Homesick: Phil praises PS Home

by Jason Dobson on Dec 5th 2008 1:15PM

Though PlayStation Home seems forever out of reach, this hasn't stopped Atari's Phil Harrison, one of the original architects of Sony's much-anticipated virtual landscape, from singing its praises. The former Sony exec was one of Home's chief evangelists, and, according to Eurogamer, believes Sony has "brilliantly realised their ambitions."

While also "quite impressed" with Microsoft's efforts around the social networking buzzword, Harrison noted that he feels his former employer "will have a very successful platform." We just hope that when he gives Home a congratulatory slap on the back, he does so with enough gusto to actually push it out the door.

Source

Tags: atari, home, phil-harrison, philharrison, playstation-home, playstationhome, PS3, sony

Reader Comments (71)

Is he talking about a different Home than the turd Beta I've played?

Nobody wants to believe that they've got an ugly baby.

Yeah, my hot girl avatar only got hit on by one guy. Talk about no action in the beta.

LOL...I got an invite sent to my inbox for the Beta about a month ago. It's still there.

LQTM at the last part.

I had to look up LTQM. I'm pretty sure that means I'm officially old. :(

Not as old as my co-worker, who I caught looking up the definition for "camel-toe," though.

I'm a child of the 70's and we used the term 'Camel-toe' back then...I don't know how old you would have to be to not know that one...

Don't feel bad Tuna. I too looked it up. Which was a twofer for me. I had no idea there was a dictionary with net slang on it. I will totally use LQTM now. And now that I know what ROFL means, I'll quit using it as a synonymn for vomit.

The way he promoted it while at sony, talking negatively about Home would put himself in a bad light. Of course he would praise it.

No one will buy phsical media anymore cause everyone will be downloading their games from Home.

I think he's joking. At least, I want to live in the world where he was joking.

Home is shaping up to about what i thought it would be. i've had lots of fun meeting people and adding to my friends list.

About your Avatar.

The long kiss?

The Long Kiss Goodnight. I can't belive I actually paid money to see that in the theatre.

the long kiss goodnight. a movie i love

Too bad Shane Black is a much better writer than Renny Harlin ever was a director.

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang kicks its ass in every way.

Uhm, that movie rocks. The action is good, and it's funny. I approve.

"When you make an assumption, you make an ass out of you and mption."

[UPDATE] Joystiq also recently learned in a followup interview that The Dough Boy praises Pillsbury Dinner Rolls.

"...We just hope that when he gives Home a congratulatory slap on the back, he does with enough gusto to actually push it out the door..."

That was good! LOL

I can't wait to see how it turns out as well. I really like how each console tries to emulate the other console feature and still manage to bring their own unique feature to the table as well.

I really hope Sony does do better. I think us gamers will benefit the most from all this competition.

you make sense and aren't a dick. what are you doing on these forums?

@ Jouten

*Blip*

100G- You have weighed up two sides of an argument..... on JOYSTIQ!!!!!

When (if) Home does release, is it going to be like an update where it's a mandatory download or will it just be something that will be available on the PSN?

I haven't seen anything that yet that would make me want this.

It's supposed to be a mandatory system update but I don't think you have to use it when your console updates, even though it's hard to complain about free stuff. As far as I know you can still use the plain old XMB.

It's just an application, Like Folding@Home / Life with Playstation. You don't have to get rid of your XMB at all. You don't have to ever look at Home should you not want to, other than maybe it's icon.

I've met some really great people in Home and can see why he's homesick.

Ha ha! No, I'm not like "Damn you Sony! Damn you and your free things!" I just wasn't sure how it was going to be implemented. I kind of assumed it would be like Life With Playstation where it was something you choose off the XMB.

I'm sure I'll use Home once it's out to at least check it out.

You do choose it off the XMB, but it only appears after an update. Pretty much the same way you'd access the net.

This is why I can't see it flopping like say many MMORPGs and Googles simulator, mainly because its free, it doesn't take up the space you want for music, movies etc, and its easy as hell to access, if anyone is bored of playing Resistance, they just jump into home and mess about.

There is no way Home can flop because it is not a game, it is a service. Read my post below. People need to stop misunderstanding Home for what it is.

There is a way it can flop, they spend millions of dollars producing it and no one uses it.

I have Home, and unlike so many others, I don't see it as a game. I see it for what it is, a service of the PlayStation Network. When with a friend, Home works great. Sometimes, it's great to lay back and play pool or bowling with a friend when you don't feel like playing. If they improve the game launch list (so far, I think only MotorStorm and Warhawk have that feature), they can expect many to use Home as a party system for games that maybe don't come with party systems. Clans can also use the club's to post messages when tryouts and clan practices will happen. Home does have a lot of potential. Sony just needs to put more games in the game launching feature, and people have to look at it for what it is.

Wait, it only works with certain games?

