Yep. Looks like the Home "closed beta" isn't really too closed anymore. Today marks yet another massive update for the long-awaited PSN service. Check your e-mail as you may have received a code for the beta. Once again, Sony appears to be stress-testing the servers. Join tonight at 8PM-10PM (5PM-7PM PST) to partake in the stress test. Considering the rapid expansion of the beta, we wouldn't be surprised if Sony really did open Home to everyone by year's end.
[Thanks, Jason!]
Reader Comments (117)
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 5:19PM Solid Jackal said
i got my invite!!!! so happy
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 7:28PM (Unverified) said
not exactly a reply, just wanted to up this up where someone would see it.
BNQR-BAB7-JQF2
thats the key i got sent for the home beta, havent used it, not sure if its linked to my psn id, but if they aren't have at it. I have no plans of using home so the invite might as well be put to good use.
good luck
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BNQR-BAB7-JQF2
thats the key i got sent for the home beta, havent used it, not sure if its linked to my psn id, but if they aren't have at it. I have no plans of using home so the invite might as well be put to good use.
good luck
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 7:34PM (Unverified) said
you can't do that, i heard its specific to accounts or you get banned or sumthin
i got in the over week, its all exciting for like 2minutes, then the loads bore you, and then actually using it is boring, hope more things get added, just nothing to do with it and half the stuff don't work :(
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i got in the over week, its all exciting for like 2minutes, then the loads bore you, and then actually using it is boring, hope more things get added, just nothing to do with it and half the stuff don't work :(
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 9:26PM (Unverified) said
...checks email...
I got accepted to Drexel University with a $20,000 a year scholarship
...no beta key though, dammit.
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I got accepted to Drexel University with a $20,000 a year scholarship
...no beta key though, dammit.
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 9:40PM Anticrawl said
For those of you who didn't get into the beta we have a live stream of one of our staff playing around in Home and answering any questions you may have.
Check it out - http://www.8bitfix.com/
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Check it out - http://www.8bitfix.com/
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 9:41PM Anticrawl said
For those of you that didn't get into the Home beta check out our live stream of the Home beta at http://www.8bitfix.com/
It's at the bottom of the page and we are answering any questions you may have on Home while playing/streaming Live.
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It's at the bottom of the page and we are answering any questions you may have on Home while playing/streaming Live.
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 10:26PM (Unverified) said
It's lame... If you don't have a job, family, school, g/f, wife, pet, computer, friends, any video games, and you don't have any desire to do anything except sit motionless and staring at a t.v. pretending to interact w/ others in a fake community with other ppl of like mind, you might like it, but if not, it's frickin lame........
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 2:43PM Larz said
I got in. I gotta say it looks promising, but it's hard to tell what it will be like with such a lack of detail in the beta.
Runs well though, and I guess that's the whole point of the beta... remember, it's not a trial/demo. They're only inviting us to do load tests and find/fix bugs.
So, I hope they have more things ready for the release than is actually in there. Also, they really need to have pool animations. It's pretty strange to see 2 people just standing next to a pool table when they're supposedly playing. Nice screens everywhere, now just show more than one continuously looping ad. I hope the theater actually shows movies instead of ads. And I hope we can launch more games than just Warhawk. Warhawk is great, but not all my friends play it.
Actually, the Warhawk community is what I'm really looking forward to. Getting together in a war room and then jumping into a game together... now that's cool.
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Runs well though, and I guess that's the whole point of the beta... remember, it's not a trial/demo. They're only inviting us to do load tests and find/fix bugs.
So, I hope they have more things ready for the release than is actually in there. Also, they really need to have pool animations. It's pretty strange to see 2 people just standing next to a pool table when they're supposedly playing. Nice screens everywhere, now just show more than one continuously looping ad. I hope the theater actually shows movies instead of ads. And I hope we can launch more games than just Warhawk. Warhawk is great, but not all my friends play it.
Actually, the Warhawk community is what I'm really looking forward to. Getting together in a war room and then jumping into a game together... now that's cool.
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 5:23PM Punx said
yea i hope i get my qore annual invite i have been subscribed since day one :(
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 7:18PM NewYork214 said
i think those already went out. you should call up sony customer service.
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Posted: Nov 26th 2008 5:28PM (Unverified) said
of course, i didn't get in, why would i get something everyone else on my buddies list has.........
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 5:31PM (Unverified) said
Ya, i got mine a few days ago
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 5:29PM NewYork214 said
i think its pretty obvious that it will definitely come out this year. unluss they find some huge bug that will blow up PS3's it'll be out sometime in december
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 5:33PM (Unverified) said
Wow! i actually got in! got it at 11:11 ha!
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 5:34PM Wozamil said
I still haven't received an invite. The amount of money I've spent in the PS store would put a child through college and I downloaded the theme. So much for it being anything other than random.
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 5:39PM (Unverified) said
You tell me!!! i have spend like $100 on the store. This invitations are totally random or maybe its because im from Mexico and HOME will be region locked when out. But oh well, its not like we have to wait too much for this to come out...play with it for less than a week and forget about it because there still good games to play this and the next year
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Posted: Nov 26th 2008 6:17PM (Unverified) said
hey jerses im from mexico and i got and invite so its not region locked
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Posted: Nov 26th 2008 6:11PM ClarkyCat said
I know what you mean, I wish there was some form of intelligent choosing for who gets what invites. Launch day purchaser, spent a bank bailout on games/PS Store yet no invite (for ANYTHING, let alone Home), but someone I know who got a PS3 last month asked me recently what "Home" was because he got quote "a beta key or something" for it. Unbelievable! Think of all those keys gone a-wasting.
