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Sony, Microsoft Begin Battle of Virtual Worlds

Posted by timothy on from the who's-your-hiro dept.

Slatterz writes "Sony and Microsoft are poised to do battle in virtual worlds. The console kids both announced Second Life-style virtual environments at the Tokyo Game Show today. Both games show striking similarities to Linden Lab's creation. Players are represented by avatars which live a virtual life — engaging in relationships, going about day-to-day business."

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  1. "Oh yay" by KeX3 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, two clones of something that is little more than a furry playground? My pythonic "yaaay" just isn't lethargic enough to express my feelings.

  2. Article misleading? by AndyboyH · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Having RTFA, and also having a background as a games dev.
    Home is a virtual world, but isn't Microsoft's avatars pretty much just the same approach as Miis?

    I think the article's a little misleading in implying that Microsoft are making some virtual world (like Home or 2nd Life), when instead, it's just giving devs a representation of the player to put into their own games, like how Miis are currently handled on the Wii.

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    1. Re:Article misleading? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      It's actually another useless article from The Inquirer, republished on pcauthority.com.au.

      Sure, Home bears a glancing resemblance to Second Life, albeit a homogenized one, but the NXE bears absolutely no resemblance other than they both have avatars and feature text and voice chat. Virtual world, NXE ain't.

      Where is slashdot's bullshit filter when we need it?