Sony's 'Home' sex haven in disguise (perhaps?)

by Bonnie Ruberg { Mar 7th 2007 at 7:55PM }

That Sony's new social channel "Home" looks suspiciously like Second Life is hardly news to anyone who's seen the footage from Harrison's keynote. What I couldn't help giggling about the whole time he showed off the world, though, was just how much sex is going to happen in Home. Realistic avatars? Private spaces? Customization? Think about Second Life. So. Much. Sex. If there was any doubt, just remember Harrison's sample character who was supposed to say "Hi" but said "Ho."

Of course, sexy gamers are bound to have questions. Can avatars take their clothes off? (Probably not.) Will the system support user-generated content that animates sex, like pose balls? (I wouldn't bet on it.) But if MMOs and social networking have taught us anything, it's that people will always find a way to get it on. Just pimp out your pad with downloaded gear, maybe get some porn streaming on your walls, and let the Home sex begin.

Tags: GDC, GDC07, Home, sex, Sony

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Rubang B @ Mar 7th 2007 8:02PM

BINGO!

When he took that photo and put it in a frame on his wall in his virtual sex-lair, I immediately thought "pictures of my wang, all over the place."

Dustin @ Mar 7th 2007 8:05PM

Hahaha.

Hahahaha.

Sex houses... houses having sex.

Hahaha.

Chocolate Starfish @ Mar 7th 2007 8:09PM

As posted in the other "Home" thread:

Cue ped-o-bear.

lion @ Mar 7th 2007 8:11PM

From what I'm used to with consoles online, I'm more worried about people ruining the atmosphere by running around screaming "EAT MY COCK FAGGOTZZZ!!!!" into their headset. Hopefully they will include some kind of reporting system to weed out the most annoying and perverted of the Home users.

Brandon @ Mar 7th 2007 8:13PM

Im sure there will be options for people who are concerned about parental controlls. Afterall, apartments are private, and you have to be invited to come over to someones place. Trolls just can barge in and look at your stuff.

Tyler @ Mar 7th 2007 8:18PM

Gotta get some porn on my PS3 for this..

Optimus Prime @ Mar 7th 2007 8:19PM

This isnt Nintendoland, where you're treated (patronized) like a freakin' 10 year-old pedophile magnet.

AssemblyLineHuman @ Mar 7th 2007 8:21PM

"This isnt Nintendoland, where you're treated (patronized) like a freakin' 10 year-old pedophile magnet."

QFT. Nintendo needs to wake up and realize that they are being WAY too overprotective on the online front.

Tadioku @ Mar 7th 2007 8:26PM

I think everyone on joystiq is a virgin

JodyAnthony @ Mar 7th 2007 8:27PM

The thing about nintendo is they have this stygma of being 'for kids' thus many more pedophiles would probably try to contact kids through wii than psp. that and all it would take would be one lawsuit and they would never be able to recover from it.

Au @ Mar 7th 2007 8:28PM

@ 8 and 9:

I bet you're just both pedophiles that want an easier time.

JodyAnthony @ Mar 7th 2007 8:28PM

psp, ps3, you know what i meant.

AssemblyLineHuman @ Mar 7th 2007 8:29PM

They wouldn't lose that lawsuit, though, provided that they have parental controls and a Terms of Service agreement for online play with features like voice chat in-tact.

kftgr @ Mar 7th 2007 8:35PM

"Getting players together for some LittleBigWorld play. Meet in IROXXOR's Home"

(you have received a Home invitation from IROXXOR)

(you enter IROXXOR's Home)

you see
goatse.cx.jpg
tubgirl.jpg
IROXXORz_penis.jpg

Certain things you can't unsee.

BTW, wonder if there will be trading in PS3 Home. Pay a playstation store item for entry into PEEPSHOW's Home ;)

Hmm, anyone have predicitons on what will happen to Second Life when the furries move over to Home?

mike @ Mar 7th 2007 8:37PM

Im already saving up to buy my ingame sony bravia tv's so i can have some porn on in the background

REUYL @ Mar 7th 2007 8:42PM

WTF

ill trooper @ Mar 7th 2007 8:44PM

There will be rules. People will work around them. There will be rewrites to the rules. It will continue on forever.

Hopefully Sony will be able to keep a balance, allowing people to do what they want to do, not stifle weird interactions and events, but still be able to keep new members comfortable until they know the ropes. I imagine they'll have an option to ONLY see your friends in that open mall area. I wonder if voice chatting is supported, and how private it is, or if you can opt to have anyone within 10 virtual feet hear you.

I wonder how this will compare to just calling up a friend's list and seeing who's playing 'Rainbow 6:Vegas..." It's always annoying when "calling up the feature to 'do what you want to do'" takes longer than "doing what you want to do..." For instance, loading the weather channel on the Wii to see the temperature here in NYC takes longer than quickly flipping the TV over to NY1, a local 24-hour news cable station. Setting up or ending a chat in the 360 dashboard is a series of annoying blade swipes and lists that takes longer than it should. I bet there will be a simple, quick text "friend's list" on the PS3 as well. It just works too well on the 360 to ignore.

BPM @ Mar 7th 2007 8:53PM

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jason @ Mar 7th 2007 9:03PM

Do u guys think sony will censor it like they do on myspace?

Mastagamer @ Mar 7th 2007 9:17PM

So True!!

AHAHAHA

AssemblyLineHuman @ Mar 7th 2007 9:44PM

LOL @ Pedo-bear!

Anonymous @ Mar 7th 2007 10:02PM

@18.

Here's your forecast: fucking cold in Manhattan, even fucking colder in the outer boroughs.

samfish @ Mar 7th 2007 11:16PM

"This isnt Nintendoland, where you're treated (patronized) like a freakin' 10 year-old pedophile magnet."

So *THAT'S* why you hate Nintendo! They keep you from gettin' that sweet, sweet kiddie lovin'.
It all makes so much sense now...

Anyone want to take bets on how long it'll be before we hear about the first flying penis attack? I say...October of '08.

Earl @ Mar 8th 2007 12:39AM

Anyone seeing this as a means to have "virtual sex" needs to buy a prostitute. Seriously.

Kazi @ Mar 8th 2007 12:47AM

600 bucks will buy you a mighty high quality hooker

Andrew Fong @ Mar 8th 2007 12:58AM

Some local Fox News affiliate is going to have a field day with this one.

Pal @ Mar 8th 2007 1:46AM

Second Life was the biggest disappoint I've felt in a game in a long time. After all the hype, I loaded it up and jumped in together with my girlfriend. The most excited that we got was when we were naming our characters on the website, and everything after that was garbage. The game just looks terrible, it has the layout design of MySpace. Gross.

Home, on the other hand, looks wonderful. It's like a crippled Sims 3 with amazing expansion packs. If Sony pulls this off right, that's another check on my list of why to get a PS3 (beat Resistance and playing MotorStorm on my friend's PS3, it's an amazing system).

halobreaker @ Mar 8th 2007 4:08AM

Sony's "Home" and Second Life remind me of something my sister used to play a way back when... what was it? OH yeah Barbie. Nothing like dressing up fake people and make believe talking to other dressed up people with accessories! Virtual doll houses FTW!

Rubang B @ Mar 8th 2007 7:16AM

For $600 you could do two chicks at the same time.

Craigslist > Playstation Home.

Cee @ Mar 8th 2007 9:00AM

I know this might sound crazy but just try it out. Instead of buying your kids a $600 babysitter and then never interacting with your kids again, how about you sit down and see what kinds of games they are playing and what they are doing online. I know it sounds crazy, but I hear a lot of people talking about this, "getting involved in your kids life." It just might work.