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Posted: Nov 26th 2008 6:34PM (Unverified) said
You won't get an invite if your psn account says you're under 18, the open beta will only be allowed to people over the age of 16 I think.
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Posted: Nov 26th 2008 11:05PM Appleanche said
Which is why I welcome the future prospects of trophies determining invites to games/events. I know people who might play like an hour of a random sports game a week and then log out got in.
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Posted: Nov 26th 2008 5:35PM (Unverified) said
yaaay i finally got one, pritty stoked!
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 5:35PM (Unverified) said
Guess Sony lied again about the public release in 2008. The Wii will have home available for all users before the PS3 does.
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 5:35PM (Unverified) said
Let's hope the mall has a store open soon.
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 5:39PM TK said
They have been sending invited the past two days. I got one on Monday and a friend on my PSN got one yesterday.
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 5:42PM dbvii said
Got one Monday. Unfortunately, my internet is out right now.
Don't bother with "send it to me lulz" posts, I'll still be using it.
Don't bother with "send it to me lulz" posts, I'll still be using it.
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 5:43PM (Unverified) said
I squealed when I got my invite.
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 5:43PM (Unverified) said
Anyone got one spare a spare key?
Lucky
Lucky
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 5:45PM ThinkIcouldburn said
Don't worry about not getting in yet. You're not missing much. You can play a few games that are fun for about 10 minutes, then you can rearrange the 7 different items you can have in your home, or choose from the 6 different wallpapers.
Once they really open up the service, then it'll be worth having. Right now the beta is definitely intentionally crippled.
Once they really open up the service, then it'll be worth having. Right now the beta is definitely intentionally crippled.
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 5:57PM (Unverified) said
Thanks for your reply.
I'm part of the EU group so maybe tomorrow I'll get lucky!
Really looking forward to getting in!
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I'm part of the EU group so maybe tomorrow I'll get lucky!
Really looking forward to getting in!
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 7:17PM (Unverified) said
Totally agree. So far, there's almost nothing to do in Home. Pool tables, Bowling lanes, and arcarde machine are almost always full. What happened to the game spaces.
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Posted: Nov 26th 2008 5:49PM DeathroW22 said
EU Invites go out tommorow (27th), near 200,000 of them.
TedTheDog said the OpenBeta is very close, i bet it'll be out next week.
TedTheDog said the OpenBeta is very close, i bet it'll be out next week.
Posted: Dec 5th 2008 8:13PM (Unverified) said
wtf the mall has clothes and stuff.... O_O
since when did that happen>?>
since when did that happen>?>
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 5:53PM TuxBobble said
Yet again, I seem not to be included. Oh well--I'll make do with what I have, I suppose...
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 7:18PM Haohmaru said
Passed over once again!
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 6:02PM warlock7 said
Where the hell is the 2.53 update we were told about yesterday?!?!?
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 6:07PM Solid Jackal said
what does that have to do with home beta invites??
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Posted: Nov 26th 2008 6:05PM (Unverified) said
Yeah I finaly got a beta invite! Got the home one last week actually! :)
Hopefully more come along the way!
Hopefully more come along the way!
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 6:13PM (Unverified) said
Didn't realize it until today but I had my Home Beta invite sitting in my email account since last friday. Wasn't really looking for or expecting one.
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 6:22PM (Unverified) said
Oh wow... I got an invite and I've only had my PS3 for about 3 months.
Nor have I bought anything from the PSN store... made a few downloads.
I did buy things for Metal Gear Online... and I got Mirror's Edge the day it came out... hmm... that's all I can really see for my inclusion
Nor have I bought anything from the PSN store... made a few downloads.
I did buy things for Metal Gear Online... and I got Mirror's Edge the day it came out... hmm... that's all I can really see for my inclusion
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 6:29PM Gaucho85 said
I've had my ps3 since release, i'm signed up to PS underground and have spent over $100 on the PSN store. . . the only thing i got was an invite to the LBP beta 2 days before it closed (but who didn't get into that?). So this is just another swift kick in the balls for me. thanks Sony.
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Posted: Nov 26th 2008 6:37PM (Unverified) said
@Gaucho
Ive had my ps3 for about a year, been a member of PS Underground for about 2 years and the only beta that ive been to is the Resistance 2 beta but thats just because my friend had a spare code
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Ive had my ps3 for about a year, been a member of PS Underground for about 2 years and the only beta that ive been to is the Resistance 2 beta but thats just because my friend had a spare code
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 7:17PM Gaucho85 said
Can I get in please . . . no? . . . (sigh)how about a killzone 2 beta key for before the beta ends . . . no again? . . . how about a reassuring hug?
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 9:35PM (Unverified) said
I hear ya buddy :( I'd go for any of those right now!
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Posted: Nov 26th 2008 6:33PM (Unverified) said
Sony is missing the boat with Qore. More people will buy it if they got true exclusives.
Posted: Nov 27th 2008 10:42PM (Unverified) said
i never downloaded the theme....... and i dont have quore......... what i do have is a playstation underground account......The day after the AX hit underground i got a HOME invite. Just be patient. Im willing to bet that HOME will be out by Christmas. If not new years.
Its worth the wait. At least to me it is. everything is looking realy good so far.
Its worth the wait. At least to me it is. everything is looking realy good so far.
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 7:05PM (Unverified) said
How come i haven't got it yet?
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 7:17PM (Unverified) said
The HOME Theme, was a load of bullshit.
I got that the second it went up, and now- daily- there are 3/5 people on my buddy list that are on Home, and I haven't gotten shit.
I got that the second it went up, and now- daily- there are 3/5 people on my buddy list that are on Home, and I haven't gotten shit.
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