Just saw this on Kotaku...hope to see you all in HOME soon.../\_/\

http://kotaku.com/5106191/home-launches-on-december-11

LOL I guess the Hype has truly long gone and died...

i was in the closed beta, its.. ok hopefully once they open it they will actually have more content up thier sleeves if not then thats pretty bad

I'm pretty sure it will since companies will wanna advertise the hell out of themselves in there lol

hosting an event for your game release in HOME would probably sound very attractive to publishers.

Home comes out on a Thursday... Thursday is my garbage day. Coincidence? We shall SEE!

"Home comes out on a Thursday... Thursday is my garbage day. Coincidence? We shall SEE!"

"Home comes out on a Thursday... Thursday is my garbage day. Coincidence? We shall SEE!"

Already had it for months, but its good to see everyone finlly getting the chance to flame and slate ps3 owners for no good reason whatsoever >.>

The thing with Home is it's free. And I know there was initial hype and then just disappointment as it got delayed which I realise has left a sour taste. But when I finally got to try it a couple of weeks ago I was suitably impressed with a service that has no doubt been polished up to the nth degree and again... is absolutely free.

It's like being handed a can of Pepsi on the street, for free and saying "urgh I don't want that it's not Coca Cola". I know if I was handed a Pepsi on the street, for free, I'd take it and drink it. Even if I didn't enjoy it. Either that or I'd take it home for a member of my family. Or I'd just keep it in my fridge until a mate came over or something.

The point is, Home may well not appeal to you, and you may only ever use it once. But it takes up a miniscule portion of your HDD, never has to be used, and won't charge you anything.

If Sony continue to keep a flow of updates coming regularly I'll dip into Home now and again. But I really don't see how people can turn around and moan about it: it costs nothing and never has to be used.

In my opinion (delayed as this is) it's better to have something rather than not have it. Even if you use it twice in your whole Playstation's lifespan... that's cool.

Personally, the time I shared in Home was pretty fun. I rarely laugh out loud at a video game but watching a group of people doing the "Rock" dance to a trailer video in the Home Square was particularly amusing.

If they keep it updated with interesting promotional items (the Red Bull promotion sounds interesting) and other new areas then I really don't see how anyone complain. Seeing as if you don't want to use it the XMB is still the smoothest dashboard anyway (in my opinion).

The Red Bull home space has me kind of excited I must admit:

While I was kind of interested in Home's concept, if the closed beta is all they have to offer now they need to either make good on several other promises of content or hold off until they have more to show.  If they release Home as it is in closed beta, it's going to be an underwhelming first impression for most for as long as Sony's been working on it.

i'm excited about Home, but i still just can't figure out if it's going to be something i use at all. it'll be nice to finally see what all the fuss is about though and i really hope it lives up to the expectations that Sony's built for it. right now i have a "expect the best, prepare for the worst" attitude towards it.

This seems really sudden, but I guess they were tired of delaying it and actually wanted to release it before the end of the year.

To me its kinda weird....since when it get's delayed (I hate the delays too) everyone says they should just release it, and then when its about to be released the fanboys say they should just hold off instead of releasing a lame unfinished product? I mean at its core HOME is based off the idea of starting off bare bones and growing more mature over time, I can understand that it needs at least some things to fill the space when it releases but I think its highly unrealistic for  anyone to expect it to be fully loaded at its start, I mean look at xbox live on the original xbox it was good but not great, but xbox live on the 360 now is very well matured. If anything HOME will start off rather bland and grow more colorful and diverse over time. But with how the Media and perception is these days HOME may not fare so well even though I hope the best for it, still get to play some great games though /\_/\

Oh yea and Youtube somehow integrated with HOME would be pretty cool in my opinion =)

i do agree with sammy tho.... if sony was charging for this then you'd have more of a case to complain about it not being as good as x, or doesnt have this.  And i like the analogy about the can of pepsi. 

Sammy has the right idea. I don't understand how people can complain.

Well with absolutely no hype going into this I'm sure I'll be pleasantly surprised.

"Well with absolutely no hype going into this I'm sure I'll be pleasantly surprised."

You can play bowling, you can play pool, you can play chess with people, you can play 4 arcade machines in the bowling alley, you can customise your home space which is like your apartment i guess.

"You can play bowling, you can play pool, you can play chess with people, you can play 4 arcade machines in the bowling alley, you can customise your home space which is like your apartment i guess.

You can watch trailers at the theatre, um... yeah, you can lobby up a game of warhawk and jump straight into it but i think thats the only game that supports that so far, um thats what i saw in my time in the beta.

"

"Manachild said:

"You can play bowling, you can play pool, you can play chess with people, you can play 4 arcade machines in the bowling alley, you can customise your home space which is like your apartment i guess.

You can watch trailers at the theatre, um... yeah, you can lobby up a game of warhawk and jump straight into it but i think thats the only game that supports that so far, um thats what i saw in my time in the beta.

"

thats pretty much all there was in the closed beta, hopefully sony isn't stupid and doesn't roll out the full thing without a lot of stuff. it needs to all be there, or else a lot of people will be turned off and never return for all the really cool stuff that gets added in daily. "

Did anyone get it yet? I haven't, I hear its being released sporadically

Still waiting!!!!

I'm convinced this is gonna get delayed. We were meant to have it "early PM" here in UK... it's now nearly 8PM (later in other parts of Europe).

This is getting delayed.

Good work Sony. Perhaps they should run all the tests BEFORE they announce a release date?

I don't know... the beta really killed any form of excitment I had. Of course I'll check it properly once it's out, but I just don't think it's for me. I can't see myself using any of the services provided by it.

Even when it gets "released," people will still need to realize its still an Open "BETA"

Home is certainly a nice feature , hope it will be as good as it sounds

"I don't know... the beta really killed any form of excitment I had. Of course I'll check it properly once it's out, but I just don't think it's for me. I can't see myself using any of the services provided by it."

Its out, downloading it right now

It's up guys.

EDIT: Pipped at the post.

"Its out, downloading it right now"

I just keep getting "Disconnected From Server" message, just after I sign into Home.

*Waits for PSN to crash*

OR

*Waits for inevitable backlash on a free update*

I bet some Sony employees are just sitting, sweating, watching all their computers set on fire right now.

"zitosilva said:

"I don't know... the beta really killed any form of excitment I had. Of course I'll check it properly once it's out, but I just don't think it's for me. I can't see myself using any of the services provided by it."

People are heading for a crash. There's so much hype around the net for it and I predict (if Sony actually get it out) there will be a lot of "Home sucks" type threads around tomorrow.

I do think it's funny watching all the "hot chicks" walking around though."

get2sammyb said:

I do think it's funny watching all the "hot chicks" walking around though."

And dancing in public and giving everyone the "thumbs down", don't forget that!"

So, we're not allowed to critique this now?

Fine.
I got a sweet mustache and I saw the Watchmen trailer. I tried to get a black turtleneck so I can cosplay as Steve Jobs, but it wouldn't let me.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I have no opinion on it because it's free. :P

I still haven't been able to connect.

"I still haven't been able to connect."

"So, we're not allowed to critique this now?

Fine.
I got a sweet mustache and I saw the Watchmen trailer. I tried to get a black turtleneck so I can cosplay as Steve Jobs, but it wouldn't let me.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I have no opinion on it because it's free. :P"

I'm having trouble connect, I wasn't expecting a whole lot since its a product that matures over time, but I was very interested to see that this UT3 group creating a club for UT3 players, it could help fans meet up on the PSN network which I think is really cool /\_/\