I was just wondering if I should go onto PS3 today just to try Home, or stay on Live and play Fallout 3?
I have a PS3...
Why would I buy a PS3 just for Home?
I have PS3 and X360.
Grr,waiting for home to download...

I don't think a new interface is worth buying a console for.

Gamer137:
I don't think a new interface is worth buying a console for.

Yah you should just download Second Life from what I've seen

A second-life-esque thing, or Fallout? Fallout. Duh.

I thought HOME wasn't released yet?!

I don't quite get the appeal of Home. It just doesn't sound that interesting.

I think Home is going to be pretty cool if you own a PS3. Still, I don't think this is something worth buying a new console for.

Right now I'm updating my PS3 (first time ever) and when its done I'll be jumping on HOME, want to see what the hype is

It would be great if I could actually access it. I've been trying for an hour.

I'll have to actually update later... way later, probably about in a month.

But I haven't even heard about Home until now.

Reading down this thread so far, the answer appears to be, "Nobody's played it yet - we either aren't interested in it or are still updating our PS3s so they're able to."

geldonyetich:
Reading down this thread so far, the answer appears to be, "Nobody's played it yet - we either aren't interested in it or are still updating our PS3s so they're able to."

So it would seem.

Who would want a second-life kinda game based out of their PS3? Other then people that like second life and have PS3's of course.

I played it for about two weeks total and it's fun if you want to talk/chat with your friends or strangers. Other than that: It's basically The Sims.

y8c616:
playstation network and home is better thanxbox live and theyre shitty wii rippoff avatars; so mabye home isnt wirht buying a ps3 for alone, but as a whole, a ps3 out of the box is cheaper and more functional than even the best 360;

hmm, 40 posts, terrible grammar, failure to back-up points and an obviously fanboyish rant.

Please either leave these forums or cure your fanboy disease, at least our resident fanboy's use correct punctuation, back up their points with evidence thats not usually opinion and contribute to the topic.

You do neither, as a result I think it would be best if you go to the Gametrailers forums or somewhere more mediocre.

OR

You can change, you can stop being a fanboy and accept that the systems each do well what they are designed for. That and console gaming as a whole would be stale and boring with one console. You would use correct spelling and grammar and back up your points with evidence ("its better because I say so" is NOT evidence).

I hope this helps you to become a productive member of the community.

If you do download it, it's almost impossible to get into the game (does it count as a game?) for all the error messages. On top of all that, everyone's trying to get online at once so it's laggy as hell and moving between areas has a chance to boot you back out of the thing or just lock you in a permanent loading loop.
Criticise Live all you want, but at least you can use the damn thing.

So no, don't play Home. Stick to Fallout 3.

y8c616:
The Playstation Network and 'Home' is better than Xbox Live and their shitty Wii rip off avatars. Maybe 'Home' isn't worth buying a PS3 for alone, but as a whole a PS3 out of the box is cheaper, and more functional, than even the best 360.

Major editing = fixed.

I see you're new to the forum, and that's great, but the Escapist enjoys proper spelling and grammar, unless you want the fury of so many members to rain down upon you.

On topic: I completely disagree with your post. First off, a PS3 isn't cheaper out of the box. Head to any store and check the prices.

Secondly, while I appreciate (Sort of) your candor about the 'Mii' rip offs, I know plenty of people who have tried both the PSN and Xbox Live and found LIVE easy, and better to use. Does that mean Live is better? No, it means that it's a subjective thing. Some people love it, some people don't.

Finally, a (friendly) bit of advice: The MODs HATE flame-wars, so I'd recommend keeping flame-bait and troll-esque comments to a minimum.

Welcome to the Escapist!

EDIT: Shucks! D_987 beat me to it!

D_987:
I hope this helps you to become a productive member of the community.

Well said!

