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Sony Guarantees Playstation "Home" Launch Before 2009
Sony's Martijn Van der Meulen gave an update on the progress of Sony's Playstation "Home" environment, telling IGN there is "a 100 percent guarantee that Home will be released by the end of this calendar year." Originally intended for use on the PS2, the release was pushed back several times as Sony sought to improve the concept. One thing Sony has been trying to accomplish is making the game "safe" and accessible to kids while maintaining an adults-only area. They maintain that it is not a social network, but rather a "visual representation of the PlayStation community."
Yup, they'll release it this year, whether it sucks or not. It'll be almost like PC software, just slap it out there and patch afterwards.
It's not like they need to be first-to-market or something...
A "visual representation of the PlayStation community"? Now there's a scary thought.
I hope it also comes with a 100% guaranteed money back if I'm dissatisfied with the community.
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a 100 percent guarantee that Home will be released by the end of this calendar year
Thank God. And here I was worried that I might not have anything to do after finishing Duke Nukem Forever.
Let me see, you have a bunch of people with a common interest in gaming, and Home allows them to communicate with each other. Sounds like a social network to me.
Then again, it's SCEE we're talking about. You can't expect too much from them.
Considering what goes on in second life in the adult areas, I cannot wait to see what happens in the adult-only areas with PS3 graphics.
The more people I meet, the better I like my dog.
"Home" of course being a project codename for Duke Nukem Forever.
Calculon: And you say you can guarantee me the Oscar?
Bender: I can "guarantee" anything you want.
Someone: I also guarantee this year has 3660 days instead of 366.
If Sony get home right, it could be absoloutely brilliant, in an addictive, chatroom kind of way, it could be the next second life, without a doubt.
That being said, it's a huge concept and a lot of work, especially on a closed platform, I know this post will be a bit of a 'duh!' but I'm betting home is either extremely successful or a huge failure, not much room inbetween.
I love my PS3 but I am betting on failure mind you, getting the formula right first try would be incredibly difficult and considering how well Sony copy other companies (Xbox Live for example) well, they clearly suck at copying a good product when it's right there in front of them to just copy, nope they have to slowly, slowly get there, bit by bit :/
Just like they said "Life" would be out by the end of August..yeah, right! BS!
Maybe they mean the end of the mayan calendar long cycle? That gives them until 2012. Though that doesn't leave much time to recover the costs before the end of the world.
To me the "Home" logo looks like a virus in the act of infecting a cell.
They really need to come up with something less evil-looking.
I read the title on the story, and immediately wondered if the existing console was the Enterprise Edition...
"Little does he know, but there is no 'I' in 'Idiot'!"
So he just threw the guaranty out there but didn't back it with anything. What happens if they don't release it in time? SO what would you like to see as a penalty? I say go old school and have him eat a hat.
On the flip side of things, at least you'll finally be able to answer the question "who the hell is buying the PS3 anyway?"
Wise men say, "Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza."
"Home" was actually one of the reasons I bought my PS3. Since I bought it, a dearth of good exclusives and the AWOL status of Home has led me to basically just use it as a blu-ray player. "Home" was to be one of the few things that PSN had that Xbox Live didn't do better already (and since all my friends are on Xbox Live, the only reason to ever use PSN). But I've basically given up on the idea that Home (if ever deployed at all) will ever look anything like what they originally promised. There have been too many delays and too many backdowns from their original hype.
When it comes to playing blu-rays, the PS3 does just fine. When it comes to quality exclusives and actually delivering on promises, the PS3 is a joke compared to the 360. I love my blu-ray player. But as a games console--it has earned the "Delaystation" moniker.
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When it comes to quality exclusives and actually delivering on promises, the PS3 is a joke compared to the 360.
I think you're a bit behind the times. You owe it to yourself to check out the many excellent current titles.
Nah, let him just keep repeating that tired old meme.
We'll keep enjoying the Ratchet & Clank Future and Resistance series, Drake's Fortune, Warhawk (psyched about the new expansion due out this week), Little Big Planet, God of War 3, or downloadable games like Super Startdust HD, Pixel Junk Monsters, etc. The lack of games from when the PS3 launched is a thing of the past. If he doesn't want to look at what's available, thats his problem. Heck, there are enough free demos he could download if he wanted to try out most of them.
Of course, there is also the Video download store now, an in game XMB, Trophies, and the DLNA compliant client so you can stream media in lots of different formats to it from Windows Linux or OSX.
Its not like Sony has closed the gap with the Live! and is getting ready to pass it or something.~
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True dat. No gamer will ever get any pussy. So moderator, don't hate the playa hate the game.
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In reading TFA, the author was really kissing Sony's a**. Not one "this could've been better" or "this was a little shaky".
Kind of a fluff piece.
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I've never had a blue screen in Vista yet. I've used it for about a month on my main computer (Back to XP) and it is currently the only OS on my laptop.
Now I have had the whole thing lockup when trying to do an analog capture which required a hard reboot, but it didn't blue screen.
Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon what's the difference? All steal money from devs and control with walled gardens.
Actually, I've played all of those games except Ratchet and Clank and the two on your list which you claim to be enjoying but which aren't even out yet. I enjoyed Warhawk, but only until Halo 3 multiplayer came out. Drake's Fortune is a nice-looking platformer, but is pretty mediocre once you get past the pretty water effects. Resistance is just a run-of-the-mill FPS like any other FPS. Warhawk and Metal Gear Solid 4 are the the only PS3 exclusives worth anything more than a rental.
And you are aware that only a few PS3 games even support trophies at present right? I mean, a PS3 expert like you that gets to play God of War 3 and Little Big Planet so far in advance of their releases MUST know that. And, how exactly is PSN "closing the gap" on video downloads when Xbox Live just announced a deal with Netflix to put it worlds ahead of anything the PSN can do?
I'm not saying that the 360 is perfect by any means. The hardware is complete shit--with RROD problems, no standard hard drive (STUPID move, MS!), and an increasingly obsolete DVD drive. But, as far as software and online play goes, the PS3 has a LONG way to go to catch up.
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Tommy: Let's think about this for a sec, Ted, why would somebody put a guarantee on a box? Hmmm, very interesting. ...What?
Ted Nelson, Customer: Go on, I'm listening.
Tommy: Here's the way I see it, Ted. Guy puts a fancy guarantee on a box 'cause he wants you to fell all warm and toasty inside.
Ted Nelson, Customer: Yeah, makes a man feel good.
Tommy: 'Course it does. Why shouldn't it? Ya figure you put that little box under your pillow at night, the Guarantee Fairy might come by and leave a quarter, am I right, Ted?
[chuckles until he sees that Ted is not laughing too]
Ted Nelson, Customer: [impatiently] What's your point?
Tommy: The point is, how do you know the fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy; well, we're not buying it. He sneaks into your house once, that's all it takes. The next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser, and your daughter's knocked up. I seen it a hundred times.
Ted Nelson, Customer: But why do they put a guarantee on the box?
Tommy: Because they know all they sold ya was a guaranteed piece of shit. That's all it is, isn't it? Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for now, for your customer's sake, for your daughter's sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality product from me.
Ted Nelson, Customer: [pause] Okay, I'll buy from you.
Tommy: Well, that's...
Tommy, Richard Hayden:
Karma: NaN
According the vgchartz, 20.35M and 14.89M as the writing of this message. Also, please note that the PS3 is currently outselling week after week the XBox, although TBH at this trend it's gonna take 3-4 years before they reach it. I don't think Sony is having financial problems, for those worried; the PSP is selling good and with a profit on each unit.
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