Sony continues its efforts to revitalize PlayStation Home. With its redesign imminent Sony is trying to drum up more interest in Home's indie content. That might be a good thing, since until just now I didn't know such things existed on Home, I haven't been there in a very long time. Jack Buser, director of the PS3's social network, believes it's actually "the easiest point of entry" for indie developers looking to make content on PlayStation.
You can have teams of literally one person. Usually team sizes vary between 5-10 people. You can create a full-on game the scope of Sodium in six months. That's just not possible in traditional console development.
While simplicity and the relatively low development cost might make indie development on Home seem tempting, none of that really matters if the game gets no exposure. Buser cites the 23 million downloads of Home as an indication that the market is big enough. These games also get promoted on the "What's New" icon on XMB.
That's all well and good, but Buser's figures don't equate to an actual market. If he said 23 million active users then it would be a different matter entirely. I downloaded Home the day I got my PS3, I've used it twice. I'm one of those 23 million, but I wasn't a potential consumer.
I would personally prefer one place to get my games. I think it would be easier for developers to get noticed if they were being promoted more in the most popular marketplace, in this instance PSN. But Home does have a different business model which might endear itself with a particular type of developer. Freemium. It's a word I dread.
It's a model that's popular on Facebook and with an increasing number of MMOs. It apparantly allows for more regular updates based on player feedback and "You can see traffic and revnue increase over time." I'd say that's dependent on the game, not something that happens as a rule. Buser hopes to get more indie titles on Home thanks to its business model and the chance of an investment from Sony.
We do investments ourselves, strategically. If we see a developer with a game idea that we really want, we can invest in those games. We'll actually buy some games outright.
With Home's redesign getting close to launch, it would be great to hear about innovations the Social Network team are making. Especially in the context of how they are going to draw attention to the platform's indie ventures and opportunities. Perhaps Sony are keeping things close to their chest, but just saying it's cheap and easy doesn't inspire much confidence.
Sony: PlayStation Home is the 'easiest point of entry...' [ShackNews]
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Furniture and other items like clothes would be earned through Trophies ( Platinums being displayed in your room would be cool too ), and not real money...unless your into that sort of thing.
Also, Sony's first party games would have lounges in Home where you and your friends can look at all the multiplayer maps in games like Uncharted or Killzone on a virtual table that you can manipulate and draw on or move physical objects around to make plans. You can save game plans that you can review in-game by opening the Home portal from the PS button on the PS3 controller, so that your group of friends/ clan can really make use of the tactical plans you though of in Home.
Also, friends can enter your apartment and see your avatar playing a PS3 with what you are in-fact actually playing being displayed on the virtual TV( bigger screen televisions can be purchased from trophy points or in-game XP ). They can watch full-screen and enter a text chat or party voice chat mode while you play, and even drop-in for co-op from there.
Holy shit did I just come up with all that? I need to go to bed now.
Sorry, dumb guy here:
What did the article say?
They touted some of that in 2007. Didn't happen then. Won't happen now.
That would be awesome if they did that.
Have to admit, that's a pretty damn good idea. I'm surprised this hasn't been implemented before.
(say that one out loud)
Those are some great ideas, I'd certainly use Home if it was that innovative. What would it take for you to sell your soul to Sony for a job? I promise to give you a nearly mint condition yellow gameboy. That's all I own of worth.
it would have saved home. grouping up at someones home space and talking about the game you all want to play then picking teams and launching the game from home would have been amazing. it would make FNF so much more fun.
you can launch into any game from home.
you can launch into mp games with a party only for games where that is specifically implemented(I only know of Warhawk) It's a good deal slower starting up/quitting out of games if you launch them from home though.
@SymphonyX - some of those ideas where implemented.
Warhawk had a space that had a minimap table where you could place icons - and discuss strategies. But it launched when voice chat was disabled.
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