PlayStation Home 1.5 debuts April 20

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@Lerkero

Why would they do that? Home is a profitable service that ha a consistent user base.

@TraceurRyuk Part III

home sucks dude, just admit it. you can't do anything on there without paying for it with real money. if they were to make it where you can do certain things in home to unlock access to "premium" games, maybe it would be worthwhile then. also, the fact that most people don't have a mic makes it a pretty useless "hub" for communicating with others.

@Lerkero

So does this mean it's still in beta or whatever? 1.5? Seriously, it's an indefensible heap of garbage that only a fanboy would defend. It's brilliant on Sony's part since they're turning a good dime on it, but seriously I dunno if at this point they really need to even bother working on it any further. They've apparently got a heap of folks fine with it as is that are putting money down.

Plus, another PS3 update always reminds me of the good ol' days of AOL and the absolutely obscene "adding new art" BS. If it was my main console of use it might not be so bad, but JC, man, JC.

@Liquidfingers

You do realize that there is a much bigger world out there and that gamers play more than just Halo and God of War III. You may wonder how Farmville and Mafia Wars can be so profitable but again, I remind you that we "serious" gamers are a just a segment of the market. You and I may not enjoy those games as much as casual gamers do but they are still profitable. And the same goes for home, you can scream all your want about how you don't like it but I'm sure there are lots of other people out there who think the games you like suck.

@Liquidfingers
When did he say anything about it "not sucking"? He said only about the profitability of Home, and that there's no reason for Sony to kill off something that makes them money.

Learn to read, dude.

@PointlessPuppies

Posted: Apr 19th 2011 11:50PM
TraceurRyuk Part III said:

“Overall nice, Home keeps getting better every update.”

ohh, my bad, i guess i should have just replied to that comment.

dipshit.

@Urethra Alfredo this will add the developers tools to play racing games and FPS!!! so don't you worry

@MiguelAMX

The ps3 doesn't receive frequent updates??

@MiguelAMX It does receive frequent updates, just not significant ones.

@Haizeus they did.... you just need to make a group, like a party in an mmo, but less orc slaying. It creates a voice chat channel for you. You can also voice chat with anyone in your club as well in the club voice chat channel. This works across spaces as well.

@BigEgo007 We care to some degree, but right now it seems completely useless, when it could be so much more.

@kentuckyfried

I admit, Home isn't the best, but it has been improving and they have some pretty cool spaces and rewards. That Killzone 3 event they had a while back was pretty awesome and the Sodium and Aurora spaces are pretty slick. It's cool to pop in every once in a while, but I get the feeling most of the people talking trash haven't even set foot in a Home space.

@BigEgo007
It's called trolling. Welcome to the internet, kid.

@GuardianLegend

I want a gun that shoots bouncy Scooby Doo's and Snoopies made out of Nerf.

......

...then again I would want that in *any* game actually.

@GuardianLegend

They did, it's called Freerealms :p

@GuardianLegend

I think the same thing every time I read a Home article. These kinds of experiences are incredibly successful already and it's not only because they're fleshed out more but also because they're far more removed from reality. Reality is boring, no one wants to escape into something that reminds them of their daily life because, well, its not escaping then. People will continue to hop into Home when they hear about a new sponsored space with cool tie-ins to whatever game its representing but I don't think people in masses will ever regularly spend much time there just to simply be spending time there.

@smidget

It's worth saying as well, though, that who knows if that's even how Sony wants the space to be like. As Bielzer said below me, he uses it as a tool. Does Sony even want Home to be a space like Free Realms? Do they want it to be a tool? A little of both? I think that's part of the problem for people who don't need it as a tool. What other purpose does it serve? Like, they don't need to go in there to find someone to play with because they have friends for that, sooo, what purpose does Home have for THEM? Not much, I don't think. Home just doesn't reach everyone, which is where I think Sony could do better. Even if their vision isn't for a space like Free Realms, they could still do things video game-y so people have a reason to just have fun. Hell, give everyone jetpacks, I guarantee they'd get an immediate increase of constant users because jetpacks are just fun.

I mean, imagine if MS made a cartoon-y world for Avatars where we could drive around in our cartoon cars that have go go gadget stuff and fly around on jetpacks and shoot each other with water and nerf guns, and on and on. THAT would be a space I'd spend time in because it would be hilarious and fun.

@Bielzer
"most are too cool for it"

I know what you mean and how you mean it, but don't tell me you're ashamed to tell people your a gamer, otherwise I'll demand Sony to add the ability to punch at Home, then I'll find you and virtually punch you.

@Design by Adrian

you can dance
you can dance
everything's under control

@Meghterb1985 I also like real life. I can do that with my friends too. Without the cabbage patch.