Thread: PlayStation Home

wow, honestly i think it's a pretty cool idea. Might just be me, but oh well. We'll see where this goes in due time.

Now if only Sony can get the rest of their online sorted.

Originally Posted by Sir_Unforgiven

you don't NEED games period, they are nice to have though, and so is this :P, and it's free, and you don't HAVE to use it, one thing that just came to mind that would be cool, is in the clip they got a guy playing in a virtual arcade, i wonder if it'd be possible to get your own arcade machines in your house, like a game room :P now that'd be cool

yea you can, heres a highly more in depth article about it, says new items and clothes are both free and premium
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/770/770998p1.html
Home sounds awesome to me and cant wait to try it out, now only if i had a PS3

I wanna know how the game will be affected by the massive amounts of data streaming that will be needed. Most internet connections have crap upload speeds.

Originally Posted by DeathScythe10x

yea you can, heres a highly more in depth article about it, says new items and clothes are both free and premium
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/770/770998p1.html
Home sounds awesome to me and cant wait to try it out, now only if i had a PS3

i wonder how i get into the beta...

By paying very close attention to press releases and the sony website.

I wish SD could get in it. Then I could read his priceless comments on how it's a piece of crap and him wanting to set Kutaragi on fire for the 20th time.

Oh thanks Jy...wait is that a good thing or a bad thing...??? O_o

Originally Posted by 98abaile

I wanna know how the game will be affected by the massive amounts of data streaming that will be needed. Most internet connections have crap upload speeds.

I'd imagine they'd do it the same way every other MMO game does it. All the client has to send to the server is their current position, direction they're facing, and any events (like the start of an animation), which would use only a very small amount of upstream bandwidth. Throw in a bit of client-side prediction code and nobody will know the difference.

Also, from experience these sorts of "games" get boring pretty quickly. Then again, I've been playing games for so long that most games do that to me.

EDIT: Ahh I see, you can stream music and photos. Both can be done with easily even with our limited upload speeds (there are Winamp plugins that allow you to stream music to other people like a radio station, and they work pretty damn well). I don't see it being a real problem.

Originally Posted by StealDragon

But WHY????? what the hell do we need that for?

it is intended for people that don't have a life to begin with

this sentence made me laugh though :

users will also be allowed to share both music and videos with friends inside their private homes, which will most likely lead to some sort of underground pornography syndicate on the PlayStation Network.

another article : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6429039.stm