Home 'too ambitous,' but 'definitely' coming this Fall, Reeves says
by Ross Miller 
{ May 8th 2008 at 5:00PM }
The closed beta for Home is still ongoing. Earlier today, EA Sports president (and former Xbox executive) Peter Moore said he was interested in the service but "disappointed" by its delays. Home producer Daniel Hill told our friends at PS3 Fanboy that game spaces will be shown later this month.
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PojoMofo @ May 8th 2008 5:02PM
and people wonder why Phil Harrison left...
driven2sin @ May 8th 2008 5:03PM
Stupid idea anyway
Nate @ May 8th 2008 5:04PM
Too ambitious is almost certainly right. Someone needed to step in there and stop the feature creep.
Put universal invites/messages/chat (aka in-game XMB) onto the PS3 first, for near-parity with Live, then put in trophies for true parity.... THEN work on this super awesome over the top social experience.
Will it be cool? Probably. Would in-game XMB 6 months ago have made a huge difference? Definitely.
OTAM @ May 8th 2008 10:08PM
They are. In game XMB and custom soundtrack update is schedules for June with Home coming in fall.
PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!) @ May 8th 2008 11:00PM
couldnt have said it any better. they just need to get their priorities in check is all. In-Game XMB and Trophies should have been first on the check list since those are two of the biggest things the 360 has over the PS3 anyway. they're trying to beat the 360 in one fell swoop and thats not going to happen, the 360 is no push over. slow and steady wins the race.
driven2sin @ May 8th 2008 5:06PM
why not just let Home tap into Second Life and be done with it?
Hashbrown Hunter @ May 8th 2008 6:31PM
Because then it will look a lot shittier.
Go White Sox and Go other Team @ May 8th 2008 5:19PM
Whats with the GDC 07 screenie Joystiq? I am glad that Sony is concentrating on the gaming aspect of Home more. Then once that is running smoothly, they can court EA and Gatorade with commercial Home Spaces. The Home integration with Warhawk and MS Pacific Rift among others, has huge potential to change how we play online.
Just get the damned thing out now.
Archr5 @ May 8th 2008 5:22PM
Home is going to be the Microsoft Bob of the Sony Empire. It'll just look prettier.
matt byrne @ May 8th 2008 5:43PM
That's what makes me laugh about this Home project. It's just a locked down Second Life with limited possibilities when there's an open alternative available that the majority of people would probably turn to if they wanted to play a sims style online game.
LAWL @ May 8th 2008 5:40PM
LAWL
koehler83 @ May 8th 2008 5:26PM
April 1st came and went.. everyone was still laughing about a Legend of Zelda movie trailer. Snake had found his way into Altair's robes. 'Super Pii Pii Brothers' made its debut.. And some poor poor SCEE employee walked slowly into work, their coffee shaking in their quivering hand.
"Fuck! We forgot about the fucking game launching and invites! FUCK!"
murph @ May 8th 2008 5:33PM
/grabs some popcorn and waits for some Epic Fail
Lekko @ May 9th 2008 12:06AM
look up
Henry @ May 8th 2008 5:33PM
One of the first rules of application design is: Focus on the needs of the user, not the capabilities of the technology.
JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ May 8th 2008 6:12PM
Yeah...Sony already failed at this when they released PS3.
It's a lot better now but I feel sorry for people that are still waiting for In-Game XMB
el serpiente @ May 8th 2008 7:51PM
Don't feel bad for me, feel bad for the thousands of people who have to send their consoles back to microsoft every month.
In game XMB? Would be nice, but it's more icing than cake.
Worst Review Ever @ May 8th 2008 8:11PM
el serpiente,
The really sad thing is that the PS3 is such a cluster fuck that people prefer sending their consoles back to Microsoft to buying a console from Sony.
el serpiente @ May 8th 2008 8:22PM
Really? Europe and Japan beg to differ. But don't let me disturb the imaginary utopia that you've created in your mind.
Go White Sox and Go other Team @ May 8th 2008 8:28PM
el serpiente,
Don't you know that the WHOLE WORLD revolves around the United States? The funny thing is, the cluster-fruck PS3 is OUTSELLING the 360 in the United States so far in 2008. What do you think will happen when Sony gets thier shit together?
Worst Review Ever @ May 8th 2008 8:44PM
You guys can say whatever will help you sleep better tonight, but right now, more people have 360s than PS3s, which was my point.
CGamble20 @ May 8th 2008 9:05PM
wait, hold the phone...
Since when does a system sell more with a full year head start? What the fuck...this is outrageous!!
Worst Review Ever @ May 8th 2008 9:19PM
CGamble,
The Wii takes offense at your sarcasm.
OTAM @ May 8th 2008 10:12PM
No,the Wii takes offense at it's lower price.
Worst Review Ever @ May 8th 2008 11:45PM
Wow, you guys just outdid yourselves. You managed to bitch about the Wii's lower price point, the 360s failure rate and an anti-American dig; all in a post about Sony's shitty online plan. You managed to hit the trifecta! Flame on you crazy diamonds! It's nice to know that you won't let a little thing like "sense" fuck up your arguments.
el serpiente @ May 9th 2008 1:21AM
You just got pwned. Go away.
Otsego_Undead @ May 8th 2008 5:34PM
Save that screenshot for the archives. That place no longer exists in Home.
deaftly @ May 8th 2008 5:37PM
Whats so wrong with releasing it now and just providing updates in the future.
OTAM @ May 8th 2008 10:24PM
Because then people will shit all over it saying it's not fully what they expected. So it's a catch 22 with nothing but whiners.
PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!) @ May 8th 2008 11:06PM
yea it would be much better to have people whining about not having it yet than whining about it being rushed and sucking. then they loose interest, updates or not. whether it will be good or not is yet to be seen but i would much rather them take their time with it regardless.
David @ May 9th 2008 1:59AM
Because that's the reason why Blu-Ray drives can't vary read speed with disc speed, why 360s broke so much, why the Wii struggles to fully utilize motion controls, why the SIXAXIS even existed, why the Playstation Store needed a total overhaul and why the PS3 was off to such a slow start in it's first year. Sony needs to stop releasing things before they're finished. I guess it's a nice little PR boost when you release an update every month or two adding functionality that should've been there from the get go. Pause functionality was ADDED in an UPDATE!!! Everybody just shrugs and says how nice it is to have it now that it's here?!?! I'd rather send my console in for a fix once or twice (My friends haven't had to do it more than once but that's just my experience) than buy a half finished product and wait for whenever an update rolls my way and pretend I'm being done a favour. Using a passable store (Old one was terrible and miraculously swept under the rug until the current, amazing store came) and the DualShock 3 as milestones, the PS3 is now what it should have been at launch, although I don't know if the Blu-Ray drive read speed is fixable.
primetime4 @ May 9th 2008 10:54AM
How the hell is the fixed read speed of a Blu-ray drive an issue? This is an advantage of Blu-ray if anything... the drive always reads at the same max speed compared to a DVD drive that is slower moving away from center. The store is a preference thing... to me, there is not much difference between the new and old but I have no idea what you are talking about with "Pause" functionality. If you would rather have hardware issues than software updates than you have definitely made the right choice.
darklordzero @ May 8th 2008 5:39PM
*sigh*
WHY is Sony still dicking around on this? All we really wanted was ingame XBM which should have been as simple as a firmware update.
Seth A @ May 8th 2008 5:59PM
The prospect of Home was one of the strings that pulled me to getting a PS3, I have since been really happy with purchasing it. However, all my excitement has worn off for Home. I mean, anticipation is a good marketing move, but its got to the point where it has to be a whole hell of a lot cooler for making me wait this long.
JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ May 8th 2008 6:08PM
How is copying a very popular social "game" slapping a Home sign over it's old name, "ambitious"?
If I was such a loser, I'd rather play Second Life anyway.At least I can have some furry fun on their Mature Servers.
Yiffing FTW.
Dr. Zoidberg @ May 8th 2008 7:10PM
Ambitious/Copying
irony maybe?
JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ May 8th 2008 6:10PM
How is copying a very popular social "game" and slapping a Home sign over it's old name, "ambitious"?
If I was such a loser, I'd rather play Second Life anyway.At least I can have some furry fun on their Mature Servers.
Yiffing FTW.
Dr. Zoidberg @ May 8th 2008 7:10PM
Ambitious/Copying
irony maybe?
Mr Khan @ May 9th 2008 9:20AM
How did that post, and the response to it get copied perfectly?
ExMcloud @ May 8th 2008 6:41PM
So.....Is the Home service gonna be free..Via PSN or are they charging money? Cuz if not I see why they were working on all the sponsorships and marketing....Cuz how the hell else are they gonna pay for it!
el serpiente @ May 8th 2008 7:26PM
I KNO RITE?
tmacairjordan87 @ May 8th 2008 10:16PM
Yes it's free, but people will still bitch about it. Confusing, I know.
John @ May 9th 2008 12:41AM
Yeah, it's sorta like how getting your 360 fixed is free but people who don't own the console are always bitching about it.
el serpiente @ May 9th 2008 1:32AM
What saints, those kind folks at microsoft, taking your xbox out of your home for weeks to repair a problem that never should have existed in the first place. Truly, a benevolent entity...
Never underestimate the stupidity of the American public...
Drake @ May 8th 2008 7:16PM
Still not bothed posting the better than 360 hardware sales increase that PS3 has seen in the UK?
Xbox gets a small sales boot headline news.
PS3 gets a better sales boost, not evena mention of it.
What gives Joystiq? Selective reporting to keep your advertisers happy? Looks like it to me,...
AoE @ May 8th 2008 7:23PM
Actually in the UK the sales boost wasn't that different for the two consoles. 125% increase in sales for the 360 and 127% increase for the PS3; I don't remember if I saw these numbers on Joystiq proper, but it was on one of the sites in their network.
Go White Sox and Go other Team @ May 8th 2008 8:05PM
Not to mention that the PS3 has sold MORE consoles than the 360 in Europe, despite the FACT that it came out about 16 months AFTER.
The Clubbies will win a WS before Joystiq stops the PS3 hate. You know damn well that if the 360 came out 16 months later than the PS3 and surpassed it, Joystiq would be falling over themselves to post the story 24 times.
I will never understand the bias and hate towards Sony. We should be happy that the 360 and PS3 are doing well to conteract the Nintendo GameCube.
John @ May 9th 2008 12:44AM
"I will never understand the bias and hate towards Sony. We should be happy that the 360 and PS3 are doing well to conteract the Nintendo GameCube."
Pot, meet fucking moron.
Leobebes @ May 8th 2008 7:28PM
Why wait for in game xmb if you can just get an xbox 360 has already had it for 2+ years? I guess Xbox Live was waaaaay ahead of its time.
Xbox Live is the Citizen Kane of console online integration but Sony brand whores ignore it and want it on their console. Weird.
el serpiente @ May 8th 2008 7:48PM
Because it costs $50 a year and most people don't use it anyways. Oh, and the hardware fails at 30% rate. Those are a few reasons. I can give you more if you want.