Man I've been waiting for HOME so long and now that the beta is finally here, I personally think it sucks!!! My passion for HOME faded away because they took so long to come out with it. Everything about it shows how not well made it is with the mic problems and lagging issues. So what do you guys think? Am I the only one that has this mentality about HOME, I hope not!

There are several threads already on this (although they've fallen off the first page because it's old news by now).

Nearly everyone thinks it sucks.

There are several threads already on this (although they've fallen off the first page because it's old news by now).

Nearly everyone thinks it sucks.

Actually it was pretty evenly split.

Actually it was pretty evenly split.

Really? I seem to remember pretty much universal hatred, peppered by "it has potential, but how it stands now is sucky" posts. Memory must be going bad in my old age.

Really? I seem to remember pretty much universal hatred, peppered by "it has potential, but how it stands now is sucky" posts. Memory must be going bad in my old age.

The number of people in any given instance of Home suggests a decent number of people like it. I enjoy the pool game, that's usually what I'm up to whenever I'm in it.

The voices of bituminous hatred are just louder. But according to our poll thread, opinion's pretty much even.

It was about a 33/33/33 split of like it / it has potential / i hate it so much it makes me kick the dog.

Really? I seem to remember pretty much universal hatred, peppered by "it has potential, but how it stands now is sucky" posts. Memory must be going bad in my old age.

If you saw "universal hatred," you are really just seeing what you want to see.

If you go back, you'll notice that the people who have a problem with it really enjoy repeating their disdain over and over and over and over again.


And, to the thread starter--do a search, for crying out loud.

And, to the thread starter--do a search, for crying out loud.

To be fair, "Home" doesn't bring up anything PS3-related when creating a new thread. He would have to type something like "Playstation Home" to get any kind of relevant threads.

Alternatively, he could try doing a search for "vile," "putrid," "stinking pile of horse ****," and he'd probably find more than a few threads on Home. Not sure why, but Home brings out the very best in folks. :D

Actually it was pretty evenly split.

You're pretty evenly split. :p

Home is what it is.

In the words of Jay Sherman, "IT STINKS!"

I don't think it will move any consoles for Sony.

I think it's pretty stupid.

Like most things it doesn't live up to Sony hype. It has a lot of potential for pediphiles though. It won't be long it will make the news for something bad.

and yet... another HOME thread :(

i finally tried it and i think it sucks. there just seemed like nothing to do.

Yea, the comments here seem pretty evenly split.

The number of people in any given instance of Home suggests a decent number of people like it. I enjoy the pool game, that's usually what I'm up to whenever I'm in it.

Come on Tez who are you kidding? You enjoy the cross dressing and Quincying.:D

Come on Tez who are you kidding? You enjoy the cross dressing and Quincying.:D

Not as much as you guys like to walk around with me pretending to be my boyfriend. Who is more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?

Here's the poll.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1095623

There are several threads already on this (although they've fallen off the first page because it's old news by now).

Nearly everyone thinks it sucks.


This pretty much.

Once I finally got on it, the first thing I did was try to bowl, only to find that somehow all the lanes (all 5 of them) were full. In a virtual world WTF?

Then I saw a guy sitting down directly in front of another avatar, nodding his head (imagine what that looks like). That is when I realized that there is a VERY GOOD REASON why Nintendo and MS have kept their online interactions to a certain abstract minimum :P

Yea I agree that home was an utter dissapointment.

I've run away from home and I'm not going back

I didn't take the time to download the city part I guess, I just stayed in the apt. which sucked. Is it worth downloading the other stuff, seemed stupid to me.

I didn't take the time to download the city part I guess, I just stayed in the apt. which sucked

Wow.

In it's current state it's poorly implemented, far too limited, and a touch buggy. With that said you can have fun in home, which to me suggests it has potential... But I'm not sure it'll ever reach it.

I think it sucks.

Come on Tez who are you kidding? You enjoy the cross dressing and Quincying.:D

Since your not really a man dressing up as a woman, it's really more transgendered than cross dressing . ;)

I've been in Home a little bit, for me I haven't found a reason to stay in for long at any one time but I go and play the arcades sometimes when I only have a few minutes. Also, it's been pretty well populated every time I've gone in. It's still a beta, they have alot of things to work on. Once it has integration with popular games I think it will become useful to a wider group.
One thing that I think it should do is have a real time census for all games so you could see what is being played, where the online action is, which you could tie into the game launch mechanism. Also they need to get the game spaces up so people can gather and launch into a game together, much like how some avs'rs do for Burnout or Warhawk.

Don't have too much of an opinion because I haven't tried it. The whole concept just doesn't appeal to me. When I want social interaction, I leave my house and go out into the real world. Don't need to do it online. :)

Don't have too much of an opinion because I haven't tried it. The whole concept just doesn't appeal to me. When I want social interaction, I leave my house and go out into the real world. Don't need to do it online. :)

Like posting on a forum?:confused:

It made me dizzy... even more than the nausea I get with FPS. After I had tried all the various dancing moves, my interest vanished.

I don't understand how people can defend the poll saying it is evenly split when only 28% say that it is ok...which implies the other 78% say it has major problems...hmm.

