Did you forget about Sony's PlayStation Home? I kind of did, too. It was almost one year ago at GDC 2007 that we started to hear about the free PS3 online application/virtual world, but the Sony camp has been pretty tight-lipped ever since.
Sony's Japanese Web page has several new pictures of Home, and I have to say that things are looking pretty good. Of course, I'd love to know more about what I can do with Home, but all we can gather from these pictures now is that they've been working on the visual side of things.
The site provides nothing in the way of new details or news (yet), but I expect more to come out soon, especially seeing as how the 2008 Game Developers Conference is right around the corner. We'll be there this year to hopefully attach some new developments to these good looking pictures.
[Via CVG -- Thanks, jpitner]
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10:14 AM on 02.01.2008
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Gimme XBox Live, but with Sony logos on it instead. That would be perfect
*laughs*
I want to know how interactive and free Home is before I buy a PS3. If I can't jump in water and swim or sail a boat then it's a scam.
This would actually make it relevant.
...Yes, I am implying everyone who like home is gay.
I came here to post the EXACT same thing. Bastard. Well done.
The water shader on that top pic is pretty impressive.
I view Home with a lot of trepidation, but I’m going to withhold judgment (unlike the rest of you) until I actually have some hands-on time with it. Obviously, its graphics are looking fantastic, but video games take up enough of my time as it is, and I’m not sure I need a virtual world in which to while the time away. But we’ll see...eventually. What’s the current anticipated release date, “Spring 2008”?
Also, I may get a PS3 if it meant I could log onto home and punch that smug looking bastard avatar in the face.