You might have seen today, on other more dubious websites, some leaked information regarding the 1.0 release of Home, including a list of additions and changes. Well, those changes were posted in the private Beta forums just this afternoon, and are intended to be kept as such, so we won’t be repeating them here.
Rest assured though that the update list is comprehensive and all our issues with earlier versions have been put to rest, and there’s some really exciting new features in there. A few of which we’ve rumoured here on TSA in the past, but it’s nice to see them in black and white.
Your patience will be rewarded.
November 18th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
I’ve not seen many displays of patience.
I’m looking forward to the release, but as I have been for too long, I’m going to put it to the back of my mind until I turn my PS3 on and it appears ready for me to download/install/upgrade.
I’ve just got a couple of new games today to add to the pile of other new games I haven’t got time to play!
November 18th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
if we were to accidently stumble on the site that posted said news… what site would it be?
November 18th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
It’s some crappy blog that won’t be around for long.
GamerRiley Says:
November 18th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
haha, get of your high horse nofi.
Bladesteel Says:
November 18th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Threespeech?
cc_star Says:
November 18th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
ha
Jas-n Says:
November 18th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Can’t be them, they haven’t heard of this “Home” which we speak of.
November 18th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
think i found it.. won’t say the url.. but the post was deleted
November 18th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
How would I go about bothering Sony enough to get a beta invite ?
P.S. Can’t wait to get on home and catch up on what ET has been up to !! lol
I’m kinda fed up of hearing anything to do with any beta,( not your fault ) because I haven’t had a whiff of an invite in 20 months .
colossalblue Says:
November 18th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
email: betatrial@eu.playstation.com and ask.
Only don’t waste your time, they’re not taking any more applicants right now for any betas.
Spotter5 Says:
November 18th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
i emailed them.. i have time to waste
November 18th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Oh yeah… Home. I’d forgotten all about that.
November 18th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
I don’t really understand what home is.
But you guys seem to want it so, so do I!
November 18th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
*fingers crossed* Not long now, hope I get an invite in the next batch of them
November 18th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
When we finally get Home, I’m inviting you all over to my pad. I’ve got Stella on tap!
RocketSOL Says:
November 18th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
that sounds tempting…
Spotter5 Says:
November 18th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
I’ll hold you to that!
Mike Says:
November 18th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Got any Magners or any other Cider beverages? Failing that, i’ll just have a vodka and coke
Michael Says:
November 18th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Mmmmm, Coke…
seedaripper1973 Says:
November 19th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Mmmmmm, COKE
3shirts Says:
November 18th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Magners is not real cider, real cider comes from the west country and its got bits in it
I’ll stick to Jack and Coke
online4ntagonist Says:
November 19th, 2008 at 7:16 am
Pint ‘o Strongbow here please
JimmyTruce Says:
November 20th, 2008 at 12:14 am
Now ain’t that the truth!
fredrikpedersen Says:
November 20th, 2008 at 12:18 am
Everyone knows Home is a lie anyways
Diver68 Says:
November 20th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
EXCELLENT…. I’ll bring the Crisps, Nuts and Salt Sticks ! ! !
November 18th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
My mates on the home beta and can’t be arsed with it coz it’s a bit pants. Dunno really i’m with cc_star i’ll just wait then spend the best part of a day watchin loading and downloading screens.
I’ll get him to bring round his PS3 and i’ll check it out.
November 18th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Great stuff, looking foward to this
November 18th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Way to tease us there TSA people.
November 18th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Immmmm Home…. tasty
November 18th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Hmmmm… does this mean AnndyTorr will be making us a TSA Apartment for us to gather in?
Also, i’d donate something if a castle type place was available as DLC, Turn our TSA Apartment to the TSA Tower.
November 18th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
gasp what website was that on?
November 18th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
I will also respect the privacy of this beta…I will not hunt it down
Jas-n Says:
November 18th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Erm yeah… neither will i
November 18th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
In my opinion… HOME, will be another one of those Duke Nukem type of games, you liked them in the 80’s (or whenever they were out)… but now, no…. just no.
Im not saying it’ll be a ‘bad’ game, im just stating that when i have played the BETA, it seemed a bit… slow, if you know what i mean. I seemed like you customized your room, which, to my knowledge (which is very limited) is going to be VERY restricted. And then you go out, walk around. You say ‘oh that is just great’… and the next day… you just cant be bothered to play it.
I know people are going to say “well that’s the point”… well, your wrong, it was NOT the point of home. Sony tried to make an ‘exciting’ experience for gamers to immerse themselves into, and never look back.
I can see why people like it though, it does have a certain “I can look cool here” factor, which is fine with me.
cc_star Says:
November 18th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Anybody see Dress?
Thats not my thing but it looks kinda great
Walking round some virtual world talking to people I don’t know?
Thats not my thing, but if you’ve got a few friends, and with some of the forthcoming functionality it will offer a different experience on a console.
I’m bored with the delays Home has experienced, I understand the beta has been only sparsely populated with things to do, but more things are coming online all the time
12 out 13 developers at TGS said they would develop something in Home
It is a beta, the lag and buginess get better with every FW update.
All I want is to be in it, I would like to know a date, but until then I have 31 Dec in mind, and if I’m not in it by then, then I’ll get angry
November 19th, 2008 at 11:28 am
http://www.tawkn.com/index.php?page=site-newspost&news_id=839
opps did i just cut and paste that??? (slaps own hand)
Mike Says:
November 19th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
*canes seedaripper*
November 20th, 2008 at 8:23 am
Just to get this across to some people (no offence intended) but I noticed some people are refering to HOME as a game, it’s not a game guys, it’s a tool, an application if you will, to meet other gamers and join games with, to socialise with people on your level of gaming, to view new products, yes we have the playstation store, but HOME will have a more interactive type store.
Events will be shown in HOME, like we saw with TGS, all the expos will be there. The ideas of appartments and clubs are ideally as meeting spaces for groups of friends and clans to discuss gaming or tactics before they head into a game, game spaces to advertise current and future games. You do not play HOME, you utilize it.
cc_star Says:
November 20th, 2008 at 8:37 am
All cool, I really am looking forward to getting in there, but…
Unlike all consoles made before it the PS3 has been manufactured to be a media hub, it has the pride of place in many homes on the main TV, it is not shoved away in the spare room like most peoples PS2/PS1/Megadrives where etc…
Obviously the main TV in the house is shared with everyone else, which in turn means playing time can be limited.
If I’ve got half and hour before EastEnders starts, then I’m more likely to get straight into game than I a wondering around a virtual plaza, talking about a game.
Now if the PS3 wasn’t the best media hub ever made, then I may have stuck it in the spare room, then I could send all night on it.
The situation is the same for most people who don’t live with their parents.
The situation could be partially resolved by opening Home up to remote-play
Pixl1983 Says:
November 20th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Great idea CC. I found out yesterday that 1/2 the PS3 Population have PSPs.
I barely use mine now. If Sony put more effort into Connectivity between the two I’d be more inclined to pick it up. I, like you, have to share my main TV and if there was more I could do game and social wise vie remote play I’d be a happy bunny!