PlayStation Home receiving bevy of new features, customization options

by Griffin McElroy { Aug 18th 2009 at 1:20PM }

Have your days spent in PlayStation Home grown a little tiresome? It sounds like Sony's injecting the game with a sizable pick-me-up in the near future. As revealed in the Sony GamesCom press conference, the life sim is getting a bevy of new spaces (including SingStar and Audi-branded areas), new character customization options, new character animations and dances, and a few other miscellaneous features like a "shrinking potion." Oh, and the new ability to roll dice. Finally, our chance to play virtual Cee-lo with strangers approaches!

Tags: animations, cee-lo, dice, home, playstation-home, sony

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

travis @ Aug 18th 2009 1:28PM

Home sucks. Avatars are better.

SonyHomie (PSN: superballa123) @ Aug 18th 2009 1:31PM

360 avatars better than Home? Yeah right. Home is getting better and better. You can keep your mii avatars to yourself.

CitizenErased @ Aug 18th 2009 4:44PM

I can't make out what he said. All these bats in my batcave are drowning out his Xbox 360 fanboy rants.

Jason @ Aug 18th 2009 4:55PM

I have to agree that Avatars are better than Home at least on the 360, primarily because you see them right when you turn on your system and you see all your friends' Avatars when you go to the Friends bar.

You really feel associated with your Avatar and your friends' Avatars because of this and for me at least, my Avatar and my friends' Avatars on the 360 all look like how we look in real life (not exactly like real life but basically I can tell who is who just by their Avatar, which is very cool).

With the PS3, the requirement to log into Home and go through the stupid updates just to see you Avatar really ruins it for me.

VicViper09 @ Aug 18th 2009 5:55PM

Yeah and you can do so much stuff with avatar's... oh wait. I guess you can... look at them... or make em dizzy...

Jon @ Aug 18th 2009 1:28PM

Haha i still wont go

Chibi Chaingun - blackhivemedia.com @ Aug 18th 2009 1:30PM

Same here. I just don't like Home. It's not entertaining. My PS3 will remain Home-Free! :P

EI8HT @ Aug 18th 2009 1:32PM

Judging by your pic you'd "ZOOM ZOOM" Instead

Jon @ Aug 18th 2009 1:33PM

I do love my MazdaSpeed 3 : )

Ashitaka @ Aug 18th 2009 8:56PM

It's okay. We're not missing you at all.

D0RC @ Aug 18th 2009 1:30PM

I got banned!

SpyderTaco (PSN: Ar4chNova89) @ Aug 18th 2009 1:34PM

You're not feeling anyone, D0RC.
We all know you're a fanboy. Go troll somewhere else.

(Don't believe me - Look at his post history)

el serpiente @ Aug 18th 2009 2:07PM

JUMP IN!

Ordeith @ Aug 18th 2009 1:36PM

1:00PM PlayStation Home ... and here we go! According to House, Home has reached 7.5m global users, with 3.3 of them in Europe. House. Home. This is getting confusing.

The average user spends an hour in Home.

I like that this wasn't quantified with time.

It is probably an hour per lifetime.

Ashitaka @ Aug 18th 2009 9:00PM

STFU & GTFO.

Keep trolling and thinking that the PS3 doesn't have software superior to the 360's. Here, everybody watch as he got owned:

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/14/microsoft-360-only-console-to-show-growth-this-year/comments/20894627/

Asher @ Aug 18th 2009 1:40PM

Home to me is a huge let down. And it has the potential to be amazing! Right now there is just no reason to use Home. But when it was first announced it was actually a big selling point.
What Home should be is a virtual 3D blog. Blogs are very popular on the internet.. we're on a blog right now... But imagine if each persons personal space was like there own blog where they posted their stats/trophies and personal media. Even like a 3D facebook or myspace! Now that would be HUGE.
As it is, my room in Home is empty and i have no reason to use it... But here is hoping that Home grows into something more!!

Oh and two side notes, i would much rather have shorter load times and better animation than hi-res graphics. Right now the animations and design seems very week and the load times are too long...

Deaddy @ Aug 18th 2009 1:55PM

I don't visit Home often, but it really needs the moonwalk!

Pat @ Aug 18th 2009 2:32PM

Glad to hear that. I had not been to Home in a few months and came back last weekend. I was impressed to see how much it has grown in that time. It finally looks like what was originally envisioned. The theater with its multiple screening rooms looks great, the presentation space is very good (with the Fat Princess mini game and theme nicely added), and the Buzz space is just hilarious to go into. Had a blast. And the Infamous space was fantastic.Finally the Mall is almost full of stores to go into.

I missed the ARG last time so I am waiting for the next one.

Home is finally the space it was meant to be. Glad to hear it keeps growing.

umm....hello??? @ Aug 18th 2009 2:28PM

I hate Home. Still have to wait for bowling lanes, etc. I just want my games. FatPrincess, Flower, MGS4, R2, etc...maybe I'm just to old to be part of a community of strangers txting each other...

JeezWhiz87 @ Aug 18th 2009 2:35PM

I think Home would be much better if it didn't require you to break out your credit card for any kind of customization. I haven't been on in a long time so they may have changed it since I last logged in, but I don't see why they can't have a home space that gives you points to spend on customization for watching advertisements. For example, watch a few ads in the Audi space, and get enough points to buy a table, or a hat or something. I don't really want to bother with it if all I have is a lame sofa, and a bubblemaker in my "Home", and I'm not spending my hard earned cash on virtual clothing when I don't buy regular clothing all that often.

AlphaOmegaSin @ Aug 18th 2009 3:07PM

they cant possibly add anything to home to make it worth booting up and starting. its really pointless and easy to overlook. every ps3 owner i know has gone on once if that and has hated it. ive gone on to troll for shits and giggles but gave it a fair chance beforehand never the less. its just an overglorified chat room, with a small dash of the sims thrown in for good measure

ScottG13 @ Aug 18th 2009 3:33PM

Still haven't installed it. This does not make it likely in the foreseeable future.

c_rez @ Aug 18th 2009 4:02PM

The shinking potion they were talking was in reference to a planned Alice In Wonderland space in Home (possibly to create fee advertising for the upcoming movie/game) and not as a customization option.

sgltito @ Aug 18th 2009 4:57PM

Yea home is a waste of time and its boring. Glad i uninstalled it :D. Its a thing for people that dont have real lifes and build one virtually ha

garnsr @ Aug 18th 2009 5:20PM

It takes sooooooo long for the overpriced clothing and stuff to load up. I've tried wading through to find any free stuff, but it just takes too long to see what they have.
Home is considerably more interesting than when it started, and I think it will be worthwhile in time, but the load times just kill me.

Ambi @ Aug 26th 2009 2:32AM

Avatars are better than Home at least on the 360, primarily because you see them right when you turn on your system and you see all your friends' Avatars when you go to the gaming zone................
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