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PS3 Home
- Thread starter Abe Froeman
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twelve
I'm not dead
MMO games aren't full of loading screens. Technology is definitely advanced enough to work
Here's what Sony need to do (if Home ever gets out of Beta):
1. Charge for Home for the few people that actually want to use it (do a first month free thing like MMOs)
2. Make content in Home free due to the fact you pay to use it.
3. Make Qore free due to the fact people pay for Home.
4. Setup dedicated servers for Home so that it works reliably and seemlessly (paid for by the users).
5. Put the features into Home that were promised.
6. Advertise the crap out of it along with a Price drop of the console.
Maybe then I wont have this bitter taste in my mouth everytime I think of Home.
Seth
MD Party Room
Can someone cut and paste that article, I can't get onto that site at work. Thanks in advance.
It already does that, alot. As in, me and my friend live relatively close. Yet it logged us into completely different servers for the Home Square.
Uhh..why?
Are MMO's in high definition, with the kind of graphics that Home has and TV screens and music being played everywhere? I've only seen WoW and that doesn't compare at all.
I think charging for Home would be an awful move. I'm sure everyone would prefer having access to it, then paying for something if they wanted it. That way, you'd actually be able to use the PSN features. Such as launching into a game. I agree totally with (4) and (5). But i dont think it should be advertised and Qore should just be made free. Home wont sell PS3's, games will. I'd rather see new game adverts then Home ones. As for Qore, thats the worst excuse of a rip off ever. I tried out the free one that came out a few weeks ago and realised just how bad it was. I honestly have no idea why people pay to see an reporter run round and act like she cares about games. The only useful thing i see is Beta's. Sony have just released Pulse and after them seeing the huge numbers of downloads they'll get, its going to be very hard for them to carry on selling Qore. I think it'll be made free, or cancelled.
Seth
MD Party Room
Sinfulfate
Member
Yes all MMOs can be ran in high definition. WoW is one of the worst looking MMOrpgs out so I wouldn't use that as an example. Look at Everquest 2, that game was released in 04(like WoW) and looks way better than Home does with less texture pop in to boot. There aren't any tvs or music being played anywhere in EQ 2(obviously since these things didn't exist in that setting) but I'm pretty sure that EQ2 is far more technologically superior than Home.
Ya I agree making Home cost would be just as stupid as charging for PSN. No one in there right mind would pay money for a crappy service which is the very reason why Home and PSN are free and more likely will always be free.
Home is just yet another one of Sony's band-aid fixes to their horrible online setup. They really need to just fix the underlining problems with PSN instead of trying to cover them up with stuff like in game xmb and Home. Sony is so far behind in the online arena that even Nintendo is starting to pass them. Nintendo has already added mic support and even added voice messaging between friends(which Sony has still yet to do). All Nintendo has to do now is get rid of friend codes and Nintendo will be on there way of surpassing Sony in the online arena.
twelve
I'm not dead
I agree. No one would pay for it because now that they've seen it no one wants it.
Then why are Sony gambling on Home as the next big thing for the PS3. If we all agree that it wont sell PS3's then I think we can all join hands and congratulate Sony for wasting two years and god knows how much money on a failure.
WoW is 4 years old. Try WAR, LOTRO or AoC.
And yes all MMOs can be played beyond High Definition. Most Widescreen monitors support at least 1440x900, this exceeds 720p.
Music is part of every game, if you think it's being streamed in Home then you're delusional.
Video content is hardly streamed in Home, you go into a Movie theatre and watch it download the entire thing before it plays. Same with all the other billboards, they don't start downloading and stream while the rest downloads. It downloads the entire thing before playback starts.
Lets face it. Sony REALLY failed on this console. It seems like they dont even care anymore.
Adiuvo
Active Member
After playing this for about two hours right now, I really enjoy it. Call me weird or whatever, but it's fun to get a running man or retro dance line going, or just talking to people. The little arcade games they give are neat, and entertain for a few minutes each. Chess with other people is great, and it's not that hard to set up tournaments.
There are a few issues that need to be worked out, like adding more trailers to the theatre, but otherwise I think Sony did a nice job.
There are a few issues that need to be worked out, like adding more trailers to the theatre, but otherwise I think Sony did a nice job.
Hellcat
Contributor
Seeing it as a "chat tool", an alternative to IRC for example, Adiuvo isn't that wrong about it, but they promised more.... and I'd really love to see them making more out of it, if would be worth it, maybe I could even be arsed to spend some real life $$$ on some furniture and other neat stuff....
But so far I think I'll stick to IRC
Maybe the one or the other wansering around, but that should be it for now....
But so far I think I'll stick to IRC
Maybe the one or the other wansering around, but that should be it for now....
What would I check it for?
Sinfulfate
Member
Huh? Sony didn't make or publish MGS 4.
Why? I see a few people saying a similar thing but they never explain why. Why is getting a running man or retro dance line going fun? To me that seems like a waste of time since you could be running around liberty city with 15 of friends in GTA IV online free mode which(imo at least) is way more fun then all of what Home offers.