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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.
Eat sleep die
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.
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.
Calculon: And you say you can guarantee me the Oscar?
Bender: I can "guarantee" anything you want.
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."
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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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).
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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:
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