My uncle was playing around in a bit. Aside from having character creation on par with Oblivion or Mass Effect or Saints Row, it looks like a high rendered Second Life with out all the crazy shit. Were I to own a PS3, I'd probably never touch it because it's fucking retarded. I really don't care about avatars, but I like their place in the dashboard friends list browser, and it's kinda cool to see them in stuff like Kingdom For Keflings. Home, on the other hand, aside from being an irritating "beta" (the fuck is it with game companies releasing betas to the general public? Keep your fucking beta in-house with an option for people interested in try the new version available on your site or something, stop calling your multiplayer demos "betas".), I just doesn't seem that interesting. I mean, I suppose if you're into that kind stuff, ok, but why don't you go and play Second Life or something? Sorry if I'm a bit edgy, any conversation with my uncle leads to him saying that Microsoft is the devil who steals everything from everyone and makes pacts with Satan in the blood of newborn babies, and Sony is run by Jesus or something. I really just stop listening after he starts talking about Microsoft.

Your on a forum full of fallout fanboys had you asked whether to play fallout or take a trip too the moon some would have said fallout. I dont get why everyone's treating home like a killer app game it just a cool little bit of software that lets you hang out with people online.

I don't find second life funny. So I don't think Home will be better. Home doesn't improve any problem while playing with friends online, that's my major complain about it.

Probably not, but that didn't stop World of Warcraft, did it?

Baby Tea:

y8c616:
The Playstation Network and 'Home' is better than Xbox Live and their shitty Wii rip off avatars. Maybe 'Home' isn't worth buying a PS3 for alone, but as a whole a PS3 out of the box is cheaper, and more functional, than even the best 360.

Major editing = fixed.

I see you're new to the forum, and that's great, but the Escapist enjoys proper spelling and grammar, unless you want the fury of so many members to rain down upon you.

On topic: I completely disagree with your post. First off, a PS3 isn't cheaper out of the box. Head to any store and check the prices.

Secondly, while I appreciate (Sort of) your candor about the 'Mii' rip offs, I know plenty of people who have tried both the PSN and Xbox Live and found LIVE easy, and better to use. Does that mean Live is better? No, it means that it's a subjective thing. Some people love it, some people don't.

Finally, a (friendly) bit of advice: The MODs HATE flame-wars, so I'd recommend keeping flame-bait and troll-esque comments to a minimum.

Welcome to the Escapist!

EDIT: Shucks! D_987 beat me to it!

D_987:
I hope this helps you to become a productive member of the community.

Well said!

So maybe the 360 is cheaper to buy that a ps3, but take into account everything you have to buy to make a 360 as functional ;Wifi adaptor (£60), 60gb HDD(£80 when i last checked) wireless control adapter (£20) plus XBL (£30-40 a year), add all this to the £130 for a basic 360, thats £330 right there, more than the ps3. (To quote the guy who said i dont back up my points; there you go)
As for the Live vs PSN debate, first off, live has no web browser, live is one large server, as opposed to the dedicated proxy servers for every ps3 game on psn (hence live's high failure rate), the fact you can use any regular bluetooth head set, the fact that home is better than what looks to me like a wii ripoff, and the fact psn is free, means i'm of the opinion that psn is superior. Sure live may be more polished, but for the money they get off it, and the fact its been out longer, it should be.

Sorry, but I've only just heard about Home - Is it a free piece of software?

I can't connect to home, i got the program but i can't log-on. Also had difficulty downloading home and getting the update to download home in the first place.

scnj:
It would be great if I could actually access it. I've been trying for an hour.

QFT.

I didn't really have problems getting Home downloaded or anything like that, but it timed out no less than ten times when I was trying to load just the EULA, which happened to just be on a webpage. When that loaded, it had trouble loading just 'do you accept? Y/N'. The one time that actually worked, the thing timed out when I tried to log in. Tried again and it decided I needed to accept the EULA again. So fuck that.

Wait a week, then we'll talk.

Gamer137:
I don't think a new interface is worth buying a console for.

