If for some reason you weren't able to make it into Home, get caught up on our admittedly less interactive Sony coverage from the show: the keynote, the booth and E3 overall.
If for some reason you weren't able to make it into Home, get caught up on our admittedly less interactive Sony coverage from the show: the keynote, the booth and E3 overall.
Reader Comments (35)
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 3:36AM (Unverified) said
I NEVER use Home, but I have to admit I was there for E3.
*takes walk of shame*
*takes walk of shame*
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 3:38AM DaDragonsFire said
No doubt all the free stuff that Sony just put out for the welcome back program had nothing to do with influencing those numbers.
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 9:54AM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
@DaDragonsFire
Don't think so, you don't have to log into home to get the free stuff, lol
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Don't think so, you don't have to log into home to get the free stuff, lol
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 11:16AM DaDragonsFire said
@Prax
I would agree with you, I still wonder, like I said if it influenced the numbers though. speaking only for myself I know I jumped on Home just to wander around and to look at the free things that were offered, then I jumped off. I had not been on it before that in months... it would be an interesting thing to find out for how many gamers is getting on home a major part of their gaming day? That is, other then the weirdos that get on mistake it for a dating website, and run around saying " Are there any girls in here??"
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I would agree with you, I still wonder, like I said if it influenced the numbers though. speaking only for myself I know I jumped on Home just to wander around and to look at the free things that were offered, then I jumped off. I had not been on it before that in months... it would be an interesting thing to find out for how many gamers is getting on home a major part of their gaming day? That is, other then the weirdos that get on mistake it for a dating website, and run around saying " Are there any girls in here??"
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 3:59PM killdash9 said
@Spunky Monkey 190906
That's not true. You do have to log into Home, put the free items you want into your basket, and check out (with a $0 total). Otherwise, you don't get them, and like everything else in the Welcome Back program, the opportunity will expire in a few weeks.
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That's not true. You do have to log into Home, put the free items you want into your basket, and check out (with a $0 total). Otherwise, you don't get them, and like everything else in the Welcome Back program, the opportunity will expire in a few weeks.
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 3:39AM BananaBoat said
I might as well have logged into home for the Sony press conference; G4 (or was it Spike...one or the other) was cutting off every fifth or sixth word, intermittently throughout the broadcast. It was really annoying.
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 3:39AM tengusoldier said
too bad I waited an hour and it didn't show and I tried to relog and got an error after error so I decided to watch it on the blog lol. The rewards were cool though but I wish they had exclusive stuff on E3 in the E3 home booth to have more of an incentive to go there.
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 3:39AM aroGADGET said
Virtually walking around the E3 booth is always pretty neat, but sadly, it's the only thing I log into Home for... once a year!
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 3:43AM Schlecht said
Well it's because they unfortunately don't get a regular TV sponsor like Microsoft or EA did in Spike.
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 4:05AM Crazy Savant said
I have not used Home , ever since I got " dance raped " by a Helghast trooper .
I still have cold sweats and night terrors .
I still have cold sweats and night terrors .
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 4:55AM d134 said
was anyone able to watch the e3 sony press conference through home? i tried and i couldnt get connected; a bunch of other people were complaining through text chat in home.
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 8:50AM LockeDaemonfire said
@d134
I eventually saw it after leaving and coming back, not sure if it was just late or if it helped that I reloaded it. I already had another source by then though, so I didn't stick with it.
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I eventually saw it after leaving and coming back, not sure if it was just late or if it helped that I reloaded it. I already had another source by then though, so I didn't stick with it.
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 6:39AM Mazrael said
PS Home is one of the icons I wish I could hide... it's in the way of getting to the store.. not that I ever buy anything, even the free stuff under PSN+ is left alone
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 7:42AM Arctic Frog said
I have a PS3, but what is PS Home? =S
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 7:57AM LoneWolf18 said
...And that half a million never logged on again.
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 10:06AM ToTheMoon said
@LoneWolf18
lol.. Do you really think that Home is not successful? Let me guess, you also think that Farmville makes no money either because you don't like it right? That is wonderful logic you have there... Let's see if I can apply it..
