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Sony: Home will sell PS3s photo

The only way Home will sell PS3s is if it gets a job at Best Buy, as far as I'm concerned. Nevertheless, Sony would disagree, still clinging to the notion that its second rate Second Life is the killer app worth paying five hundred bucks for.

"It's really only on the PS3 where you have a neutral environment to get to know someone before you make that commitment to add them to your friends list," beams SCEA Home director Peter Edwards in an interview with IndustryGamers, seemingly under the impression that adding someone to a friends list is akin to marrying them. "And that's really the core reason why Home was developed and why we're here today."

"It's always been our desire to broaden the appeal of the platform and ultimately we'd hope it would be a big box shifter for the PS3," adds Home development boss Peter Edwards. "Where people will actually buy the PS3 so they can get access to Home.  I don't think we're there yet, but we think we'll be there before long."

PlayStation Home is proving to be a successful venue for people who already have PS3s and enjoy spending money on fake chairs for their fake people to fake sit on. However, while PlayStation fans are eating it up, I can't see Home ever being a reason why somebody would fork over hundreds of dollars. 

Maybe one day we can go back to the idea of games being the things that make game systems worth money. Maybe.


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Monodi's Avatar
Monodi at 06/15/2009 21:01
Umm yeah Sony, do we have to remind you we are in 2009 now? But w/e
Cuba Gooding Jr's Avatar
Cuba Gooding Jr at 06/15/2009 21:02
The opening sentence is perfection.
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bruceleethree at 06/15/2009 21:02
DROP HOME, SAVE YOURSELFS, STOP DIGGING A GRAVE, FIRE THESE INCOMPETENANT PEOPLE RUNNING THE SHOW

OMG HOME IS TERRIBLE WTF IS THIS!!!!
BS3 Owner's Avatar
BS3 Owner at 06/15/2009 21:07
@ Sony

I have not even booted the garbage up. WHY U ASK!

Because i don't want to get banned from PSN Network for falsely making sexual advances at fake "girl avatars". Which are actually xbots in disguise, getting people kicked off for no reason at all.

Seriously though... unless, SONY forces me to go through HOME to access the XMB. Please lord, NO!!!!
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acidspunk at 06/15/2009 21:09
Home is a terrible waste of time and resources. It serves absolutely no purpose other than being a remarkably visible indicator of SCE's current management blunders. They should just drop the thing altogether, but they won't.
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wanderingpixel at 06/15/2009 21:12
Jim dear, Home doesn't need a job, what he needs is a nice girlfriend to whip him into shape. You should set him up with that nice WoW girl, or mabye Second Life. The boy just needs a better self image.
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wanderingpixel at 06/15/2009 21:12
Jim dear, Home doesn't need a job, what he needs is a nice girlfriend to whip him into shape. You should set him up with that nice WoW girl, or mabye Second Life. The boy just needs a better self image.
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Static Jak at 06/15/2009 21:13
You know sometimes I wonder if Sony realise how stupid their decisions are.

Honestly the PS3 has so much potential with a nice selection of games yet Sony manage to fuck it up with crap like putting so much effort into the flop that's known as Home.

Give us proper private chat.
Give us something better than trophies to match cheevos.
Give us some proper support that gamers would like to see.
phantomile's Avatar
phantomile at 06/15/2009 21:16
That end quote of yours pretty much sums up how I currently feel about gaming in general.
gamadaya's Avatar
gamadaya at 06/15/2009 21:18
@BS3 Owner: xbots own PS3s and pose as girls just to get other PS3 owners kicked off? That makes no sense on so many levels.
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Dexter345 at 06/15/2009 21:18
I can appreciate Home for what it is: a fine way to waste about five minutes on a console I already own. They need to really do something different with it if they think it'll be a system seller though. Admittedly, the free games within Home are a step in the right direction. Now they just need to have a huge library of compelling games to play for free in it, and maybe people will consider buying a PS3 just for it.
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CelicaCrazed at 06/15/2009 21:22
Is Home even "technically" out of the beta phase?? Not defending it, just wondering....
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acidspunk at 06/15/2009 21:23
@Dexter345: I partially agree with you there. I also think free games are a great step, but the whole Home thing surrounding the games bogs the experience down. It would be better have a simple interface instead.
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ghets at 06/15/2009 21:24
Home is the creepiest shit ever. All you do is walk around and be creepy.
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mrplow8 at 06/15/2009 21:28
First Guitar Hero/Rock Band, then motion controls... If Home becomes the next of these stupid fads, I will lose all faith in humanity and kill myself.
HiddenAHB's Avatar
HiddenAHB at 06/15/2009 21:30
When Home was on Beta i thought that it would be so awesome.
Now... no, just no.
CBunn's Avatar
CBunn at 06/15/2009 21:31
Games are so last gen... The big things are messaging, music, video, avatars, Miis and HOME.

