IAmRandom31
Banned
Ambitious idea that will likely never be duplicated again.
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PS Home Closing March 31st 2015
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digoutyoursoul
Member
Why would they pull it if it's made them tons of money ? PS4 Home announcement soon ?
The Albatross
Member
Was excited for it.
Went in shortly after it came out. Got confused. Left.
The only other times I went in were mistakes when I forgot what PS Home was and I was like "Oh, what is this?" and then was like "OH SHIT NO!"
By ambitious idea do you mean, a half-baked, never realized ripoff of Second Life?
Went in shortly after it came out. Got confused. Left.
The only other times I went in were mistakes when I forgot what PS Home was and I was like "Oh, what is this?" and then was like "OH SHIT NO!"
By ambitious idea do you mean, a half-baked, never realized ripoff of Second Life?
B_Boss
Member
Wonder what's that bit about...interesting because as sad for some or many that this will be, the PS4 came onto the scene as a social gaming platform...surely someone at Sony thought about ways to make PS Home far better on their newest platform design with social gaming in mind at it's core...
Well obviously it's no longer viable to maintain on PS3. Notice everyone using the past tense?
They mean Home content will stop being published as "new" on the 26th. People can still buy/download until the 3rd when Home officially starts shutting down.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Why isn't it viable ? There is still a large active PS3 userbase
Altered Juice
Member
na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye!
The PS3 is already dying pretty quickly.
Mr.Awesome
Banned
Hope a version of it goes to ps4
Don't really get how it can be called a failure....
Don't really get how it can be called a failure....
IAmRandom31
Banned
By ambitious idea I mean ... an ambitious idea.
Didnt know a game had to be a completely original idea for it to be ambitious.
SerTapTap
Member
I honestly dont' see how they could have done much better without user created content which would have been practically impossible to regulate--the 18+ Second Life stuff would never fly on console. I agree it wasn't great, but I don't really think it could have ever been much more than it was. So much that makes Second Life what it is wasn't possible and there wasn't really any unique hook beyond Second Life's premise either.
It was a good idea with poor execution...
Really hope they do a serious reboot and bring it back to PS4 with a very serious attitude to making it decent....if only Sony had something to draw upon...or some sort of concept trailer for what PS Home could be.... oh wait they do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dR28fXFDMI
Really hope they do a serious reboot and bring it back to PS4 with a very serious attitude to making it decent....if only Sony had something to draw upon...or some sort of concept trailer for what PS Home could be.... oh wait they do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dR28fXFDMI
SuperSonic1305
Member
Software sales say otherwise. People moved to PS4 faster than Microsoft's pulls 180's.
digoutyoursoul
Member
I see. It will be interesting if they do a PS4 version, hopefully better than that crap
Was there anything official or are people guessing from what they see?
I thought the 12th is when they stop publishing new content? I'm totally confused by their statement, lol.
Longest console beta ever? It was nice seeing the different Home spaces from other regions like Japan. Some of them were really detailed and interesting.
The last time I logged in to NA Home main space, thepool tables and bowling lanes were nowhere to be found. When were they removed?
The last time I logged in to NA Home main space, thepool tables and bowling lanes were nowhere to be found. When were they removed?
IAmRandom31
Banned
Yeah the idea actually is very good and could work with the right implementation.
Think about walking into someones " home " and seeing their Twitch broadcast right there on the TV without needing to even click on it. And then on the table is a controller you can grab and use and that would effectively activate the PlayShare feature if the host allows it.
Then you could walk around their house and view a trophy room, a wall with a visual representation of all their owned games ( or a DVD tower type piece of furniture with the games ). A library housing all the game manuals or strategy guides they own.
Turn PS Home into an actual virtual representation of a home. If you invite friends over into your PS Home those friends can then be easily brought into your game of DriveClub for example. Or you could add them instantly to your Destiny Fireteam. Or into your game of Diablo.
Shit like that.
I actually loved going into PS Home and going to the Theatre to watch trailers and such and BS with the other people inside. Was fun. A lot of good rooms made by third parties too. Home started out pretty rough but it actually got very fun starting a few years back.
3rdamention
Member
Uhhh, sounds like you didn't follow how much money they made on that thing. They were selling houses, clothing, furniture all types of stuff in home. It was definitely successful, financially, for Sony!
Garrett Hawke
Member
RIP SONY December 11 2008 - March 31st 2015
It was flawed in execution but if it made them money, it's not a failure - to them.
BibiMaghoo
Member
No. The people that spent £20 on wedding outfits and got married also liked it.
You're right. I was going by the quoted bit not the OP bit.
Looking at the FAQ linked:
So basically what I said in a fashion:
New content will cease to be published on the 12th for Europe. You can buy/download until the 26th. Then Home basically "limps" to it's death 31st of March.
SuperSonic1305
Member
The amount of ignorance about Home is just incredible. I bet people still think it's nothing but a bowling alley and movie theater.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
I dont think this is the end of home.
There is alot of potential of taking the best elements of home (watching trailers and integrating it with live from playstation.
Maybe a dedicated theather mode with avis
There is alot of potential of taking the best elements of home (watching trailers and integrating it with live from playstation.
Maybe a dedicated theather mode with avis
dark_inferno
Member
Time for a new Home like experience with Little Big Planet Hub.
Oh yeah where is it? Was it turned into LBP3?
Oh yeah where is it? Was it turned into LBP3?
I think NA may follow, Japan/Asia was announced last month.
Home in no way is a failure though, not sure why people assume that because they personally don't use it.
Home in no way is a failure though, not sure why people assume that because they personally don't use it.
soundscream
Member
Honest question, if it was a success why are they shutting it down, or not importing it to PS4?
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Incoming PS Home announcement for PS4.
Supposedly "still coming" but a lot of people think it turned into LBP3, yeah.
I believe so.
We honestly don't know if they are/aren't bringing it to PS4 yet. It's probably not likely but who knows. It's still technically a beta. And for now anyways NA Home will still be around, but I'm sure at some point they'll be ending it in the coming months.
samuraidino
Member
It was all just a little too late for Home.
It was a nice idea, but the bubble had kinda burst on the whole habbo hotel, second life style experience by the time it released
Not to mention that the whole playing small quick games with friends online like the pool, bowling etc was more or less ruined by the fact that you could have similar experiences without having to load up, update and constantly struggle through its interface by using Facebook
It was a nice idea, but the bubble had kinda burst on the whole habbo hotel, second life style experience by the time it released
Not to mention that the whole playing small quick games with friends online like the pool, bowling etc was more or less ruined by the fact that you could have similar experiences without having to load up, update and constantly struggle through its interface by using Facebook
Which is ridiculous, because it's also a collection of loading screens and advertisements.
EmeraldSwords
Banned
The loading screens killed it for me. It would be pretty cool if they brought it over to Ps4 I did like going through it once in a while, it did have a pretty big following so I'm not sure why they're shutting it down.