nice to see they included a "There's Something about Mary" hairstyle.
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Nick Chester at 05/04/2007 09:12
Look, Home has its advantages and disadvantages. It's either your cup of tea or it's not. Yeah, moving an avatar around a lobby looking for a game might be a bit more cumbersome than simply selecting a name on a list and entering a game. Yeah, maybe you don't care about viewing movies with your friends online, or creating your own virtual space to display your goods.

It's a different approach, it's a unique approach (in the console space, don't even get started on the 'It's Secund Lyfe OMG!' sh*t), and best of all ... it's free. Ads aside, you pay nothing for the service and here's the kicker -- if you don't want to use it, you don't have to. You can still launch a game of Killzone 2 from that game's menu, so relax.

It's insane that the same community who went apesh*t over Miis and a God damned parade are so quick to jump on Sony about Home. If you're a bitter PS3 owner who just wanted a simpler, Xbox Live-style interface, then fine. That's understandable. But if you don't even own a PS3, or you never plan on installing Home if you do, then who cares?

Jesus Christ. I'm interested in Home and want to give it a shot. You're not. Great. Is it settled now? Can we move on?
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ShinAmano at 05/04/2007 09:16
"if you don't want to use it, you don't have to. You can still launch a game of Killzone 2 from that game's menu, so relax."

That is all I wanted to hear...I have no interest in home other then features outside of some 3D 'crib', and as long as i can circumvent the 'lets play doll house' approach then I am fine with it...but admit it is a souped up virtual doll house.
tazarthayoot's Avatar
tazarthayoot at 05/04/2007 09:19
Come on internets, no fighting. Let's all get along, and remember, if there is one thing we can all agree on, it's that the Nintendo Wii sucks, amirite amirite!?!?
Nick Chester's Avatar
Nick Chester at 05/04/2007 09:24
tazar:

;D
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Nick Chester at 05/04/2007 09:25
Shin:

I can admit that it is, to some extent, and I'm fine with. I don't necessarily think a Virtual Doll house is a BAD thing. That would sell like hot cakes on the DS.
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thisissami at 05/04/2007 09:30
:)

i love you nick -brutal- chester!!
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ohgr89 at 05/04/2007 09:46
It's like... one big Sony product placement cock explosion.
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JamesSorensen at 05/04/2007 10:05
Sony is adding the online community aspect that people have been bitching it didn't have.. Cause people looked at live and said hey online community can be done well and be good.

Now that they are doing it I love how people still bitch..
I think it is a great option to have but you are not forced to use it for online.

Yes i see the achievement's rip off with trophies (i could care less about gamerscore) but then again the people that bitch how it is a copy are mostly the same that bitch there are none.

Now onto the Mii's. 3D avatars have been around for a while. Also, same thing, people bitch about it not there, then when it is there they bitch it's copying something...

I love all 3 systems, i kinda enjoy the Home Beta so far has some nice potential.

It just saddens me with blogs and well people in general the jadedness and biasness... but hey it doesn't surprise me cause people suck.
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tazarthayoot at 05/04/2007 10:11
@James

Welcome to the internets, please enjoy your stay.

I actually like the look of Home, and although I do not have a PS3 just yet, it did interest me a lot when I first saw, and made me want a PS3 just a little bit more.

I'm not gonna go run out and buy one just yet, but it is a good idea, provided furrys aren't allowed and the like.
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Crunshii at 05/04/2007 11:21
good reply there nick. couldnt have said it better.

All i know if that this takes off very well, and everyone is happy with it, expect a MS Live Home coming... cuz what M$ likes, they steal :)

Brad Rice's Avatar
Brad Rice at 05/04/2007 11:24
This certainly encourages me about Home. I had been excited about it from the GDC coverage, but this gives me a better feeling about it. I'm certainly excited to play it whenever I get around to buying a PS3.
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mandlebaum123 at 05/04/2007 11:37
Nick, when has not owning the console stopped people from bitching about it?
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MusashiX2 at 05/04/2007 12:16
Home looks cool.

Nick Brutal pwns all.
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bmdubya at 05/04/2007 12:33
I think Home looks cool. It would influence me to buy a PS3, but I don't have the funds.
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Joe Burling at 05/04/2007 13:01
I love how Home is a new approach. The only thing that bothers me about it is that Sony seems to be implementing this instead of the other online features that I would rather have, such as the ability to chat between games.

It's kinda like having a car that doesn't go very fast, and instead of boosting the performance, they put some flame decals on it.instead Sure, some people are going to love the look, but the problems with functionality still remain.
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brainderailment at 05/04/2007 13:25
Thank you Nick, thank you. These kids are such morons, it's like people getting pissed that a nissan has bluetooth built into the car, and them griping about already having a bluetooth headset. OPTIONAL! Also, if anyone here doesn't own a ps3 you have no right to criticize a new feature. Your just pissed that nothing's planned for the future of Wii online and nothing new for Live.
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 05/04/2007 13:28
@Canadian Geese

Read the article in PSM with Phil Harrison about home. (june issue) He explains that when you are in home you will be able to chat unbroken no matter where you are and you will be able to jump into a game uninterrupted.
StrawberryFFuck's Avatar
StrawberryFFuck at 05/04/2007 14:19
Wow! That looks totally lame.
So did the mii's when i first saw them.
The best online thing is XBOX live.

Sony also needs to start working on some real games for that thing.
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Crunshii at 05/04/2007 17:37
Cant wait for this thing to go fully live, its going to own the rest. xbox live? yea Strawberry, it costs u 50$ a year to say that, lol. This costs me nuttin, and once active, I can put my 3D store up to make my PS3 money back :)
Crackhippo's Avatar
Crackhippo at 05/08/2007 15:15
i didn't know habbo hotel is commin' to ps3
ChangingFate's Avatar
ChangingFate at 06/06/2007 20:40
Hello!

I have established the first home forum and all are welcome to join! We are having contests and more soon!

Thanks,
http://www.HomeAddicts.com
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