Is that guy's name in the upper left "KillMeImHere"

Haha – wow! That says it all about Home, doesn't it?!

Why does Sony continue to make the mistake of over-promising and under-delivering?

Luckily for me I'm not really affected as I don't own a PS3, but if I did I could see myself quite miffed. Especially if this was one of the features that convinced me to dive into PS3land.

To be Pollyannaish about it, maybe it's because of all the beta feedback and their desire to have a really polished experience prepared before they go live. Let's hope it's that.

Let's see, no rumble until next year. No Home until then either. Christmas '07 for the PS3's gonna' really suck. Nothing's going to save it from getting decimated by the Wii and 360. In 2008, no one might even care about the PS3.

pwn

almost everything for the ps3 is delayed until next year

I'm sure Sony is working on making Home more advertisement friendly. A service like this looks like it will cost a lot to develop and host.

If they launch this and people don't really get into the service it will have cost them a lot.

Umm... who cares! They just announced three new Kingdom Hearts games!! Woot Woot!!

I'm sure Sony is working to refine home to make it more advertisement friendly. Home looks like it will cost a lot to develop and host. If PS3 owner don't find Home that useful, it will have cost Sony a lot of money.

Sorry double post. ^^

Seriously, I think it will be too late for the PS3 by the time all this stuff is ready. Sony is already hurting enough this Holiday season as it is. I really don't see how they can afford having two major features that have been promised for the PS3 (rumble/home service) delayed, on top of there big three AAA titles for the fall getting horrid or mediocre reviews (Lair/Warhawk/Heavenly Sword) sales for the PS3 are already pretty bad. I just don't see how informing your would-be customers that certain major features won't be available until Spring of 2008 can help much.

Every time you hear something about the PS3, the words "delay" are almost always in the title. That wouldn't make me want to buy a PS3. "PS3" is becoming synonymous with "delay". That's not good for business. Especially when your installed base has been waiting patiently for this so-called revolution in gaming that you promised them almost two years ago.

dsub, Warhawk and Heavenly Sword got pretty good reviews- especially Warhawk I haven't seen a review under an 8 for that game- and heavenly sword got mostly 8s-9s.

So I gotta ask, what the fuck are you smoking?

So I can expect this and Duke Nukem at around the same time?

I am having trouble getting too excited by Home. It seems likea waste of resources that would be better spent building games and the tools to support game development and a real LIVE competitor. Home feels like some MIT researcher's idea of a gaming environment.

*citing

I am in on the beta, and in response to the author, I have two things to say:

1. I haven't checked in a while, but right now, Home is update-less. Home is boring in its current incarnation.

HOWEVER!

2. Having played the beta, I can definitely see Home's potential and am very excited for it. Games like Armored Core 4, with the awful online interface, will be given new life by the Game Lobbies that have not yet been implemented.

I can tell you this: When HOME goes live, it will be something to behold. For now, just be relieved they're taking the time to deliver on what they've promised...(hopefully).

~Hiro

PSN: Kensai

Does anybody even care about HOME anymore??? Its hardly a selling point for PS3 to ...i can't think of any demographic it would appeal to.

As much as people keep saying that we must all wait a while to see how this console battle turns out, it does not change the fact that the 360 has quality software coming out at a constant and even pace.

On the ps3, more often than not, the games either are delayed or sub-standard when compared to the 360.

Yes, the ps3 may have the *potential* to do this or that better than the 360, but if takes 3 years longer than the 360 to come out with titles that make buying the ps3 worth it then those that only bought a ps3 would have wasted 3 years waiting, and waiting.

Potential is nice, though. Just wait...

Now C'mon, Who didn't see that coming!!!

who needs games when you have a second life ripoff with rumble

Heh, another reason for me to delay in getting a PS3.

V1L3:

I think you brought up a great point. I can see a bunch of chicks getting this so they can all go on and dress up and chat about their weekend shopping. It's like WoW but for trendy little teemagers.

I love that pic of all the cool guys & girls populating that screenshot..."Oh wow..it's a cool virtual community where you can meet and talk to cool people!"...It's ALL gonna be dudes...and they are just gonna be yelling insults at each other...It won't be long before there is the equivalent of the 'corpse-hump' in this bland shopping mall pergatory...

Chicks in Home??!!? PffT!! -yeah right!

Home will be a bunch of Fat dudes, dudes with no life, dudes that have no chance in real life of getting a "real" girl and Dudes acting like females in Home talking to you!

Everyone will look cool, dress cool and have a girl (thats a dude) in Home.. WOW.

Looks like Home will sell some PS3's...LMAO!!


Seriously, Home is not Myspace or Facebook. Female will NOT flock to the PS3 to play Home.. WTFU -and thats WAKE TFU.

Home will set up to fail... horribly.

If a company is trying to capitalize on the popularity of Second Life, said company should try to make sure they make their money before that popularity wanes completely.

also, LOL

I was excited when I first heard about Home, even without owning a PS3; however, as time goes on and the PS3 continues to have very little to offer (as previously mentioned), I'm beginning to lose faith altogether in the ability of Sony to do something with its newest "game" console.
Yes, I understand there are games on the PS3 worthwhile, but even then, none truly stand out.

Home was something.
Now it's delayed, as most everything else that has any potential to pull the PS3 out of its slump, and the PS3 is still just a BluRay player with Resistance.