PlayStation Home 100% guaranteed for 2008 release
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... by Martijn Van der Meulen. To be fair, Van der Meulen is a producer on the Home project, who apparently assured IGN during Games Convention that the service would launch sometime this year. "Van der Meulen told me (without hesitation) that it is a 100 percent guarantee that Home will be released by the end of this calendar year. He has absolutely no doubt that this will be the case," IGN's Ryan Clements reports. Well, there you have it, just blame Van der Meulen when Sony rushes to get you all moved in later this year and, with the first step you take into your new Home, you fall right through the ... map.
Reader Comments (86)
Posted: Aug 25th 2008 5:51PM (Unverified) said
Ok now let's see how low the hearts can go, I want to see if I get a 0 or something.
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Posted: Aug 25th 2008 6:00PM (Unverified) said
Ferandos...is that you? Or is that your mullet?
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Posted: Aug 25th 2008 6:01PM (Unverified) said
WTF is an ANZ or a weebo? Wikipedia says ANZ stands for Australia New Zealand, weebo appears to be a robot from the Robin Williams remake of Flubber? Sorry if I'm not up on the latest slurs....
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Posted: Aug 25th 2008 6:09PM (Unverified) said
I guess you are right I came out too hard and look a little obvious.
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Posted: Aug 25th 2008 6:13PM (Unverified) said
Weaboos are those kids you see on anime conventions that want to go to japan and have a succesful life as and anime artist, married those blond, blue girls they see in naruto and that speaks like this.
Example
Im looking for a bento box, it cant be pinku (thats japanese for pink) or any girl color. It has to be of 2 or more kotoba (thats japanese for 2 compartments) and has be be chibi(small) sized. And has to be really kawaii (cute). Also It has to be about 10-20 bux. And you have to post pics of it first (i want to make shure it's kawaii [cute]). And it would be nice if it came with matching chopstick holder (WITH chopsticks).
The also too pictures doing a disgusting disfigure faces in and effort to look like this ^_^.
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Example
Im looking for a bento box, it cant be pinku (thats japanese for pink) or any girl color. It has to be of 2 or more kotoba (thats japanese for 2 compartments) and has be be chibi(small) sized. And has to be really kawaii (cute). Also It has to be about 10-20 bux. And you have to post pics of it first (i want to make shure it's kawaii [cute]). And it would be nice if it came with matching chopstick holder (WITH chopsticks).
The also too pictures doing a disgusting disfigure faces in and effort to look like this ^_^.
Posted: Aug 25th 2008 6:20PM BananaBoat said
You know too many Japanese words. Your weeaboo status is confirmed.
"The art of trolling is that if you are doing it right, everyone thinks that you are doing nothing at all...nothing at all...nothing at all..."
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"The art of trolling is that if you are doing it right, everyone thinks that you are doing nothing at all...nothing at all...nothing at all..."
Posted: Aug 25th 2008 6:25PM (Unverified) said
Did someone just say "Weeaboo", 'cause I think I just heard say "Weeaboo".
Three people to be precise(The call-out aka me doesn't count).
Everybody grab a paddle!
WEE-A-BOO!WEE-A-BOO!WEE-A-BOO!WEE-A-BOO!
PS: http://pbfcomics.com/archive_b/PBF071-Weeaboo.gif
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Three people to be precise(The call-out aka me doesn't count).
Everybody grab a paddle!
WEE-A-BOO!WEE-A-BOO!WEE-A-BOO!WEE-A-BOO!
PS: http://pbfcomics.com/archive_b/PBF071-Weeaboo.gif
Posted: Aug 25th 2008 6:27PM (Unverified) said
Four People! We're gonna need a lot more paddles!
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Posted: Aug 25th 2008 7:33PM SheppyReturns said
If I voted, I would vote you down for the epic fail of mixing ANZ with AZN. And then stereotyping everyone who goes to an anime convention to the hardcore, tardcore elite pricks that seem to exists in any pop culture culture.
I do get giggles at AZN PRIDE websites though. It amuses me. You're showing pride for something you never did... You were born asian, what an accomplishment. This is like me looking in the mirror and saying "I fought long and hard for these three colored eyes." No, I was born, got them as part of the package...
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I do get giggles at AZN PRIDE websites though. It amuses me. You're showing pride for something you never did... You were born asian, what an accomplishment. This is like me looking in the mirror and saying "I fought long and hard for these three colored eyes." No, I was born, got them as part of the package...
Posted: Aug 25th 2008 5:57PM (Unverified) said
Being a Cajun my self, i would just like to say... klsdfhgjksdfgjksdfhjkghzsdjdfksgdfkgzsdkjg!!!
And no that's not Cajun French, its frustration... I'm going to go back to my swamp now. No wait, it got washed away.
And no that's not Cajun French, its frustration... I'm going to go back to my swamp now. No wait, it got washed away.
Posted: Aug 25th 2008 5:57PM (Unverified) said
I believe him. The beta just went into an expanded phase and the Home client is now launched on its own icon on the XMB. B4 it was in with the game icon. The other reason I believe him is that games with Home integration are coming this fall. If I were a developer I would not waste time on a service that did not have and internal release date. Bioshock is a 3rd party game that will have Home integration.