Okay, I don't like golf so it must not make any money and no one does it. Yup, all those people who show up to the tournaments only do it once a year.
Did I do that right? I think I did.. wow, ignorance is fun!
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lol.. Do you really think that Home is not successful? Let me guess, you also think that Farmville makes no money either because you don't like it right? That is wonderful logic you have there... Let's see if I can apply it..
Okay, I don't like golf so it must not make any money and no one does it. Yup, all those people who show up to the tournaments only do it once a year.
Did I do that right? I think I did.. wow, ignorance is fun!
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 10:51AM Fire Walk With Me said
@ToTheMoon Sony Defense Force 6/17/2012 mark this day with success!
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Posted: Jun 17th 2011 8:03AM JakeAuditore said
I logged on to watch Sony's press conference. It's funny, people were complaining about how sucky the stream was, when I had 0 problems with it.
I'm just cool like that.
I'm just cool like that.
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 8:36AM DVDSandwich said
Checking out the booth virtually is cool, since its not open to the public like PAX. PS Home wasnt working for me during the press conference but it streamed no problems on the ps.blog except when i got disconnected due to my power cutting out
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 8:50AM sammo21 said
People might hate it but its making Sony quite a bit of money. Sony doesn't care that hardcore gamers don't care about the product when it works, especially when I never figured it was for us anyway.
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 8:54AM ReadingRambo said
I think this points to the exact problems with home and why people poke fun at it.
When you give something of VALUE for people to watch/view/show then people are encouraged to log in and check it out. Cool! Good use of technology! It makes sense to watch the presentation in home. Its the perfect environment for it.
However, home in its "normal" form is a poor use of technology and once the wow-factor wears off its nothing more than a poor menu system.
When you give something of VALUE for people to watch/view/show then people are encouraged to log in and check it out. Cool! Good use of technology! It makes sense to watch the presentation in home. Its the perfect environment for it.
However, home in its "normal" form is a poor use of technology and once the wow-factor wears off its nothing more than a poor menu system.
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 9:02AM Goldenspiral said
Every time I have clicked on PS Home, it was an accident.
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 9:37AM waterhand said
I heart home. I'm the guy with the bunny head and satyr legs. I also have candy. Come here, children.
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 10:03AM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
Stream didn't work very well, watched the show on IGN instead, booth was cool and Home had admittedly been quite lively since E3 and the Home update, but it needs more incentives, more spaces, more games, more interlinks with games we play, it needs that trophy cabinet (at least for platinums), it needs music, I wouldn't mind if it played real movies in the theatre once in a while.
The problem Home has is that because it isn't like an MMO where every location has some relevance, some spaces are mega popular, brimming with people, while others are dead dead dead. Take the Socom spaces for example, I see maybe 1 or two people in them, but they are dead otherwise. Home should have been built like an MMO so that even if you had no PS games to play, you'd still have a blast playing in Home, watching concerts, movies, listening to music, testing out fast cars on a test track, blowing people up in multiplayer death races, having boxing matches tekken style, etc etc, and each space brings a whole new spin of excitement to the world. Instead we have something that could be fun, but either isn't used, gets boring very quickly if it is used, or is only used by people who happen to love it to bits.
The problem Home has is that because it isn't like an MMO where every location has some relevance, some spaces are mega popular, brimming with people, while others are dead dead dead. Take the Socom spaces for example, I see maybe 1 or two people in them, but they are dead otherwise. Home should have been built like an MMO so that even if you had no PS games to play, you'd still have a blast playing in Home, watching concerts, movies, listening to music, testing out fast cars on a test track, blowing people up in multiplayer death races, having boxing matches tekken style, etc etc, and each space brings a whole new spin of excitement to the world. Instead we have something that could be fun, but either isn't used, gets boring very quickly if it is used, or is only used by people who happen to love it to bits.
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 1:26PM TCJJ said
I forgot and only caught the last half an hour or maybe less, but it was generally hell to watch because of all the lag I had. Then I saw a cameraman with a wireless camera and I understood perfectly. Ugh.
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 2:26PM onslaughtree said
Build it and they will come !