My opinion: it sucks.

Like posting on a forum?:confused:

Lol. Touche! :p :D

But forum posting is more "now and then" and not non-stop like HOME is supposed to be. I guess I'm not a huge fan of online play either. (Yes, I'm a minority in that apsect).

If it weren't for the damned snow and ice on the ground, I'd be out enjoying new year's. :(

I went to the mall and noticed they were charging $0.49 for stuff...that was all I needed to know. I won't pay Microsoft to play online, and I sure as heck won't be nickel & dimed in a virtual environment, especially not in this economic climate.

I was pretty disappointed because I expected it to be much better. I assumed it was at least going to have functionality similar to an MMORPG, but it doesn't.

Final Fantasy XI on the PS2 is more polished, functional and social than Home on the PS3, which doesn't seem right considering the PS3's considerably better technology. Of course you do have to pay for FFXI. Maybe it's all about servers?

I don't know. They could have done much better though. I'm not sure what took so damn long to get it out if this is all we got.

I was pretty disappointed because I expected it to be much better. I assumed it was at least going to have functionality similar to an MMORPG, but it doesn't.

Final Fantasy XI on the PS2 is more polished, functional and social than Home on the PS3, which doesn't seem right considering the PS3's considerably better technology. Of course you do have to pay for FFXI. Maybe it's all about servers?

I don't know. They could have done much better though. I'm not sure what took so damn long to get it out if this is all we got.

Well Sony was pretty clear that it was not a "game". Hype was Home's greatest enemy.

Have you guys tried the flying couch bug to get outside your apartments yet?

There is a faily detailed world outside you aparement. All around are building that have windows w/ hallways in them. However your apartment is floating in mid air.

All this extra stuff maybe a sign of what took them so long to develope home and what is to become.

Basically what you do is you move your couch near the door and keep spinning it. Eventually it pops out on the other side of the door. Now you can fly it all around the HOME city. You can even put the couch on your roofl, then walk around untill you are under it at which point you'll get the option to sit on it and you'll be sitting on top of your apartment!

Be warned... I did thes then walked off the roof... I fell forever. I had to exit the game to get back the aparment.

That sounds really fun. (pause for sarcasm to sink in)

Have you guys tried the flying couch bug to get outside your apartments yet?

There is a faily detailed world outside you aparement. All around are building that have windows w/ hallways in them. However your apartment is floating in mid air.

All this extra stuff maybe a sign of what took them so long to develope home and what is to become.

Basically what you do is you move your couch near the door and keep spinning it. Eventually it pops out on the other side of the door. Now you can fly it all around the HOME city. You can even put the couch on your roofl, then walk around untill you are under it at which point you'll get the option to sit on it and you'll be sitting on top of your apartment!

Be warned... I did thes then walked off the roof... I fell forever. I had to exit the game to get back the aparment.

Well Sony was pretty clear that it was not a "game". Hype was Home's greatest enemy.

Yeah, I knew it wasn't game, I just expected the ability of moving around the environment to at least be on par with a standard MMORPG, but it's not even close. Loading characters and going to the next map takes forever.

My connection is much faster (12mb/s vs 768kb/s) than it was when I was playing FFXI and yet it feels much slower in all these environments.

That kind of clunkiness and lack of things to do are turning people off.

going to the next map takes forever.

It's usually less than 10 seconds for me.

I don't understand how people can defend the poll saying it is evenly split when only 28% say that it is ok...which implies the other 78% say it has major problems...hmm.

My opinion: it sucks.

28 + 78 = 106... that's interesting math!

...hmmm

28 + 78 = 106... that's interesting math!

...hmmm

I also think the point is that half the people either liked home, or (being that it's still "beta" without all it's features turned on) believed it had real potential to be useful based on what was available at this point. That would mean that even though they might not find a use for it now, they have a positive opinion of the feature in general.

The other half did not like it or see any potential.

it's ok, but still needs more improvements.

Im guessing that the thread will die or get locked soon so...

I love home. I spent approx 6-8 hours a week on it. Its mindnumbingly dull most of the time, thats probably the number one reason its easy to spend hours on it, but the other 20% of the time its actually hilarious and fun. The other night I logged on to see how my friend had decorated his apartment, he was all excited to show me his new table and samurai swords lol, it was about 12:30am and he was playing echochrome. I started playing it too until he was done, we talked for a min and he said he was logging off. I didnt get to his apartment. For some reason I feel the need to go back to my apt before logging out. So as I was walking back thru the bowling alley I saw an open pool table and started playing, thinking I'll just mess around and go to bed in like 10 mins. An hour later, after playing about 6 games I realized that I was being rediculous and went to bed. Home doesnt have to be about doing something 100% of the time, to me its just something to do when Im bored, and it fills that spot better than a game that I have to devote serious time to. Im not the kinda gamer that can say, Oh Im gonna jump on R2 or Valkyria or Crash commando for 10 mins then go to bed. Home fills that void for me.