Games are just a little bonus
covah's Avatar
covah at 06/15/2009 21:50
No... no it won't
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Dr Milkdad at 06/15/2009 21:54
I asked my brothers, hey, do you know what Home is on the PS3?
No, they don't.
So I told them what it was, and ask them does this make you want to buy a PS3?
No it doesn't.

And that concludes my amazing, independent research!
Schmo0zle's Avatar
Schmo0zle at 06/15/2009 22:01
I haven't even downloaded the software for Home on my PS3. I sure as fuck wouldn't have bought my PS3 for Home. Frankly, Home sounds uber gay.
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buri3 at 06/15/2009 22:12
90% of people who say home is shit, haven't played it.

It's not as bad as you'd think, there is alot of free stuff to win in home from 3rd party homespaces with minigames, such as resistance 2 four barrels of fury, or the siren hospital escape (can be tough not well designed but there are 3 outfits and 1 really nice piece of furniture)

Also Home devs read their forums regularily and willingly take suggestions from people actually playing home on how to improve the community.
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ace of spades at 06/15/2009 22:15
wow, after all of that awesome stuff we saw comming to the ps3 at e3 i guess sony had to remind people that the REAL reason to buy a ps3 is to get Home.
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aaronf at 06/15/2009 22:16
I don't understand all the Home hate. Yeah, it's not the killer app. But a lot of people seem to be using it, so I guess Sony didn't make that bad of a decision.
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tigerfangred91 at 06/15/2009 22:43
The success of a console is directly proportional to the amount(or quality?) of good games on said console.

Unless you're the Wii. In which case all logic is thrown out the window.
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vexed alex at 06/15/2009 23:11
It's sad that SCE think that these types of virtual worlds have mass appeal. They don't. And this money sink is going to blow up in their faces.
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Senger at 06/15/2009 23:16
As much as I love my PS3, Home is garbage, Final Fantasy 14 is what is gonna help sell the PS3's not PS HOME. They should kiss SE's ass and keep FF14 off Xbox 360 as long as they can if they want make their sales go up in 2010. That or come up with something like Xbox Live
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brownpig at 06/15/2009 23:22
they could possibly make it worthwhile... show free movies occasionally in the theater...more album previews in the listening space...

i would have been interested if they had made it one seamless city with subways and stuff...and let the apartments actually have a location in the city.
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Black Nexus at 06/15/2009 23:33
last I checked there were 6 million active users in home, so somebody likes it, It doesn't appeal to me but neither does the sims or second life.

hey if that many people enjoy it let them, if their contributions through home also improve the psn network its a win win thats why I won't hate on home ( seriously you people are looking a gift horse in the mouth, DON'T). some peoples taste are different and some people just cant comprehend that. whats good to you is trash to the guy next to you and vice versa.
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leviroth at 06/15/2009 23:33
I had a PS3 and sold it when Home beta came out so If it's anything like how I remember it I can't see anyone wanting to buy a 400.00 system just to watch a bunch of jackasses do the running man while at the same time trying to pick up any female or male with long hair in the game.
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Black Nexus at 06/15/2009 23:34
last I checked there were 6 million active users in home, so somebody likes it, It doesn't appeal to me but neither does the sims or second life.

hey if that many people enjoy it let them, if their contributions through home also improve the psn network its a win win thats why I won't hate on home ( seriously you people are looking a gift horse in the mouth, DON'T). some peoples taste are different and some people just cant comprehend that. whats good to you is trash to the guy next to you and vice versa.
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Palidi at 06/15/2009 23:41
While I do like the point about people getting to know eachother before friending, but man...Home reallllly doesn't do that. They just walk up and send a random friend request that I would have denied anyhow.

I liked what Home was becoming though what with the inclusion of the Xi ARG. Now I don't quite as much since they finished up Xi and revealed that Xi is... never mind, go find out yourself if you're that interested.
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brainderailment at 06/15/2009 23:59
Maybe when FreeRealms comes out to PS3 they can claim that will sell them. You know, considering the fact that it's a game.
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DinnertimeNinja at 06/16/2009 00:46
Home is something I check up on about once a month, thinking maybe now it's better than it actually is.

If they want people to ACTUALLY enjoy going to Home, they need to offer incentives for going to game-spaces instead of just decorated rooms with nothing to do (I'm looking at YOU, Uncharted).

That Xi (?) thing is about the coolest thing I think they can do with Home and basically no one knew about it. And now they're apparently getting rid of it from Home in a short while. It needs to be ADVERTISED and it needs to stick around. Maybe even get a second season of content.