The potential of Home is almost limitless. It will launch primarily as a virtual 3d online lobby but will morph into much, much more.
Home has not been delayed that long, I know it seems like it has...but the original launch date for the open beta was fall 2007. So, when it launches in fall 2008...that makes the delay ONE year. Not a short delay, but not a long one either.
The potential of Home is almost limitless. It will launch primarily as a virtual 3d online lobby but will morph into much, much more.
Home has not been delayed that long, I know it seems like it has...but the original launch date for the open beta was fall 2007. So, when it launches in fall 2008...that makes the delay ONE year. Not a short delay, but not a long one either.
Posted: Aug 25th 2008 6:08PM (Unverified) said
A year is a long friggin' time in software. And this from a PS3 fan who is looking forward to Home.
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Posted: Aug 25th 2008 6:11PM Hoagie said
The pic + caption is why Joystiq is FTW.
Gold!
Gold!
Posted: Aug 25th 2008 6:22PM willsan said
I hear there will be a duke Nuke'm themed area. and the bowling alley will a juke box that will play selections from Chinese Democracy
Posted: Aug 25th 2008 6:30PM ALBGunner04 said
Hopefully, I get in the expanded beta. But yeah, I knew Home was coming in 2008 to the public. It would be a really stupid move from Sony to release it any later. Not only would customers be mad, but they would have completely forgotten about the project if it was held back 2 years.
Posted: Aug 25th 2008 6:31PM (Unverified) said
I hope Home doesn't become like Second Life in the medias eyes, where they wait 6 years then act like it's the biggest craze of gaming and the coolest thing ever and have episodes of CSI NY where Gary Sinise woefully tries to play a ridiculously modded Home unlike anything it's really like.
Posted: Aug 25th 2008 6:46PM (Unverified) said
I'll believe it when I see it
Posted: Aug 25th 2008 6:49PM Vegeta has a ps3 said
I want people to be honest with me. How many people here are actually going to fully use Home's features every time they boot up their ps3s?
Posted: Aug 26th 2008 4:10AM jhowlett said
i hope to use it for clan meetups and such. they plan features that would let me invite friends to come watch movies so that would be cool. now honestly, are you this critical about avatars? i hear all the time how live is so great because it lets people get together, why is it a bad thing for ps3?
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Posted: Aug 26th 2008 7:32AM (Unverified) said
Hey, how come you didn't get downvoted? Is my reputation that terrible?
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Posted: Aug 25th 2008 7:39PM LAZoftheTamarinds said
YAY!!!
There is really nothing else to say. :)
There is really nothing else to say. :)
Posted: Aug 25th 2008 8:44PM DeadPlasmaCell said
I thought Sony said at E3 that we'd get HOME later this year, but in beta form.
Posted: Aug 25th 2008 8:48PM (Unverified) said
Is this for the full release or just the beta?
Posted: Aug 26th 2008 10:20AM (Unverified) said
@Dwag
I'm going with Alpha release here. We have yet to see this thing in action and can't be very polished. Beta if you're lucky.
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I'm going with Alpha release here. We have yet to see this thing in action and can't be very polished. Beta if you're lucky.
Posted: Aug 25th 2008 9:19PM billiam247 said
First Microsoft Bob, then 2K's "Crib," now this? Using a home as a UI doesn't work. I hate having to go downstairs to do laundry or go to the kitchen to make dinner. Aren't computers suppposed to let you do things in fewer steps (i.e. Click a button vs. walk to the back of the house, walk downstairs... NO, don't open the back door... walk downstairs, turn the corner, walk into laundry room, WTF?! door ajar? It's a door!)
Posted: Aug 25th 2008 10:11PM drun said
it will be released on Dec. 31st 24:00
Posted: Aug 25th 2008 11:18PM WilliamLeeTwitch said
rrrigghht
Posted: Aug 26th 2008 12:46AM (Unverified) said
Currently, with a fresh PS3 out of the box, you can:
play games alone or with friends, listen to music, watch movies, download all kinds of crap, and surf the net.
What will Home add to this?
And if it doesn't add anything, why bother?
It sounds like they created this place not for users, but for advertisers and marketing partners.
It's a solution looking for a problem.
play games alone or with friends, listen to music, watch movies, download all kinds of crap, and surf the net.
What will Home add to this?
And if it doesn't add anything, why bother?
It sounds like they created this place not for users, but for advertisers and marketing partners.
It's a solution looking for a problem.
Posted: Aug 26th 2008 3:06AM Ironmanxrs2 said
In Soviet Russia HOME releases YOU. But seriously...
1.) Will gamers in Alaska get igloos?
2.) Can ghetto gamers get evicted?
3.) Can internet dorks customize HOME to be their moms basement?
We want answers SONY.... bring them to us!
1.) Will gamers in Alaska get igloos?
2.) Can ghetto gamers get evicted?
3.) Can internet dorks customize HOME to be their moms basement?
We want answers SONY.... bring them to us!
Posted: Aug 26th 2008 11:15AM GoonieGooGoo said
I've said it before...I'll say it again in regards to HOME...
MEH
MEH
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