I think the OP has a PS3 already.

Home is exactly what I expected it to be, and exactly what I pictured when I read the preview articles on IGN. It's an environment where you can customize a character, walk around, play minigames, own a home, furnish that home, and chat with other players.

If that doesn't appeal to you, you don't need to use Home.

As for the whole ps3 vs. 360 argument...
-PS3 is more expensive because it has improved hardware.
-In the long run, after upgrading your 360 to run like the PS3, it costs more, in addition to the monthly/yearly fee for live.

Home is bridging the gap between these two consoles. It added an arcade where you can play games (like chess) with other players (sounds like XBox Live arcade).

Regarding Home itself
-There is lag because everyone and their brother is trying it.
-As I anticipated, there's free stuff to an extent, but you can always buy more things with real money.
-Home itself is free, and reserves around 3800 megabytes (if I'm not mistaken- I'm using an old tv; the text wasn't clear)

Xvito:
I thought HOME wasn't released yet?!

The open beta came out today, it's now available to every PS3 owner...if they can get it working. I'm downloading the software for it right now ^_^

Why are people treating HOME as if it's an actual game?

It's not people, there's no shame in saying "HOME isn't a game", it's a nifty program to hang around virtual with your friends meant to keep you occupied for 10 or so minutes at a time, like Solitare on your computer or your dick. It's more of an application than anything.

Though what really strikes me as funny is that some of you think that Sony is trying to make this a AAA Title. Hell no, is my response. Like I said above, it's just a cool application to play around with, it's obviously not meant to make people rush out and buy a PS3, only encourage them towards the decision.

You guys are judging HOME as if it was a game, and it looks stupid because of it. If you look at it from a social networking perspective, or just an add-on perspective, then you'll get why HOME is a "big deal" if it even was a "big deal" in the first place.

I have yet to play HOME, and I don't really know what to expect, so we'll see.

I just got off Home and I would really just wait till the final version is released.

Home looks like a single sim controlled version of the sims 2, why wouldn't you just play the sims?

y8c616:

Baby Tea:

y8c616:
The Playstation Network and 'Home' is better than Xbox Live and their shitty Wii rip off avatars. Maybe 'Home' isn't worth buying a PS3 for alone, but as a whole a PS3 out of the box is cheaper, and more functional, than even the best 360.

Major editing = fixed.

I see you're new to the forum, and that's great, but the Escapist enjoys proper spelling and grammar, unless you want the fury of so many members to rain down upon you.

On topic: I completely disagree with your post. First off, a PS3 isn't cheaper out of the box. Head to any store and check the prices.

Secondly, while I appreciate (Sort of) your candor about the 'Mii' rip offs, I know plenty of people who have tried both the PSN and Xbox Live and found LIVE easy, and better to use. Does that mean Live is better? No, it means that it's a subjective thing. Some people love it, some people don't.

Finally, a (friendly) bit of advice: The MODs HATE flame-wars, so I'd recommend keeping flame-bait and troll-esque comments to a minimum.

Welcome to the Escapist!

EDIT: Shucks! D_987 beat me to it!

D_987:
I hope this helps you to become a productive member of the community.

Well said!

So maybe the 360 is cheaper to buy that a ps3, but take into account everything you have to buy to make a 360 as functional ;Wifi adaptor (£60), 60gb HDD(£80 when i last checked) wireless control adapter (£20) plus XBL (£30-40 a year), add all this to the £130 for a basic 360, thats £330 right there, more than the ps3. (To quote the guy who said i dont back up my points; there you go)
As for the Live vs PSN debate, first off, live has no web browser, live is one large server, as opposed to the dedicated proxy servers for every ps3 game on psn (hence live's high failure rate), the fact you can use any regular bluetooth head set, the fact that home is better than what looks to me like a wii ripoff, and the fact psn is free, means i'm of the opinion that psn is superior. Sure live may be more polished, but for the money they get off it, and the fact its been out longer, it should be.