I know it's cliche to say that Home has lots of "potential," but it really does. It's just got a HELL of a lot of crap to trudge through before you can even see a glimmer of it.
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GoldenGamerXero at 06/16/2009 01:09
Thank you Jim. I needed a laugh! Maybe home is better than we think it is but until I see them do something that's seems like actual fun rather than the general timewasted it is maybe I will be swayed to get a PS3 *heh*
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Artemus at 06/16/2009 01:26
A ha ha!
Home?!
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BlackSunEmpire at 06/16/2009 01:41
What the fuck?? Did I step back in time to 2007?? How can they still be on about Home being a system seller. It's released, and it's crap.

What next, a motion controller, oh wait......
Windmill's Avatar
Windmill at 06/16/2009 02:24
How is the PS3 $500?
Kris S's Avatar
Kris S at 06/16/2009 02:25
What a load of shit, what's selling me the console is the stellar line up at E3 not this crap.
Sony need to get their marketing sorted out, no wonder they lose money like it's going out of fashion.
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dfielder at 06/16/2009 02:56
I'm sorry, I love my PS3 to death! I do! I love the games it has to offer and lover that it can play nearly any form of digital media and blu rays! But home is a crock of shit and sucks.

In some ways I want Sony to fail because they're so stupid these days.
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VisMortua at 06/16/2009 03:11
Look up Xi to get an idea of what Home can be capable of.

The "Xi" engagement that Home did just these past few months was amazing in the simple fact that you've never seen something like that done on a console or PC anywhere. Home has also come along a hell of a way with mini-games like poker, pool, racing games, soon to be golf game, bowling, brickbreaker arcade games and more, the inHome Siren game, all of which you get free stuff for participating in or winning. Might seem mundane to some, but ALL this stuff you pay for with X-Box live in smaller forms (which I do or rather did, too) is completely Free.

There's something to be said about Free this day and age.
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DevinKills at 06/16/2009 03:12
hAHGAHA home wont sell shit but dick rags hahahha
elsteveo's Avatar
elsteveo at 06/16/2009 03:41
i do know my favorite fanboy sexualchocolate has about 500 chairs in his home space
Mockingbird's Avatar
Mockingbird at 06/16/2009 03:54
LMAO! Get to know someone before adding them to your FR? AHAHAHAHA! Because you cant delete them if they're a tool w/o them getting half your income and the dog.
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Sexualchocolate at 06/16/2009 06:47
No way Elsteveo! i have 2 sofa's and a table, perhaps a couple of ornaments. just that first-time-in-home-house-making session!

I do think home is fairly cool, as a beta. But it needs to grow into a social network, we NEED to be able to share photos, videos etc, play music in our spaces, leave messages for each other etc.

Sony - go look at Facebook, put as many features from facebook into home and it will shine. i mean, fuck, put a message board on my home space for when I'm not there, give me a "doorbell" so people can buzz me and we can hang out, but also, give us something to DO in there!

Hell, if PlayTV could connect to home and me and my buddies could sit in my home space watching real TV that would be AMAZING. To be honest, i just want photoframes and TV's like they promised.

The best bits of Home are still missing. Where are my TV's to throw down the stairs!!!!
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Holiday at 06/16/2009 07:40
It's free so I guess you can't complain that much but really the whole space seems to be in perpetual beta. The only content, or updated content comes in the form of video game adverting.
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jaygerbomb at 06/16/2009 08:49
Home's a friggin' joke. I DLed it when it went "live" thinking it sounded somewhat interesting. It was pretty much a virtual barren wasteland. So I went back to it a few months later, and there's more content now. But it takes forever to load a new area, and that's time I could be using my PS3 to actually... you know... play a game or something.

For whatever reason, I can't bring myself to delete it, but I have no desire to do anything with it any time soon.
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hpv at 06/16/2009 08:53
Hey Jim, get with the times. It's only 400 bucks.
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PappaDukes at 06/16/2009 09:58
The 160 gig ps3 bundled with Uncharted is $499.99. So Jim wins again.
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TheDreadHawk at 06/16/2009 13:14
I watched my friend play Home on his PS3.

He walked around for twenty minutes, trying to show me movie clips that wouldn't load, before ultimately going into a crowd of people and pelvic thrusting or something.

Then he got about four or five friend requests, which he denied, and logged off.

... Yeah, Home really makes me want a PS3.
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PappaDukes at 06/16/2009 14:02
@Yeah, it's pretty funny for Sony to claim that @home will sell PS3s. When in all actuality, games like Uncharted 2 will sell PS3s.
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