FFS, when the hell is Sony gonna get with the freaking program on this one. The reason the PSN annoys me so much is because crap just doesn't always work, it's always a list of things that work with a list of games. Just make it work with every game already for christ's sake, and if it's up to the developers to make it work then force them to do it before they're allowed to release the game on your platform. It's not going to scare them away, otherwise MS wouldn't be doing it.

Vcize - kinda. The developers have to add the home functionality into their game. The reason is that the options you see when setting up a multiplayer game in the actual game is displayed in Home instead. So, in Warhawk for example, you pick the maps, round settings, etc... in the Home interface.

However, you can launch any game within Home but it will simply launch it. Then when you exit out of the game, you are brought right back to where you were in Home.

I think Socom said that it had Home integration on the back of the box but I never tried it. I was really surprised that Motorstorm 2 didn't have it.

Ok, that's good enough I suppose.

Hopefully they require the full functionality out of all games going forward (I realize asking them to go back and re-do old games is asking too much), otherwise it's all pretty pointless.

Say one thing for Phil. He's really tall.

Say two things. He's turning the corpse of Atari around brilliantly.

quite.

netting that distribution deal with Bandai-Namco was genius, as was saving Ghostbusters from annihilation

I'm being stalked in Home. It's creepy.

Sorry...I'll give you some space.

I'm having you bumped back to 200 yards, D-5!

Apparently Sony's vision was to make an incredibly boring waste of time, because that is all they have "brilliantly realised".

When they first thought of Home, they need a way to entertain gamers because there wasn't anything good on PS3. A few years later, Home is not out but there are better games already.

Personally, I think they are planning Home for PS4, not this gen.

For being a free service that you in no way are required to use, a lot of people seem pretty bitter about it. Grow up, kiddos.

Who the hell cares about home? By time it comes out ps4 will be out. I'd rather pay $50 a year and get live then use a piece of crap like that for free. Just because it's free doesn't justify it being a stinking pile of garbage.

Yeah, it's boring, but I wouldn't go that far and say it's a pile of garbage. Geez, I know the other reindeer were jerks to you, but don't take it out on Sony.

lol that was the most original joke on my name i ever heard

Wow...sounds like a lot of you are pissed off because you didn't get selected for the Home closed beta and now you miserable bastards are just spewing out supid bull$hitt about something you have never experienced fist-hand... I would just like to say...

nana nana boo boo... I got a beta key and you didn't... :)

I've played the Beta.

It blows.

Also, it's wise to spell check before calling other people 'supid', and contrary to public belief, Bullshit uses the letter 's'.

It also only has one 't'.

Now hop on a treadmill and GTFO.

Actually I got Beta Key and making a black guy look black was a pain....lol....But the constant installs and downloads of new areas sux teh dix...That thing still needs ALOT of work....And since its A BETA It worries me...For once the Xbots opinions may be correct...Its not ready to come out...Maybe 3 more months of development will help it out

Damn, i just nana nana boo boo'd. My night is ruined.

I have nothing to add really, but I saw your avatar. Work out lardass.

Hey if you're going to be an asshole, so will I.

| 1 | 2 | Most Recent | Next 50 Comments

Homesick: Phil praises PS Home

Reader Comments (71)

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:29PM MC Double Def DP said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:38PM baby sea tuna said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 2:02PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 2:45PM xGeneral DEATHxDEETH82 said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:37PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:42PM baby sea tuna said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:45PM Shagittarius said

Posted: Dec 8th 2008 11:17PM Deone said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:43PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:44PM Shagittarius said

Posted: Dec 6th 2008 4:53PM kaneda26 said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:46PM jhowlett said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:51PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:56PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:57PM jhowlett said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 2:07PM baby sea tuna said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 2:55PM Tez said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 3:03PM Kodros said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:51PM donalbane said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:51PM Jouten said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:56PM SoulBlade said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 3:40PM joeymoto said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:53PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:55PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Dec 6th 2008 2:25PM DrunkRaba said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 4:11PM GGCAN said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 2:00PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 2:17PM Spunky Monkey 190906 said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 2:31PM ALBGunner04 said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 3:13PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 2:30PM ALBGunner04 said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 2:50PM Vcize said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 3:11PM Kodros said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 4:16PM Vcize said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 2:32PM ScottG13 said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 2:45PM Mr Khan said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 2:36PM Jack Tretton said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 2:40PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 5:00PM Jack Tretton said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 2:45PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 3:18PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 2:58PM Tez said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 3:11PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 3:17PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 4:41PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 3:23PM agentlotek said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 4:14PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 4:18PM ExMcCloud said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 5:28PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Dec 5th 2008 8:40PM (Unverified) said

Info

Description

MSRP

Release Date

Genre

Developer

Publisher

Rating

Breaking News

WB conjures up Harry Potter for Kinect this fall

Featured Stories

Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is a stranger in a strange land

Silver Lining: I Am Alive's unfeeling world

Game Of Thrones and the paradoxes of adaptation

Engadget

TUAW

Massively

WoW