Sony has announced that it will be taking PlayStation Home beta offline for temporarily maintenance, and when it returns, it will be all grown up from version 1.03 to version 1.04.
While the reason for this maintenance is said to be related to connection issues "due to high demand for the service," there will be a slight change when it returns -- there will be no voice chat. Sony is calling the move temporary, and is encouring people use the Wireless Keypad, or any USB or Bluetooth keyboard.
It seems like you'll also be able to communicate via voice using the "phone friend" feature, one-on-one communication that's private between two users. No reason was specifically stated for why voice chat was temporarily removed. My guess is that maybe Sony is trying to work out a way to keep the bad apples from screaming potty-mouthed bloody-murder in your ear while you try to play Echrochrome, but only time will tell what changes will be made.
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8:02 AM on 12.18.2008
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How about not giving those potty-mouths a poorly conceived marketing tool that lets them do exactly that in the first place?
I don't want to hear your nappy-ass mouth-breathing voice.
Get a keyboard.
Does it really matter though? How many DToiders are ACTUALLY using home regularly and not just signing on once in awhile to see if there is anything new and bust off a quick running man
Good! Look, I'm no verbal purist by any stretch, but I certainly did not appreciate hearing some anonymous jackass announcing "So where the f#$k is Sony? What's uo with this sh%t?!" on the beta release a few Fridays ago. I'm glad my kids were in bed when it happened. If anything, this accentuated why I despise on-line gaming scenarios like Halo and the rest.
People who absolutely must have the microphone right in the path of their exhaling breath are another lot that need a serious case of Roshambo against them. F*%k them all.
That said, there is still not enough in Home to make me go back to it on a regular basis anyway. But finding out that verbal chat has been removed is definitely a welcome step.
I hope they fix the profanity filter's logic if they intend us to use the keyboard. srsly.
If Home never gets any better than it is now, or gets only marginally better, then it was a waste of time. I'll give it a few updates before I write it off. If they can integrate media and multiplayer lobbies in a decent way, and (even better) create decent virtual arcades and streaming video, I'm in. But buying outfits for a digital doll? No thanks.
Agreed. I say they allow the one to one chat and then open chat when you're in someone's apartment.