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."

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Re:Guaranteed!

[Anonymous Coward]

Beats the most recent firmware, which prevents some PS3s to read Blu-ray or DVD discs. Including game discs.

Or the firmware it fixed which simply bricked PS3s. I suppose being limited to downloaded titles is, technically, an improvement over not being able to use the system at all.

I can't wait to see what the Live! update - I'm sorry, "Home" update - breaks.

Re:Guaranteed!

[Anonymous Coward]

Beats the most recent firmware, which prevents some PS3s to read Blu-ray or DVD discs. Including game discs.

Or the firmware it fixed which simply bricked PS3s. I suppose being limited to downloaded titles is, technically, an improvement over not being able to use the system at all.

I can't wait to see what the Live! update - I'm sorry, "Home" update - breaks.

You're aware that both of those issues occurred in very seldom cases, right?

The gaming media is quick to exaggerate any flaw in any of the three systems, if only to keep the console war (and fanboy war) running strong.

Re:"Guarantee" or not, I've given up on Home

[powerlord]

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.~

Re:Home is a vortex of mystery

[powerlord]

All the info I've read says it will be free.

All the info I've seen says that the core functionality is free, but that there will still be "premium content" users will have to pay for.

For instance, you'll be given a basic starter apartment for free, but be able to buy a bigger space (to hold more stuff, some free, some not), for a small fee.

Not a bad middle ground for the system, since it lets users have a fully useable system for free, but lets people who believe that the "flame stickers make it go faster" pay for that privilege (and it helps encourage third parties to make items for sale, or to pay for "display space"/ads in Home which helps pay for an otherwise free infrastructure).