In one of the other Home threads, I dropped a bit of knowledge that I was actually a breakthru for me as I typed it. i likened home now to the ps3 itself back in 1st quarter 2007. I was pretty proud of myself but I cant find it now so I never found out if anyone agreed with me (isnt that bad that Im looking for someone to agree with me?)

In one of the other Home threads, I dropped a bit of knowledge that I was actually a breakthru for me as I typed it. i likened home now to the ps3 itself back in 1st quarter 2007. I was pretty proud of myself but I cant find it now so I never found out if anyone agreed with me (isnt that bad that Im looking for someone to agree with me?)

Yep, I don't know if you were the first to make that comparison, but you weren't the only one so I know some agree with you.

Time is the ultimate test for Home. They seem to update it very infrequently, so now that it's been out a few weeks now, do you find yourself still going back to it?

It was interesting and "new" at first, but in the end there is nothing that brings me back to it.

28 + 78 = 106... that's interesting math!

...hmmm

Don't know about you, but I know my opinion, on his opinion now :)

/end snark

That sounds really fun. (pause for sarcasm to sink in)

Well i wouldn't call it fun, but it's kinda funny. Just something to try if you are curious about what outside of your apartment. Earlier today I found a statue that said, "If you can read this, you shouldn't be here" :D

Well i wouldn't call it fun, but it's kinda funny. Just something to try if you are curious about what outside of your apartment. Earlier today I found a statue that said, "If you can read this, you shouldn't be here" :D

If you've ever spent any time looking for glitches in fps maps to get outside the map and successfully done it, you'll recognize how this could be fun. jUst something about getting somewhere you're not supposed to is fun, kinda.

All Home needs is a gun store to make it fun, I'd settle for an archery shop.

They should build a laser tag or paintball arena. Get the devs of Rainbow Six Vegas or something to help. Wholesome fun.

I think this generation was too early for something like Home. I can see what they were trying to do with it, but it just fails miserably. Once again Sony bet the farm on something that isn't going to get them any further in this console war.

I think sony would have been better just copying the 360's online model more. Everything from acheivements to how the interface works. The trophy system flat out sucks, home is a total bore, and their online is still nothing like MS/360. Just seems like a lot of time and money lost on something not worthwhile.

I think this generation was too early for something like Home. I can see what they were trying to do with it, but it just fails miserably. Once again Sony bet the farm on something that isn't going to get them any further in this console war.

I think sony would have been better just copying the 360's online model more. Everything from acheivements to how the interface works. The trophy system flat out sucks, home is a total bore, and their online is still nothing like MS/360. Just seems like a lot of time and money lost on something not worthwhile.

How exactly does the trophy system suck? Seems fine to me.

And I don't really think Sony has "bet the farm" on Home. It's obviously an experiment. If anything, they bet the farm on Bluray.

How exactly does the trophy system suck? Seems fine to me.

What about the people who put in countless hours of Fallout 3 just to be asked to do it all over when the trophy patch hit?


And I don't really think Sony has "bet the farm" on Home. It's obviously an experiment. If anything, they bet the farm on Bluray.

Sony has went on record as saying they will heavily support Home for years. That's probably why someone would feel they are "betting the farm" on it.

What about the people who put in countless hours of Fallout 3 just to be asked to do it all over when the trophy patch hit?

OH NOES!! Sony is forcing you to play a great game all over again! How dare they?

We pay $60 to play these games once and let them collect dust! ;)

Playing a game once can be fun, playing a game again just for an icon? Kinda lame unless you were going to play it anyway.

Playing a game once can be fun, playing a game again just for an icon? Kinda lame unless you were going to play it anyway.

You ain't kidding.

Is it not a Beta? Is it true that lots more features are coming soon. The poor pathetic " I want it now,now, now, Bahaaaaaa" spoilt brigade are just going to have to wait a little longer. Grow Up!!!!

I think HOME is great, hits it target market perfectly. Which of course isn't most of the people on this forum. My other half has spent quite a bit of time in HOME, though I must say the Japanese HOME is quite a bit different that the other 2 in terms of demographics and how it is used.

I'd say it's a waste of space. Granted I haven't spent much time there but I don't see a reason to stay when I do visit. It has a long way to go for it to be as successful as Sony had hoped IMO.

installed it... logged on and set up my character and visited the theater... spent no more than 10 minutes total time after a couple of days... deleted afterwards.... one reason was that it was boring.... a round of Wii sports was more entertaining as... time spent there could be used in finishing up Burnout Paradise... or other games that actually required focus and skill.

installed it... logged on and set up my character and visited the theater... spent no more than 10 minutes total time after a couple of days... deleted afterwards.... one reason was that it was boring.... a round of Wii sports was more entertaining as... time spent there could be used in finishing up Burnout Paradise... or other games that actually required focus and skill.

I think... that you make... a valid point... even though you present it in... a curious fashion.

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/559/csimiamihoratiocainesuue6.jpg?

Perhaps it was... a post from... Twitter?

I fired it up, saw that it wanted me to create some kind of avatar and logged out. I have absolutly no interest in that unless my avatar runs around killing huge dragons...

You need a under 18 years of age and a over 18 years of age Home....then it would be a bit more entertaining. Include chat for the over 18. Sony will never do this so for me its boring.