60gb hard drive, wireless control adapter; why are you listing needless accessories and claiming that they make the console more expensive? Live does not have a high failure rate I know because I have used it nearly every day for three years.

Home is better then the avatar system at what exactly? Just admit that they are both pointless socialising features; anyone would rather talk to their friends while playing games than stand around in home or stare at eachother's avatars in a game of UNO.

PSN is free, Xbox live has more games that utilise it; they both have strengths and weaknesses which leaves me with the opinion that the consoles are equal and you are a PS3 faboy.

y8c616:

So maybe the 360 is cheaper to buy that a ps3, but take into account everything you have to buy to make a 360 as functional ;Wifi adaptor (£60), 60gb HDD(£80 when i last checked) wireless control adapter (£20) plus XBL (£30-40 a year), add all this to the £130 for a basic 360, thats £330 right there, more than the ps3. (To quote the guy who said i dont back up my points; there you go)
As for the Live vs PSN debate, first off, live has no web browser, live is one large server, as opposed to the dedicated proxy servers for every ps3 game on psn (hence live's high failure rate), the fact you can use any regular bluetooth head set, the fact that home is better than what looks to me like a wii ripoff, and the fact psn is free, means i'm of the opinion that psn is superior. Sure live may be more polished, but for the money they get off it, and the fact its been out longer, it should be.

Ok, if I take the most expensive Xbox 360, the elite, AND a years subscription to Xbox live, it's still cheaper then the CHEAPEST PS3, and the only thing it's missing is Wi-fi. Besides, the PS3 doesn't come with component cables, so that's an extra cost on top of that!

So no, the 360 isn't more expensive.

Who cares if Live doesn't have a web browser? Especially the PS3 web browser, which can't handle busy pages and has an outdated flash player.

The 360 let's you use any mono mic (Which is way cheaper then a blue tooth headset), and you admit Live has a better polish, but PSN is still better?

Look man, everyone is entitled to their opinion. I'm not saying the PS3 is a bad system, not at all. All I'm saying is rabid fan-boy-ism (Which includes opinionated hate speech for the sake of itself) doesn't fly well around here. I haven't been here as long as some, but I've seen my share of new guys come in with the same attitude ("M$ SUX!") or the opposite ("SONY SUX!") and not last a week.

We may not agree, and that's cool, but let's keep the forums respectful.

I don't understand what I'm supposed to do with it. I spent twenty minutes making a character, walked around my apartment for a bit, went to the plaza, saw a few ads for Twilight, got pissed off, and came to this thread to bitch about it.

I just don't see the appeal of these types of things for me.

Ahh finally.

All prices from the same shop, the one I work in.

y8c616:

So maybe the 360 is cheaper to buy that a ps3, but take into account everything you have to buy to make a 360 as functional ;Wifi adaptor (£60), You do not need this and I would advise people to stick with wired.

60gb HDD(£80 when i last checked) Whoa, that there would be a rip off if it were true, 120GB HDD for £69.99 (or £99.99 if the price goes back up.

wireless control adapter (£20)Never heard of it, even Google hadn't so you don't need it.

plus XBL (£30-40 a year)Just stay on the free silver account then...,

add all this to the £130 for a basic 360£99.99 for an arcade.,

thats £330 right thereWell to get it to work you only need to pay £99.99, but lets go with "peak performance"
Console = 99.99
120 GB HDD = 69.99
First years live = 40

£209.98

Two extra years of live just for the hell of it. = £80

£289.98
, more than the ps3.Nope, £295.99 for the cheapest.

All prices from Gamestation (not the website)

And before I'm accused of fanboyness, I'd just like to inform you all that I can finally afford a PS3 and will hopefully be getting one for myself this weekend.

Now, on to HOME...

I watched a friend of mine constantly try and fail to make it work for about an hour after which he decided to give up and shout at his PS3.